ECTS
ECTS Course Catalogue
Course details
Course code: VVSS00155f12Semester: 2012/2013 summer
Name: Laboratory diagnostics in veterinary mycology
Major: Veterinary Medicine
Study Type: one cycle
Course type: optional
Study Semester: 6
ECTS points: 2
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 15 / 0
Lecturer: Prof. dr hab. Zdzisław Staroniewicz
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: Knowledge: -Student knows the principles of selection of clinical samples in various fungal infections -Describes the use of microscopic, cultural and biochemical methods in the identification of fungi. Practical skills: -Performs basic tests used in the mycology -Interprets results of laboratory tests
Competences: Student can organize cooperation with a diagnostic laboratory
Prerequisites: Completed courses of: microbiology, immunology, biochemistry, pathophysiology.
Course content: The aim of the course is to provide students with knowledge concerning pathogenic fungi and methods used in their identification.
Recommended literature: 1. Cutsem van J., Rochette F.: Mycoses in domestic animals. Janssen Research Foundation 1991. 2. Kurtzman C.P., Fell J.W. (red.): The yeasts a taxonomy study. 4th edition, Elsavier 1998. 3. Seebacher C., Blaschke-Hellmessen R.: Mykosen. Epidemiologie-Diagnostik-Therapie. Gustav Fischer Verlag Jena 1990. 4. Papers: o Medical Mycology o Mycoses o Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia o Journal of Veterinary Medicine o Veterinary Dermatology o Veterinary Records o Mycopathologia o Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Assessment methods: Written test
Comment: This subject will be led for group of 18 students