DEPARTMENT OF VETERINARY SCIENCE
Spring Semester 2004, 3 Credit hours
M-W-F, 9:05 am - 9:55 pm
Room
317 Wagner
| Class No. | DATE | DAY | TOPIC and INSTRUCTOR |
READING ASSIGNMENT |
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Introduction: PRINCIPLES OF PARASITOLOGY |
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| 1 | 1/12 | Mon | Introduction, Concepts of animal parasitology (Van Saun) |
pp. 1-8
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| 2 | 1/14 | Wed | Animal host-parasite interactions (Cui) |
pp. 9-20
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| 3 | 1/16 | Fri | Immunology of parasites (Van Saun) |
pp. 21-36
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Section 1. PROTOZOANS & TREMATODES (Dr. Van Saun) |
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| 4 | 1/19 | Mon | Protozoa: Fundamentals |
pp. 37-54
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| 5 | 1/21 | Wed | Trypanosomes -- (Cui) |
pp. 55-81
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| 6 | 1/23 | Fri | Trichomonads / Leishmania -- (Cui) |
pp. 55-81
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| 7 | 1/26 | Mon | Trichomonads / Giardia -- Outline Due |
pp. 83-99
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| 8 | 1/28 | Wed | Parasitic amebas -- QUIZ |
pp. 101-115
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| 9 | 1/30 | Fri | Apicomplexa - Coccidia and Cryptosporidia |
pp. 117-139
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| 10 | 2/02 | Mon | Toxoplasma / Sarcocystis / Neospora / Pneumocystis |
pp. 121-139
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| 11 | 2/04 | Wed | Malaria -- (Cui) |
pp. 141-158
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| 12 | 2/06 | Fri | Piroplasma |
pp. 158-165
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| 13 | 2/09 | Mon | Ciliates -- QUIZ |
pp. 167-172
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| 14 | 2/11 | Wed | Introduction to Platyhelminthes Trematode Flukes -- Rough Draft Due |
pp. 189-198
pp. 199-233 |
| 15 | 2/13 | Fri | Schistosomes |
pp. 235-252
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| 16 | 2/16 | Mon | Liver flukes and more flukes -- (Dr. Dave Wolfgang) |
pp. 253-297
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| 17 | 2/18 | Wed |
EXAMINATION I - Lectures 1-16 and reading assignments
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Section 2. CESTODES AND NEMATODES (Dr. Van Saun)
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| 18 | 2/20 | Fri | Introduction to Cestodes |
pp. 299-326
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| 19 | 2/23 | Mon | Pseudophyllidea -- PAPER DUE |
pp. 327-354
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| 20 | 2/25 | Wed | Cyclophyllidea |
pp. 331-347
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| 21 | 2/27 | Fri | Introduction to Nemotodes |
pp. 355-384
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| 22 | 3/01 | Mon | Strongyloides -- QUIZ |
pp. 385-398
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| 23 | 3/03 | Wed | Trichinella spp. -- Outline Due |
pp. 399-403
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| 24 | 3/05 | Fri | Hookworms |
pp. 405-417
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| NO CLASSES - SPRING BREAK MARCH 8-12 | ||||
| 25 | 3/15 | Mon | Trichostrongyles |
pp. 412-417
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| 26 | 3/17 | Wed | Lungworms -- QUIZ |
pp. 412-417
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| 27 | 3/19 | Fri | Ascarids |
pp. 419-437
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| 28 | 3/22 | Mon | Guinea worms -- Rough Draft Due |
pp. 461-467
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| 29 | 3/24 | Wed | Filarial worms |
pp. 447-460
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| 30 | 3/26 | Fri | Parasite control programs |
Handout
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| 31 | 3/29 | Mon | EXAMINATION 2 - Lectures 18-30 and reading assignments | |
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SECTION 3. ARTHROPODS (Dr. Cui)
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| 32 | 3/31 | Wed | Arthropods as parasites and vectors |
pp. 9-20
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| 33 | 4/02 | Fri | Biology and life history of parasitic arthropods |
pp. 491-512
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| 34 | 4/05 | Mon | Parasitic crustaceans -- PAPER DUE |
pp. 515-537
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| 35 | 4/07 | Wed | Parasitic mites |
pp. 607-627
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| 36 | 4/09 | Fri | Ticks and tick-borne diseases |
pp. 608-616
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| 37 | 4/12 | Mon | Lice and louse-borne diseases -- QUIZ |
pp. 539-549
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| 38 | 4/14 | Wed |
Fleas and flea-borne diseases
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pp. 559-569
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| 39 | 4/16 | Fri | True bugs and cockroaches |
pp. 551-557
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| 40 | 4/19 | Mon | Parasitic flies I |
pp. 571-605
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| 41 | 4/21 | Wed | Parasitic flies II -- QUIZ |
pp. 571-605
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| 42 | 4/23 | Fri |
Myiasis, venoms and allergens
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pp. 571-605
handouts |
| 43 | 4/26 | Mon | Mosquitoes -- JOURNAL ARTICLE DUE |
pp. 571-605
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| 44 | 4/28 | Wed | Mosquito-borne diseases |
Handouts
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| 45 | 4/30 | Fri | EXAMINATION 3. - Lectures 32-44 and reading assignments | |
| NO FINAL EXAMINATION ! | ||||