Learning objectives
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The student is expected to acquire basic knowledge of bacterial cells, viruses and immune phenomena.
Prerequisites
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Course unit content
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BACTERIOLOGY</p>
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<div> SHAPE, SIZE AND SPATIAL ARRANGEMENT CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE OF PROKARYOTIC CELLS. </div>
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<div>WALL-DEFECTIVE BACTERIA. </div>
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<div>THE SPORE. </div>
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<div>NUTRITION AND METABOLISM. </div>
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<div>CULTIVATION. </div>
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<div>REPRODUCTION. </div>
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<div>GENETICS. </div>
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<div>PATHOGENIC ACTION. </div>
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<div>FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF DINSINFECTION AND ANTIBIOTICS. BACTERIAL IDENTIFICATION. </div>
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<div>GENERAL TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MAIN SPECIES OF VETERINARY INTEREST. </div>
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<p>VIROLOGY. </p>
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<div>CHEMICAL COMPOSITION, SIZE AND STRUCTURE. </div>
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<div>BACTERIOPHAGES. </div>
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<div>CULTIVATION. TITRATION. </div>
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<div>GENERAL TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MAIN VIRUSES OF VETERINARY INTEREST, NON-CONVENTIONAL INFECTIOUS AGENTS. </div>
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<p>IMMUNOLOGY. </p>
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<div>PHAGOCYTES AND PHAGOCYTOSIS. </div>
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<div>ANTIGENS AND IMMUNOGENS HUMORAL IMMUNITY: LYMPHOID ORGANS, LYMPHOCYTES, ANTIBODY PRODUCTION, ANTIBODY CLASSES AND STRUCTURE. </div>
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<div>LOCAL AND CELL-MEDIATED IMMUNITY. </div>
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<div>PRIMARY AND SECONDARY RESPONSE, MEMORY, LYMPHOCYTE RECIRCULATION. </div>
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<div>NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL ACTIVE IMMUNITY. </div>
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<div>NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL PASSIVE IMMUNITY. </div>
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<div>COMPLEMENT SYSTEM. </div>
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<div>INTERFERON. IMMEDIATE AND DELAYED IMMUNE HYPERSENSITIVITY </div>
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<div>SEROLOGIC REACTIONS. </div>
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Full programme
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Bibliography
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PRESCOTT, HARLEY, KLEIN: Microbiologia. VI edizione, McGraw-Hill, 2006. <br />
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BROCK: Biologia dei microrganismi. Vol 1., Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, 2003 <br />
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VERA DEL GOBBO: Immunologia ed ematologia Piccin, 2003. <br />
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