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PARASITOLOGY AND PARASITIC DISEASE OF ANIMAL
cod. 17031

Academic year 2009/10
2° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Parassitologia e malattie parassitarie degli animali (VET/06)
Field
Biologia veterinaria
Type of training activity
Characterising
24 hours
of face-to-face activities
3 credits
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Learning objectives

<p>Supply basic knowledge to students in order to allow identification of most common and important parasites and related parasitic diseases in the contest of animal production and food safety.</p>

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

Classification, epidemiology and life cycles of the following parasitic organisms: <br />
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1)Nematoda: Trichostrongyloidea, Ascaridioidea, Trichuroidea <br />
2)Trematoda: Fasciola hepatica, Dicrocoelium dendriticum <br />
3)Cestoda: Taenidae <br />
4) Protozoa: Apicomplexa <br />
5) Arthropoda: Insecta (myiasis), Acarina (mites and ticks) <br />
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Parasitic diseases mainly affecting animal production: <br />
- Parasitic gastroenteritis of ruminants (PGE)<br />
- Hepatic distomatosis (ruminants) <br />
- Cryptosporidiosis (cattle) <br />
- Hypodermosis (cattle)/Oestrosis (sheep) <br />
- Ascaridiosis (swine) <br />
- Neonatal coccidiosis  (swine) <br />
- Psoroptic and choriptic mange (ruminants) <br />
- Sarcoptic mange (ruminants and swine) <br />
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Parasitic disease mainly affecting food safety (zoonosis): <br />
- Cysticercosis (cattle and swine) <br />
- Hydatidosis (ruminants) <br />
- Toxoplasmosis <br />
- Trichinellosis (swine) <br />
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Laboratory practice is aimed to acquire basic knowledge in common sampling and maintenance methods of biological samples and in post-mortem identification of zoonotic agents. <br />

Full programme

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Bibliography

- Urquhart G.M., Armour J., Duncan J.L., Dunn A.M., Jennings F.W., Parassitologia veterinaria, Ed. italiana C. Genchi, UTET <br />
- Lecture notes and slides<br />

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