Animal Parasitology

Code:

BIOL3021

Acronym:

BIOL3021

Level:

300

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Biology

Instance: 2017/2018 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Biology
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Biology

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
L:B	151	Official Study Plan	3	-	6	48	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Provide an overview of parasitic diseases and their importance in public health and economy.

Learning outcomes and competences

Identification, undersanting and evaluation of the effects caused by the most important animal parasitic diseases.

Working method

Presencial

Program

- Introduction to parasitology - Basic principles of Parasite Systematic, Ecology and Evolution - Basic principles of Pathilogy - General features, life cycles, pathological effects and public health/economic importance of parasite protists. Kinetoplasta and other flagellated protists; amoeboid protists; Apicomplexa and Ciliophora - General features, life cycles, pathological effects and public health/economic importance of parasite metazoa. Myxozoa, Monogenea, Trematoda, Cestoda, Nematoda, Nematomorpha, Acanthocephala and Arthropoda.

Mandatory literature

Roberts, L. S., Janovy, J. J. ; Gerald D. Schmidt & Larry S. Roberts' Foundation of Parasitology, , McGraw-Hill, New York. , 2005. ISBN: 978-0-07-234898-9

Complementary Bibliography

Halton, D. W., Behnke, J. M. & Marshall, I. ; Practical Exercises in Parasitology, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2005. ISBN: 0-521-02214-2
Lewis, E. E., Campbell, J. F., Sukhdeo, M. V. K., (Eds). ; The Behavioural Ecology of Parasites,, , CABI Publishing, New York, 2002. ISBN: 0-85199-615-9
Slauson, D. O., Cooper, B. J.; Mechanisms of Diseases. A Textbook of Comparative General Pathology,, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1982. ISBN: 0-683-07742-2

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical lessons composed of lectures and discussion and Laboratorial lessons

keywords

Natural sciences
Health sciences > Medical sciences > Veterinary medicine
Health sciences

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Exame	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Frequência das aulas	48,00
Total:	48,00

Eligibility for exams

Attendance of practical classes (absences allowed ≤ 25% of the programmed pratical lessons)

Calculation formula of final grade

Final examination: theoretical part (15/20) and theoretical-practical part (5/20). The final examination can be substituted by 2 evaluations (each one consisting of a theoretical part - 15/20 and a theorical-pratical part -5/20. Final classification: arithemetical mean of the two evaluations)
The students with a classification ≥ 9,5 (and ≥6,0 in theoretical part and ≥2,0 in theoretical-practical part) will be approved. No oral examination will take place.