Animal Parasitology

Code:

BIOL3021

Acronym:

BIOL3021

Level:

300

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Biology

Instance: 2024/2025 - 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	64	Official Study Plan	3	-	6	48	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

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

Larry S. Roberts; Gerald D. Schmidt & Larry S. Roberts. foundations of parasitology. ISBN: 978-007-132641-4

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 classes composed of lectures and discussion and Laboratorial classes

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: presence in 75% of the programmed pratical classes

Calculation formula of final grade

Final examination: theoretical part (14/20) and theoretical-practical part (6/20).

The final examination to be done during the normal period of exams can be substituted by 2 evaluations (each one consisting of a theoretical part - 14/20 and a theorical-pratical part -6/20, being the final classification the mean of the two evaluations).

The students with a classification ≥ 9.5 will be approved.

No oral examination will take place.

Observations

Subject coordinator - Maria João Santos (mjsantos@fc.up.pt)