Host, Agent, and Defense (Foundation Course IV)

12.0 credits · VM

This course seeks to develop an understanding of the interplay between the immunological system of the host and the most significant bacterial, fungal, and viral agents that cause disease in animals. Lectures focus primarily on innate and adaptive immunity, as well as bacterial, fungal, and viral pathogens and the diseases they cause. Hypersensitivity reactions, epidemiological methods to investigate infectious diseases at the herd and single-animal levels, and techniques and tools to control infectious diseases are also important components of the course. In the laboratory, animals are used to illustrate some aspects of infectious diseases and pathogenesis.