ADVANCED HELMINTHOLOGY

Graduate

This course is an in-depth study of helminth taxonomy/morphology and recent advances in knowledge of the major helminth parasites of wild and domestic animals. Identification of helminth parasites recovered at necropsy and on histologic sections is taught through lecture and laboratories. Additional lecture/laboratory topics include field and laboratory techniques used in the study of helminth infections and recent advances in disease pathogenesis, life cycle transmission, diagnostic procedures and immunology of helminth parasites. PREREQUISITE: Permission of instructor. HOURS OF CREDIT: 3 LECTURES: 2 hours LABORATORIES: 2 hours