Adverse effects of an immune response, including hypersensitivity and auto-immunity, will be discussed and illustrated by the use of clinical examples. The course presents principles of the developmental cycles, pathogenesis of infections, immunological responses and epidemiology of animal parasites, including arthropods, protozoa and helminths. Examples from domestic animals, companion animals, wildlife, fish and human hosts will be presented. Emphasis is placed on specimen selection and isolation and control by chemo-therapeutic and biological means. The course provides both a theoretical and a practical basis for understanding viral diseases in the animal species of veterinary importance.
Special emphasis is placed on diagnostic procedures and pathogenesis.
This course provides students with principles of veterinary haematology, cytology and clinical chemistry. Students learn to recognize and interpret alterations in peripheral blood smears, cytologic samples of major body systems, and chemistry data from serum and other body fluids. The major disease processes include degeneration, necrosis, pigmentations, circulatory disturbances, inflammation, healing, growth abnormalities, and neoplasia. In addition, the course involves the study of diseases of the muscular, skeletal, cardiovascular, and hematopoietic systems. The course is the study of the diseases of the alimentary, hepatic, pancreatic, respiratory, nervous, ocular, auditory, endocrine, reproductive, integumentary, and urinary systems at the cellular, tissue, and organ levels.