SUBJECT

Title

Parasitology

Type of instruction

lecture

Level

master

Faculty

Faculty of Science

Part of degree program

Biology MSc

Credits

Recommended in

Semesters 1-4

Typically offered in

Autumn/Spring semester

Course description

1. Trypanosomes and other flagellates, amoebas

2. Coccidia, cryptosporidia, cystogenic coccidia

3. Blood-dwelling and other protozoa

4. General introduction to helminthology

5. Flukes and tapeworms

6. Larval cestodes

7. Helminths of veterinary importance I.

8. Helminths of veterinary importance II.

9. Helminths of medical importance

10. Introduction to veterinary and medical entomology, lice

11. Fleas, bugs, mosquitoes, blackflies, sandflies and biting midges

12. Horseflies, tsetse flies, forest flies, muscoid and myiasis-causing fly species

13. Mange mites and other mite species

14. Soft and hard ticks

Readings

Tibor Kassai: Veterinary Helminhology. Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, 1999.
Richard Wall and David Shearer: Veterinary Entomology. Springer Science & Business Media, 2012
Lecture notes prepared by the lecturers
Reviews of different topics published in international scientific journals