| Department of Disease Biology
75 % Department of Agriculture and Ecology 25 % | |||||||||||||||
| Earliest Possible Year | MSc. 1 year | ||||||||||||||
| Duration | One block | ||||||||||||||
| Credits | 7.5 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||||
| Course Level | MSc | ||||||||||||||
| Examination | Final Examination written examination and oral examination All aids allowed Description of Examination: A group of students chooses a subject on which they prepare a 5-page report where the author of the individual section(s) is clearly stated. The report will support a 35 min PowerPoint presentation followed by discussion. All students shall contribute to and participate in the presentation but the following discussion will be individual. Based on this each student will get an individual score. Weight: The synopsis: 50% The discussion: 50% 7-point scale, internal examiner | ||||||||||||||
| Requirement For Attending Exam | Submission of a 5-page group report where the author of the individual section(s) is clearly stated. | ||||||||||||||
| Organisation of Teaching | The teaching takes place as lectures and colloquia. Three visits to laboratories or institutions working with parasites are included.Two of these institutions are located outside the University area. | ||||||||||||||
| Block Placement | Block 1 Week Structure: B | ||||||||||||||
| Teaching Language | English | ||||||||||||||
| Restrictions | None | ||||||||||||||
| Course Contents | |||||||||||||||
| Through lectures and thematic colloqia the studens are introduced to the concept of zoonotic infections and how they are increasingly important as old zoonoses (previously described) are re-emerging and as new organism transmitted from animals to humans are discovered. Although, most student know that bacterial and viral infections can be transmitted from animals, parasitic zoonoses attract only minor attention. During the course the students will analyse a range of factors influencing the transmission of parasites and how the conditions for their transmission have changed with e.g. increasing population of urban wildlife and production of free-ranging animals. The course will not only focus on the major impact of parasitic zoonoses in the developing world, but also on the increasing awareness in western societies (with new boardes of the EU, increased travel activity, immigrants etc). Several western countries have realized that zoonotic parasites are important contaminants of food and water. The course discuss the relationship between economy and health, control, and legislation under various socio-economic setting. | |||||||||||||||
| Teaching And Learning Methods | |||||||||||||||
| The course will include lectures and seminars with examples of different zoonotic parasites (food and water-borne, vector-borne and surface contaminating). The course includes excursions to institutions working on relevant issues within the area. The course is terminated by a theoretical report on a zoonotic parasitic problem. | |||||||||||||||
| Learning Outcome | |||||||||||||||
| It is the aim of the course to provide the student with an introduction to the occurrence and importance of parasitic zoonoses for livestock production, human health and socio-economics, and how the parasites are diagnosed and controlled. Special emphasis will be given to the relative risk the different parasites poses and how we as scientists communicate our knowledge on these risks to the societies. Knowledge: -Describe the most important groups of zoonotic parasites and the general structure of their transmission, epidemiology and control. -Define principles of disease impact estimation of zoonotic parasites on animals and man. -Define geographical variable impact of diseases caused by zoonotic parasites, and the identification of risk factors. -Be capable of evaluating studies on zoonotic parasitic diseases from different regions of the world. -Reflect about how malnourishment is a major factor involved in zoonotic parasitism. -Describe the basic principles of disease prevention of veterinary and human parasitic diseases. -Reflect about that disease control may have complications that are not necessarily related to cost but moreover to local cultural, religious or dietary habits. Skills: -Analyse cost-benefit relations in disease control in less favoured regions of the world. -Integrate knowledge on transmission and risk factors in writing as well as by oral presentation -Perform overall analysis of transmission and risk factors of certain parasitic zoonoses. Competences: -Collaborate with fellow students in search for literature, writing of a report and preparation of an oral presentation of the obtained knowledge. | |||||||||||||||
| Course Litterature | |||||||||||||||
| Textbook: Palmer S.R., Lord Soulsby, Simpson D.I.H. 1998. Zoonoses. Oxford University Press. Handouts will extensively supplement the textbook. Other relevant books: Shakespeare M. Zoonoses. 2002. Zoonoses. Pharmaceutical Press, UK. Miyazaki I. 1991. Helminthic Zoonoses. International Medical Foundation of Japan. | |||||||||||||||
| Course Coordinator | |||||||||||||||
| Pia Webster, piw@life.ku.dk, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology/Section for Parasitology, Phone: 35332798 Christian M.O. Kapel, chk@life.ku.dk, Department of Agriculture and Ecology/Section of Zoology, Phone: 35332690 | |||||||||||||||
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| Study Committee NSN | |||||||||||||||
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