| Ansvarligt institut | Institut for Basal Husdyr- og Veterinærvidenskab | ||||||||||||||
| English Title | Basic Animal Biology | ||||||||||||||
| Tidligst mulig placering | Bachelor 2. år | ||||||||||||||
| Varighed | En blok | ||||||||||||||
| Pointværdi | 7.5 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||||
| Kursustype | Bachelorkursus | ||||||||||||||
| Eksamen | Sluteksamen skriftlig prøve Skriftlig auditorieeksamen Alle hjælpemidler tilladt Beskrivelse af eksamen: 4 hours written test Vægtning: 100% 7-trinsskala, intern censur Eksamensdatoer: 22. januar 2013 | ||||||||||||||
| Rammer for Undervisning | The course will consist of lectures, theoretical exercies and practicals. | ||||||||||||||
| Blokplacering | Block 2 Ugestruktur: B | ||||||||||||||
| Undervisningssprog | Engelsk | ||||||||||||||
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| In the course the lectures will be focused on homeostasis, cardiovascular systems, nervous systems, endocrinology, immunology, growth and development and reproduction. The course will relate these physiological systems to animal life cycles, concentrating on the human and mouse. Adaptations to environmental challenges will also be covered in the course. | |||||||||||||||
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| The course consists of lectures, theoretical- and practical exercises. | |||||||||||||||
| Målbeskrivelse | |||||||||||||||
| The course will combine a broad coverage of animal biology with detailed description of those biological systems and processes that are most relevant to human and animal biotechnology. After completing the course the students will be able to: Knowledge: - understand the basic mammalian life cycle. - understand the concept of homeostasis. Skills: - work accurately with biological data. - observe and interpret features in live animals. Competences: - explain adaptation to environmental variation. - explain resistance to diseases. - use biological knowledge to understand biotechnological achievements. | |||||||||||||||
| Litteraturhenvisninger | |||||||||||||||
| Vander's Human Physiology. The mechanisms of body function. Eleventh Edition. Eds. Eric P. Widmaier, Hershel Raff, Kevin T. Strang. McGraw-Hill Higher Education. ISBN 978-0-07-128366-3. | |||||||||||||||
| Kursusansvarlig | |||||||||||||||
| Christopher Harold Knight, chkn@sund.ku.dk, Institut for Basal Husdyr- og Veterinærvidenskab, Tlf: 353-32566 | |||||||||||||||
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