| Inst. for Veterinær Patobiologi
75 % Inst. for Økologi 25 % | |||||||||||||||
| Tidligst mulig placering | Kandidat 1.år | ||||||||||||||
| Varighed | En blok | ||||||||||||||
| Pointværdi | 7.5 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||||
| Kursustype | Kandidatkursus | ||||||||||||||
| Eksamen | Sluteksamen skriftlig og mundtlig eksamen Alle hjælpemidler tilladt Beskrivelse af eksamen: A group of students choose 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 and the following discussion will be individual. Based on this the student will get an individual score. Vægtning: The synopsis: 33% The presentation: 33% The discussion: 34% 7-trinsskala, intern censur | ||||||||||||||
| Forudsætninger for indstilling til eksamen | Submission of a 5-page report for final presentation | ||||||||||||||
| Rammer for undervisning | The teaching takes place as lectures and colloquia. Three visits to institutions working with parasites are included. | ||||||||||||||
| Blokplacering | Block 1 Ugestruktur: B | ||||||||||||||
| Undervisningssprog | Engelsk | ||||||||||||||
| Begrænset deltagerantal | None | ||||||||||||||
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| Competences obtained within basic science: Knowledge on the most important groups of zoonotic parasites and the general rules for their transmission, epidemiology and control. Learning principles of disease impact estimation of parasites on animals and man. Understand geographical variable impact of diseases caused by parasites, and the indentification of risk factors. Capability to evaluate studies on parasitic diseases from different regions of the world. Understand that malnourishment is a major factor involved in parasitism. Understand the basic principles of disease prevention of veterinary and human parasitic diseases. Competences within applied science: Capability to evaluate cost-benefit relations in disease control in less favoured regions of the world. Competences related to ethics and value: Understand that disease control may have complications that are not related to cost but moreover to local cultural, religious or dietery habits. | |||||||||||||||
| Kursets målsætning | |||||||||||||||
| 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. | |||||||||||||||
| Kursusindhold | |||||||||||||||
| 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. | |||||||||||||||
| Undervisningsform | |||||||||||||||
| 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. | |||||||||||||||
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| Stipulated in "Areas of Competence the Course Will Address" | |||||||||||||||
| Litteraturhenvisninger | |||||||||||||||
| 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. | |||||||||||||||
| Kursusansvarlig | |||||||||||||||
| Pia Webster, piw@life.ku.dk, Institut for Veterinær Patobiologi/Faggruppen for Parasitologi, Tlf: 35332798 Christian M.O. Kapel, chk@life.ku.dk, Institut for Jordbrug og Økologi/Faggruppe Zoologi, Tlf: 35332690 | |||||||||||||||
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