| Responsible Department | Department of Basic Animal and Veterinary Sciences
75 % Department of Veterinary Disease Biology 25 % | ||||||||||||||
| Earliest Possible Year | BSc. 3 year | ||||||||||||||
| Duration | One block | ||||||||||||||
| Credits | 7.5 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||||
| Level of Course | Joint BSc and MSc | ||||||||||||||
| Examination | Final Examination written examination Written Exam in Lecturehall All aids allowed Description of Examination: 4h written test Weight: 100% 7-point scale, internal examiner Dates of Exam: 10 November 2011 | ||||||||||||||
| Organisation of Teaching | The course will consist of lectures, practicals, and journal clubs | ||||||||||||||
| Block Placement | Block 1 Week Structure: A | ||||||||||||||
| Language of Instruction | English | ||||||||||||||
| Optional Prerequisites | 260027 Basic Animal Biology | ||||||||||||||
| Restrictions | None | ||||||||||||||
| Course Content | |||||||||||||||
| The course focuses on biomedical and agricultural aspects of animal biotechnology. Lectures provide detailed coverage of organ systems and biological processes including growth, reproduction, lactation, endocrinology, immunology, secretory processes, transport and uptake processes to the various ways in which domesticated animals are used in biotechnology and agriculture. | |||||||||||||||
| Teaching and learning Methods | |||||||||||||||
| The course consists of lectures, theoretical and practical exercises, journal clubs and case studies. | |||||||||||||||
| Learning Outcome | |||||||||||||||
| The course provides detailed coverage of the physiology, pathophysiology and functional genomics of biological processes relevant to the use of animals in biotechnology and agricultural food production, as models of human disease, as bioreactors producing proteins of value to human health and as pharmokinetic testbeds. After completing the course the students will be able to: Knowledge - understand the physiology of key organ systems - understand the integrated function of multi-organ systems and whole animals Skills - locate, read and interpret scientific journals and textbooks - work accurately with biological data - observe, interpret and explain features in live animals Competences - explain the application of physiology in biotechnology and animal agriculture - explain the benefits of animal biotechnology to human and animal health - use biological knowledge to understand biotechnological achievements | |||||||||||||||
| Course Literature | |||||||||||||||
| Vander's Human Physiology 11th ed, McGraw Hill, ISBN 978-0-07-128366-3 | |||||||||||||||
| Course Coordinator | |||||||||||||||
| Christopher Harold Knight, chkn@life.ku.dk, Department of Basic Animal and Veterinary Sciences/Physiology & Biochemistry, Phone: 353-32566 | |||||||||||||||
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