Clinical Parasitology and Microbiology

Catalog description

Clinical Parasitology and Microbiology allows students to focus on host-parasite relationships as found in common infestations and infections as well as selected microbe pathogens of concern in veterinary medicine. The course provides descriptions of the pathophysiologic mechanisms of various parasite classes with emphasis on life cycles parasites employ to perpetuate reproduction. Course emphasis is a comprehensive consideration of the major classes of internal and external parasites in companion and large animal species and the use of microscopic and immunologic testing techniques to detect parasites. Microbiologic laboratory techniques focus on collecting, processing, and submitting microbial specimens for identification, overview of their various pathogenic mechanisms, and how responses to potential antimicrobic therapy are predicated by laboratory means.