Veterinary Ectoparasites and Vectors

Catalog description

This course offers participants an overview of the biology of arthropods that impact animal health with a focus on morphology, physiology, life history and ecology. Emphasis will be placed on how physiology and environmental factors impact distribution and disease risk. Participants will have the option to go further in depth in diagnostics, vectored diseases and treatment, prevention and control (clinical concentration) OR explore laboratory raising of arthropods and surveillance techniques (research and conservation concentrations). This course is intended as an elective course for students enrolled in the Master of Professional Studies (MPS) in Veterinary Parasitology.