PřF:Bi7874c Helminthology practice - Course Information
Bi7874c Biology of parasitic helminths - practice
Faculty of ScienceAutumn 2019
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- RNDr. Martin Kašný, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. RNDr. Milan Gelnar, CSc.
Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: RNDr. Martin Kašný, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science - Prerequisites
- Bi6330 Parasitology && Bi7450 Parasitology && Bi7450c Parasitology - practice
Bi6330 Parasitology, Bi7450 Basic parasitology Bi7450c Basic parasitology - practical lesson - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Zoology (programme PřF, N-ZOL)
- Course objectives
- Review of the most important taxons of helminths, characteristic, morphology, development, typical representatives. Overview of the main groups of helminths, their characteristics, morphology, development, representatives. Practical demonstrations of hosts´disections, preparation of helminth samples for other analyses. Examples of diagnostic methods. Microscopy - histological slides.
- Learning outcomes
- Knowledge of morphology, life cycles, ontogenesis of the main groups of helminths and their representatives. Knowledge of how to process a sample of biological material - a worm/host for morphological or molecular analysis and/or diagnostics.
- Syllabus
- Trematoda - Aspidogastrea, Digenea; Monogenea - Dactylogyrodae, Gyrodactylidae, Diplozoidae ;, Cestoda - Gyrocotylide, Amphilinide, Eucestoda; Nematoda; Acanthocephala. Life cycles, examination methods, diagnostics.
- Literature
- Jíra J., 1998: Lékařská helmintologie. Galén Praha; Horák P., Scholz T., Biologie helmintů,1998, Karolinum Praha.
- Teaching methods
- practical lesson
- Assessment methods
- written examination, determination of helminth and their hosts species
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: Kurz otevírán v lichých letech.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: Minimálně tři studenti.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Kurz je pro parazitology povinný
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2019, recent)
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