PřF:Bi7450 Parasitology - Course Information
Bi7450 Special parasitology
Faculty of ScienceSpring 2005
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 2 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- RNDr. Božena Koubková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- RNDr. Božena Koubková, Ph.D.
Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: RNDr. Božena Koubková, Ph.D. - Timetable
- Thu 10:00–11:50 Z3,02045
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- Bi2000 Animal System and Evolution || ( Bi1030 Syst. & evol. of invertebrates && Bi2090 System evolution vertebrates )
- 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
- Systematic Biology and Ecology (programme PřF, B-BI, specialization Systematic Zoology and Ecology)
- Course objectives
- Parasite-host systems, diversity of parasites, Protozoa - morphology, biology, classification, parasitic helminths - morphology, biology, classification, parasitic arthropods - morphology, biology, classification.
- Syllabus
- Introduction to special parasitology, main adaptations to parasitism, basic principles, definition and terminology. Distribution of parasites in animal kingdom, diversity of parasites, significance of parasites in nature. Subregnum: Protozoa - general characteristics and main adaptations for parasitism, clasification. Phyllum: Sarcomastigophora - general morphology, biology and classification, typical representatives, diseases, diagnostics. Phyllum: Apicomplexa - general morphology, biology and classification, typical representatives, diseases, diagnostics. Phyllum: Microspora - general morphology, biology and classification, typical representatives, diseases, diagnostics. Phyllum: Myxozoa - general morphology, biology and classification, typical representatives, diseases, diagnostics. Phyllum: Ciliophora - general morphology, biology and classification, typical representatives, diseases, diagnostics. Phylla: Porifera, Coelenterata, Ctenophora and Mesozoa - general morphology, biology and classification, typical representatives, diseases, diagnostics. Phyllum: Platyhelminthes - general morphology, adaptations for parasitism, classification. - Class: Monogenea - general morphology, biology and classification, typical representatives, diseases, diagnostics. - Class: Digenea - general morphology, biology and classification, typical representatives, diseases, diagnostics. - Class: Cestoda - general morphology, biology and classification, typical representatives, diseases, diagnostics. Phyllum: Nematoda - general morphology, biology and classification, typical representatives, diseases, diagnostics. Phyllum: Acanthocephala - general morphology, biology and classification, typical representatives, diseases, diagnostics. Phyllum: Pentastomida - general morphology, biology and classification, typical representatives, diseases, diagnostics. Phyllum: Mollusca - general morphology, biology and classification, typical representatives, diseases, diagnostics. Phyllum: Annelida - Hirudinea - general morphology, biology and classification, typical representatives, diseases, diagnostics. Phyllum: Arthropoda - general morphology, biology and classification, typical representatives, diseases, diagnostics. - Class: Crustacea - general morphology, biology and classification, typical representatives, diseases, diagnostics. - Class: Arachnida - general morphology, biology and classification, typical representatives, diseases, diagnostics. - Class: Insecta - general morphology, biology and classification, typical representatives, diseases, diagnostics. Miscellaneous groups: Nemertea, Rotifera, Nematomorpha, Sipuncula, Echinodermata - general morphology, biology and classification, typical representatives, diseases, diagnostics. Recommended reading: Noble E. R. et al.: Parasitology - the biology of animal parasites, London, 1989, 574 pp. Schmidt G. D., Roberts L. S.: Foundations of parasitology. The C.V. Mosby Company, St. Louis-Toronto-London, 1981, 795 pp. Smyth J. D.: Introduction to Animal Parasitology, Cambridge University Press, 1994, 549 pp. Ryšavý B.: Základy parazitologie, SPN Praha, 1988, 215 pp.
- Literature
- Doporučená literatura viz osnova přednášky
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
General note: Parazitologové tento kurz nezapisují, cvičení bylo zrušeno, chyba v tištěném katalogu.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Kurz je určen jen pro neparazitology
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2005, recent)
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