- Docente: Monica Caffara
- Credits: 1
- SSD: VET/06
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Biomedical Laboratory techniques (cod. 8484)
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from Sep 22, 2025 to Oct 03, 2025
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student will have knowledge on etiology, pathogenesis and symptomatology of the main zoonotic parasitic diseases. The student will also acquire knowledge about the diagnostic techniques used in the veterinary laboratories to detect parasites in animals and/or in foods of animal origin. They will also learn the measures implemented by the Public Health Veterinary Services to prevent man infection.
Course contents
Epidemiology, diagnosis and control of the main parasitic diseases transmissible between animals and human with particular reference to:
Protozoa - Cryptosporidiosi
Trematoda – Fasciolosi, Opistorchiasi;
Cestoda – Echinococcosi-idatidosi, Difillobotriasi;
Nematoda – Anisakiasi, Trichinellosi Ascaridiosi
Readings/Bibliography
Slides provided by the teacher
Teaching methods
Lectures
Observation of the parasites covered during the course, preserved in ethanol.
Assessment methods
Oral exam
Teaching tools
PC equipped with projector
Office hours
See the website of Monica Caffara