ENTOMOLOGY 449
Veterinary Entomology
Credits:2 (2-0)
Prerequisites: Bio S 103, 104 or permission of instructor
Instructor:
R. S. Zack
Text: Furman, D. P. and E. P. Catts. 1982. Manual of Medical Entomology, 4th ed., Cambridge Univ. Press. 207 p.
OBJECTIVES OF COURSE
For the students to:
- Develop an appreciation for the effects that arthropods have on warm-blooded, especially domesticated animals.
- Recognize and be able to identify arthropods that affect certain warm-blooded animal hosts.
- Know the general ecology, distribution and importance of arthropods and the diseases they vector.
- Understand the epidemiology of arbodiseases.
- Become familiar with the management efforts employed to control arthropods or veterinary importance.
LECTURE OUTLINE
No. of Lectures Topic
1 Course Organization and Introduction
1 Disease Transmission
4 Taxonomy and Identification of Arthropods of Medical Importance
1 Phthirapeta (Lice)
4 Diptera (Flies) and Coleoptera (beetles)
1 Siphonoptera (Fleas)
2 Ticks, Mites and Miscellaneous Venemous Arthropods
GRADING CRITERIA
- Grades will be based on performance on a final exam (40%).
- a research paper (35%).
- quizzes (25%).
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