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Year 2 Veterinary Science.
Note: Special requirements: Dissecting instruments (fine scissors, forceps and scalpel), gloves and a white laboratory coat.
Coordinator: Professor R F Slocombe.
Contact: 52 hours of lectures and 78 hours of practical work.
Timetable: Double semester.
Objectives:
Students completing this subject should:
- be familiar with, and able accurately to apply, the terminology of pathology;
- understand the principles and possess the essential information regarding the major causes of disease and the responses of cells and tissues to injury;
- understand the molecular basis of pathological processes;
- be able to observe precisely and to identify, describe and interpret the macroscopic and microscopic appearances of tissues and cells altered by disease processes;
- be familiar with the sources and able to use contemporary literature relating to the principles of pathology; and
- be aware of the capabilities and limitations of the methods of experimental pathology and of special examinations such as biopsy, radiology and clinical pathology.
Content:
Causes of disease. Processing of animal tissues. Special stains and procedures. Disturbances of growth. Cell injury and adaptation. Cell and tissue death (necrosis). Body defence mechanisms. Biology of leucocytes. Inflammation. Repair and regeneration. Circulatory disturbances. Immune-mediated disease, mechanisms of tissue injury in hypersensitivity reactions. Autoimmunity, amyloidosis, immunodeficiency, animal analogues of acquired immunodeficiency disease, immunotolerance. Genetic abnormalities and embryological malformations. Inherited and non-inherited congenital abnormalities of animals. Host-parasite interactions. Abnormal accumulations. Nutritional pathology. Toxicologic pathology. Neoplasia. Introduction to systemic pathology.
Assessment:
A 1-hour written examination and a 1-hour practical examination at mid-year. A 3-hour written examination and a 2-hour practical examination at the end of the year. Practical work is assessed throughout the year and will include a post-mortem report of not more than 1,500 words.
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Veterinary Science (Volume 4 page 248)
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