250-203 Veterinary Pathology

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Subject Description

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 1.5-hour written examination and a 1.5-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 1500 words.

Prescribed Texts

• Cheville, N F, Introduction to Veterinary Pathology. (3rd ed.), 1988, Saunders.
• Slauson, D O and Cooper, B J, Mechanisms of Disease. (2nd ed.), 1990, Williams and Wilkins.
• Duncan, J R and Prasse, K W, Veterinary Laboratory Medicine. (2nd ed.), 1995, Iowa State University Press.
• Moulton, J. E., Tumours in Domestic Animals. 3rd ed., 1991, University of California Press.