250-211 Veterinary Bacteriology & Mycology

At the end of the sequence Veterinary Microbiology & Virology and Veterinary Bacteriology & Mycology, students completing these subjects should: possess the essential information on the important characteristics of bacteria, fungi and viruses and the way they exert their pathogenic effects and produce clinical signs of disease; understand the distribution of microbes in nature and the manner by which those of veterinary importance are spread; be familiar with the methods of disinfection and sterilisation and their use in practice; understand the principles of anti-microbial therapy; understand the need for rational judgments in the use of antimicrobial therapy; understand the immune response infection and possible abnormalities of the responses; understand the principles and use of vaccines in the control of infectious diseases; be familiar with the methods of diagnosis of infectious diseases; understand the principles of non-therapeutic control measures; understand approaches to the diagnosis of infectious disease(including the isolation and identification of pathogens and their detection using immunoassays).

Topics include: systematic bacteriology and mycology and practical exercises in veterinary microbiology.

At the end of the sequence Veterinary Microbiology and Virology and Veterinary Bacteriology and Mycology students completing these subjects should have:

• the skills required to be efficient managers of information;

• skills to apply technology to the analysis of biological problems;

• developed skills in report writing.

A series of true/false questions on each of 21 case studies completed during the instruction period (10%), a literature search and review (20%), short written answers (1,000 words maximum) to questions on a selected number of case studies (20%) and indicated in the teaching timetable available at the commencement of the semester and a computer-based open-book examination of two hours duration at the end of the semester (50%).