VETERINARY MICOLOGY

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2022/2023

Type of Course:

Elective Course

Optional/Mandatory:

Optional

Degree:

5-year Single Cycle Master's Degree Programme in VETERINARY MEDICINE

Disciplinary Sector:

Parasitology and Parasitic Animal Diseases

Language:

Italian

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

SCALA Antonio

Obligatory attendance:

Yes

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

Basic knowledge of statistics, microbiology, immunology is desirable.

AF code:

A002922

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

The learning is verified with the evaluation of presence of students at laboratory exercitations and the theoric acquisitions are verified with a oral final exam.

Teaching period

Second semester

Objectives

The student acquires the basic knowledge of veterinary mycology useful for the morphobiology, diagnosis and control of the main animal mycoses, including those of zoonotic interest.

Contents

Notes on morphobiology and classification of the main mycetes of veterinary and zoonotic interest. Superficial mycoses, dermatophytosis, subcutaneous, systemic and opportunistic mycoses. General methods of diagnosis of mycoses. Notes on the therapy of mycosis.

Recommended Bibliography

Recommended texts: Micologia Veterinaria, UNINOVA, Parma, 2004, author Maria Paola Tampieri.
MICOLOGIA VETERINARIA E COMPARATA, Roma 2022, Aracne Editrice, autrici Claudia Cafarchia e Francesca Mancianti.
The slides and other materials used in the lesson, including the PDF of the recommended text, will be made available to students on the moodle platform.
Youtube channel of the Parasitology Sector of the Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Sassari:
www.youtube.com/user/Parassitologia

Teaching Methods

The course will be structured in frontal teaching units with the aid of Power Point presentations and laboratory exercitations.

Contacts/More Information

The professor of the course is available by telephone appointment and/or by e-mail (Prof. Antonio Scala -scala@uniss.it, tel. 079/229465) to receive students for possible tutoring activities.

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