Basic elements of epidemiology: Introduction and history, Epidemiology definition and basic concepts, The epidemiological approach to disease''s causation,
concepts about etiology, epidemiology and immunology of animal populations in course of infectious diseases with particular reference of those of viral and prion origin. Basic informations on sanitary rules. Only a limited group of diseases, relevant for socio-economic impact or for their peculiar epiemiological and ecopathological features, will be examined