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| + | '''FINAL EXAM (PRELIMINARY DATE & TIME): Monday, December 16, 8-10 am | ||
| + | =LECTURE EXAM #3 (1st hour) & COMPREHENSIVE ESSAY FINAL (2nd hour)''' | ||
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Revision as of 01:34, 28 August 2009
EEB 4274: INTRODUCTION TO ANIMAL PARASITOLOGY
Fall 2009
This is an introductory course of the survey type. Coverage includes
the diversity of protozoan and metazoan groups with members that
parasitize animals. There is some emphasis on groups of particular
medical and/or economic importance. The lectures and labs emphasize
knowledge of the biology of individual parasites. Some "principles of
parasitism" are introduced in relation to groups of parasites that
exemplify them particularly well.
Meeting Times
Lecture: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9-9:50am in TLS 313
Lab Sections: Wednesday 1-4pm or 5-8pm in TLS 313
PARASITOLOGY FIELD TRIP to SUNY Oneonta Biological Field Station
Depart: Friday, Sept. 25 at Noon
Return: Sunday, Sept. 27 at Noon
Required text
Foundations of Parasitology, 8th Edition. (2009) by Larry S. Roberts and John Janovy, Jr.
Instructors
Dr. Janine Caira
Office: Torrey Life Sciences 483
Phone: 486-4060
E-mail: janine.caira@uconn.edu
Office hours: By appointment
Maria Pickering (teaching assistant)
Office: Torrey Life Sciences 480
Phone: 486-1882
E-mail: maria.pickering@uconn.edu
Office hours: Fridays, 10-11 am, and by appointment
Lecture Schedule
| Date | Topic | Readings | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon. Aug. 31 | Introduction to Parasitology; Introduction to parasitic protozoans | Chs. 1, 4, &6 | |
| Wed. Sept. 2 | Retortomonada; Chromista; Ciliophora; Rhizopoda | Chs. 6, 10 & 7 | |
| Fri. Sept. 4 | Parabasalia; Microspora | Chs. 6 & 11 | |
| Mon. Sept. 7 | LABOR DAY--NO CLASS | ||
| Wed. Sept. 9 | Euglenozoa (Trypanosoma) | Ch. 5 | |
| Fri. Sept. 11 | NO CLASS (to make up for field trip) | ||
| Mon. Sept. 14 | Euglenozoa (Trypanosoma | Ch. 5 | |
| Wed. Sept. 16 | Euglenozoa (Leishmania); Dinoflagellata) | Ch. 5 | |
| Fri. Sept. 18 | Introduction to Apicomplexa; Haemospororida | Ch. 9 | |
| Mon. Sept. 21 | Haemospororida | Ch. 9 | |
| Wed. Sept. 23 | Haemospororida; Piroplasmorida; Coccidiasina | Chs. 9 & 8 | |
| Fri. Sept. 25 | Coccidiasina (Depart for Field Trip 12:00 pm) | Ch. 8 | |
| Mon. Sept. 28 | Coccidiasina | Ch. 8 | |
| Wed. Sept. 30 | Gregarinasina | Ch. 8 | |
| Fri. Oct. 2 | Introduction to Platyhelminthes; minor platyhelminth groups | Chs. 13 & 14 | |
| Mon. Oct. 5 | LECTURE EXAM #1 (covers "protozoans") | ||
| Wed. Oct. 7 | Introduction to Digenea; digenean life-cycles | Ch. 15 | |
| Fri. Oct. 9 | In-class group exercise: “protozoans” | ||
| Mon. Oct. 12 | liver flukes | Chs. 17 & 18 | |
| Wed. Oct. 14 | liver flukes; lung flukes | Chs. 17 & 18 | |
| Fri. Oct. 16 | blood flukes | Ch. 16 | |
| Mon. Oct. 19 | Monogenea | Ch. 19 | |
| Wed. Oct. 21 | Introduction to Cestoda | Ch. 20 | |
| Fri. Oct. 23 | cestode life-cycles; non-human cestode groups | Ch. 21 | |
| Mon. Oct. 26 | Cestoda (Pseudophyllidea) | Ch. 21 | |
| Wed. Oct. 28 | Cestoda (Cyclophyllidea) | Ch. 21 | |
| Fri. Oct. 30 | LECTURE EXAM #2 (covers "platyhelminths") | ||
| Mon. Nov. 2 | In-class group exercise: platyhelminths | ||
| Wed. Nov. 4 | Introduction to Nematoda | Ch. 22 | |
| Fri. Nov. 6 | Nematoda (Rhabditea) | Chs. 24, 25 & 26 | |
| Mon. Nov. 9 | Nematoda (Rhabditea) | Chs. 27, 29 & 30 | |
| Wed. Nov. 11 | Nematoda (Enoplea) | Ch. 23 | |
| Thurs. Nov. 12 | EEB Dept Sem. 4 pm; BSP 130 (Dr. Kevin Lafferty: “The role of parasites in ecosystems”) | ||
| Fri. Nov. 13 | Miscellaneous metazoan phyla | Chs. 11, 31, & 32 | |
| Mon. Nov. 16 | Introduction to Arthropoda; Crustacea | Chs. 33, 34 & 35 | |
| Wed. Nov. 18 | Acari (mites & ticks) | Ch. 41 | |
| Fri. Nov. 20 | NO CLASS (to make up for field trip) | ||
| Mon. Nov. 23 | THANKSGIVING BREAK- NO CLASS | ||
| Wed. Nov. 25 | THANKSGIVING BREAK- NO CLASS | ||
| Fri. Nov. 27 | THANKSGIVING BREAK- NO CLASS | ||
| Mon. Nov. 30 | Hexapoda (flies & fleas) | Chs. 39 & 38 | |
| Wed. Dec. 2 | Hexapoda (lice & bugs) | Ch. 36 | |
| Fri. Dec. 4 | In-class group exercise: nematodes and arthropods | ||
| Mon. Dec. 7 | Parasite Ecology | Ch. 2 | |
| Wed. Dec. 9 | Evolution of Parasitism | Ch. 2 | |
| Fri. Dec. 11 | General Considerations | Ch. 2 |
FINAL EXAM (PRELIMINARY DATE & TIME): Monday, December 16, 8-10 am =LECTURE EXAM #3 (1st hour) & COMPREHENSIVE ESSAY FINAL (2nd hour)
