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2011/2 Provisional Module Catalogue - UNDER CONSTRUCTION & SUBJECT TO CHANGE
 Module Code: BMS3062 Module Title: VETERINARY IMMUNOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY
Module Provider: Biosciences Short Name: BMS3062
Level: HE3 Module Co-ordinator: OVIEDO-ORTA E Dr (Biosciences)
Number of credits: 15 Number of ECTS credits: 7.5
 
Module Availability
Semester Two
Assessment Pattern

Coursework   Oral presentation (35%),

 

Examination (65%)
Module Overview
Prerequisites/Co-requisites
Module Aims

·         To provide an overview of veterinary immunology & pathology

 
Learning Outcomes

 

 

On successful completion of this module you should:-

 

 

·         Describe the species specific immune systems.

 

 

·         Explain how the immune system of animals compares to that of humans.

 

 

·         Understand the basics of veterinary pathology.

 

 

·         Describe the species specific anatomical and physiological differences relevant to veterinary pathology.

 

 

·         Describe the common pathologies of livestock and companion animals.

 

·         Communicate effectively orally and in written work

 
Module Content

Lecture no.

 

Lecturer

 

Topic

 

1/2

 

FSt/SG

 

Introduction to Veterinary Immunology:

 

What Mice and Man cannot tell us (or do not have)

 

Thereafter 2hours Lecture/Seminar, 1 hour student presentation

 

3-5

 

MV/NN

 

Immunology to Tuberculosis: to kill or to persist

 

6-8

 

JS/HC

 

CSF & PRRS: immunosuppressive diseases in pigs – from stable to lab

 

9-11

 

SG/HE

 

Molecular immunology of Pestiviruses: how a virus family evades innate immunity

 

12-14

 

HE/FSt

 

Anti-Immunology: how pox- and herpesviruses outsmart the immune system

 

15-17

 

FSt/JS

 

Mucosal Immunology: development, anatomy & pathology of the immune system

 

18-20

 

FSt

 

DC Biology in disease and for therapy

 

21-23

 

SG

 

The DIVA (differentiate infected from vaccinated animals) concept for vaccines

 

24-26

 

FSt/NN

 

Allergy & Autoimmunity in farm & companion animals

 

27-29

 

SG/FSt

 

The use of genomics to analyse the immune system of animals

 

30

 

FSt et al

 

Revision

 
Methods of Teaching/Learning
Lectures
Selected Texts/Journals

Recommended Books:

 

Veterinary Immunology: An Introduction. Ian R. Tizard. 8th Revised edition (2008). ISBN: 9781416049890

 

 

Thomson's Special Veterinary Pathology. M. Donald McGavin, William W. Carlton, James F. Zachary, Zachary, James F., McGavin, Donald. 3rd Revised edition. ISBN: 9780323005609

 
Last Updated
15 April 2011