VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY

Course Code               Course Description                                                                            Credit Units

VPE 302:                    Introductory Parasitology                                                                3(2+1)

Definitions. Taxonomy of helminthes, arthropods

and protozoan. Principles of diagnosis and control

of parasitic diseases.

VPE 401:                    Veterinary Protozoology                                                                  3(2+1)

Introduction and classification of phylum Protozoa,

Anthropod borne Protozoans: Babesia, Trypanosoma,

Plasmodium, Leishmania, Leucocytozoon, Haemobartonella.

Protozoans transmitted by resistant Cysts: Eimeria,

Balantidium, Giardia, Toxoplasma, Entamoeba, Sarcocystis

and Besnoitia. Sexually Transmitted protozoans: trichomonas,

trypanosoma.

VPE 402:                    Veterinary Entomology                                                                    2(1+1)

Introduction and classification of phylum Arthropoda

Order – Nematocera, Brachycera and Cyclorhapha,

Acarina (Ixodidae, Argasidae), Siphanoptera (fleas),

Pthiraptera (Lice). Life cycles of arthropods of

Veterinary importance. Pathogenecity and control

(chemical/biological).

VPE 403:                    Veterinary Helminthology                                                               3(2+1)

Introduction and classification of phylum Platyheliminlhs.

Life cycle, pathogenicity and control of Nematodes,

trematodes and Cestodes of Veterinary importance.