VPCS 313 — Veterinary Parasitology I (Helminthology and Acarology)
Veterinary Medicine · University of Ghana
Definitions, classification and taxonomy of helminths and tick parasites of animals, Principles of diagnosis and control of parasitic disease. Nematodes of animals: Ascaris, Toxocara, Trichostrogyles, Strongyles, Spirurids, Filaria. Cestodes (Tapeworms): Taenia Moniezia, Echinococcus, Diphlylidium, Davainea etc. and Trematodes (Flatworms): Fasciola Schistosoma, Dicrocaelium. Their characteristics, life cycles, intermediate hosts, locations in the final hosts, economic importance and control. Ticks of Veterinary importance; classification and identification; Hard Ticks: Amblyomma, Boophilus, Hyalomma, Ripicecaphalus, Haemophysalis; Soft – ticks: Argas, Ornithodoros, Otobius. Their biology and ecology, life cycles. Three – host, two-host and one-host ticks. Economic importance and control of ticks. Considerations in tick control: cost, availability of acaricides, safety, environmental contamination. Interference of enzootic stability.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 300
- Semester
- Semester One
Other courses on this programme
- ANIM 311 — Principles of Animal Nutrition
- ANIM 314 — Introduction to Animal Breeding
- VBAS 311 — Animal Management II
- VPCS 311 — Veterinary Microbiology I (Bacteriology and Mycology)
- VPCS 312 — Veterinary Microbiology II (Virology and Immunology)
- VPCS 314 — Veterinary Parasitology II (Entomology and Protozoology)
- VPCS 315 — General Pathology
- VPCS 316 — Systemic Pharmacology
- VPCS 317 — General and Autonomic Pharmacology
- VPCS 320 — Field Practice II
- ANIM 211 — Animal Production
- BCMB 217 — Veterinary Biochemistry I
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 3 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Sciences (2017).