ZOOL 32054

>< Type/status : Compulsory course for the students following B.Sc. (Special) Degree Programme in Zoology and elective course for the other biological science students.
>< Title : Parasitology and Plant Nematology
>< Pre-requisite : ZOOL 12014
>< Co-requisite : ZOOL 32062
>< Objectives: At the end of this course the student will be able to describe the biology of animal parasites of man, domestic animals and fish; epidemiology and prevention of parasitic infections, symptoms and diagnosis of diseases caused by parasites; and biology and integrated approach of management of nematode parasites of economically important crops in Sri Lanka.
>< Course contents:

Importance of human parasitology, major points differentiating animal parasitic diseases from infectious diseases caused by viruses and bacteria;Classification, morphology, biology and life cycles of parasites of man, domestic animals and fish; Pathogenesis, symptoms, transmission, severity, prevention and treatment of parasitic infections of the following: Intestinal amoebae, and other amoebic infections, Intestinal flagellates, Haemoflagellates, (visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis, Trypanosomiasis), Malaria parasites: Toxoplasmosis and other protozoan diseases of human and domestic animals; Liver, intestinal, lung and blood flukes of man and domestic animals; Introduction to cestode diseases, Taeniasis, cysticercosis, Hydatidosis and other cestode diseases; Intestinal and other nematodes; Filarial diseases; Insect and mite parasites of human and domestic animals and parasites of fish.

Morphology identification and life cycles of important plant nematodes, plant- nematode relationship and nematodes as plant virus vectors; economic threshold and economic injury level; important nematode parasites of tea, rice and selected crops in Sri Lanka and their management.

>< Methodology: A combination of lectures, tutorials.
>< Scheme of evaluation: End of course unit examination.
>< Recommended reading:
1. Schmidth, G.D. and Roberte, L.S. (2000) Foundations of Parasitology 6th Edition Mc-Graw Hill, New York.
2. Smith, J.D. (1994). Introduction to Animal Parasitology 3rd Edition Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
3. Nickle, W.R. (1991). Manual of agricultural Nematology Marcel Dekker Inc., New York
4. Luc, M., Sikora R.A. & Bridge, J, (1993). Plant Parasitic Nematodes in subtropical and Tropical Agriculture CAB International, Wallingford, U.K.
5. Noga, E.J. (2000) Fish Diseases: Diagnosis and Treatmnent, Blackwell Science, Oxford.

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