ZOOL 32062

>< 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 Laboratory
>< Pre-requisite : ZOOL 12022
>< Co-requisite : ZOOL 32054
>< Objectives: At the end of this course the student will be able to demonstrate practical skills relevant to; identification of animal parasites and diagnosis of parasitic infections of man, domestic animals and fish; and identification and quantification of plant parasitic nematodes.
>< Course content:

Identification of prepared slides of selected parasites of man and domestic animals and fish; slide preparation, mounting for intestinal amoebae and nematodes of man and their identification. Staining and identification of life stages of malaria parasites of man. Parasitic surveys – liver and gastro intestinal parasites of cattle; internal and external parasites of rat and slide preparation and mounting for their identification. Parasitic surveys of fish for external and internal parasites of fish;soil sampling for population studies of parasitic nematodes, extraction of nematodes from soil and plant materials, preservation and mounting for identification.

>< Methodology: Laboratory exercises
>< Scheme of evaluation: End of semester practical examination & continuous assessments
>< Recommended reading:
1. Basic Laboratory Methods in Medical Parasitology (1991) WHO, Geneva.
2. Fleck, S.L. and Moody, A.H. (1988) Diagnostic techniques in medical Parasitology, Butterworth, London.
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, UK.
5. Axelrod, H.R. (1989). Handbook of Fish Diseases. T.F.H.Publications, Oxford.

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