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General Parasitology (Biol 596) |
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Lab schedule.
Fall 2008 |
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Sept
4 Introduction to practical
parasitology. |
Introduction.
Basic goals, formulae, study methods, |
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& equipment.
Dissecting & compound microscopes. |
Sect. 4., Ch. 15, A |
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Calibration of compound microscope. |
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Protozoan
parasites |
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Sept
11 Microscopic identification of Giardia
Duodenalis (lamblia) |
Microscopic identification of Giardia
duodenalis(lamblia) |
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and Trichomonas vaginalis. |
Sect 1, Ch.1, pp. 6-8 |
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Sept 18 Microscopic ID of
troph and cysts of Entamoeba |
Microscopic ID of trophs and cysts of Entamoeba |
Sect., 1 Ch.1, pp.11-13 |
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histolytica. Microscopic ID of Trypanosoma spp. in |
Sect.1, Ch. 1, pp.3-5 |
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blood smears and tissues |
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Sept 25 Microscopic ID of
Trypanosoma spp. in blood smears |
Microscopic ID of Toxoplasma gondii in the tissues |
Sect 1, Ch.1, pp.22-24 |
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Practical exercise # 1. Parasitological |
Instructions, |
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examination of the earthworm Monocystis
lumbrici. |
Ch.1, pp.17-18 |
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Oct 2 Microscopic identification of Plasmodium spp. and |
Microscopic ID of Plasmodium spp.in the blood smears |
Sect.1, Ch.1, pp.24-29 |
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and tissues. MID
of Balantidium coli. Slide preview. |
p. 37 |
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Oct 9 Quiz 1 |
QUIZ 1 |
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Flatworms
(trematodes & cestodes) |
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Oct
16 Practical exwecise #2. Study of living |
General morphology of trematodes (fixed specimens) |
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Microscopic ID of adult worm and eggs of blood flukes, |
Sect.2, Ch.2,pp.65-70; |
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liver and lung flukes |
75-77 |
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Oct 23 Identification of
Schistosoma spp (slides, fixed |
Practical exercise #2.
Study of living larval trematodes |
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infecting a snail host |
Sect 2, pp.53-61 |
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Laboratory report |
Instructions |
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Oct 30 Identification of
Schistosoma spp (slides, fixed |
General morphology of the cestodes (fixed specimens) |
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Microscopic ID of the eggs,larval stages, adult worms of |
Sect.2,Ch3,pp.89-91 |
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Diphyllobothrium latum, Taenia spp. & Echinococcus |
& 94-99 |
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granulosus.Slide preview. |
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Nov 6 Diagnostics of eggs, larval and adult worms of the
cestodes |
QUIZ 2 (PART A) |
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Roundworms (Nematodes) |
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Nov 13 Diagnostics of
eggs, larval and adult worms of the cestodes |
Microscopic identification of adult worms & eggs of |
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Trichuris trichiura. Microscopic ID of
adult Trichinella |
Sect. 2, Ch.5,pp.129-31 |
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spiralis.Diagnostics of T. spiralis in biopsy tissues. |
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Practical exercise 3#. Fish examination |
Instructions |
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Nov 20 General
morphology of nematodes (fixed specimens) |
Microscopic ID of adult worms and eggs of hookworms |
Sect 2, Ch.5,pp.138-141 |
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(Ancyclostoma spp.
and Necator americanus)& |
p. 151 |
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pinworm Enterobius vermicularis |
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THANKSGIVING BREAK |
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Dec
4 QUIZ 2
(PART B) |
Microscopic ID of eggs and adult Ascaris
lumbricoides. |
Sect.2, Ch.5, pp.144-46 |
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ID of filarial worms. Slide preview. |
pp. 161-162 |
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Dec
11 QUIZ 2
(PART B) |
QUIZ 2 (PART B) |
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