Learning Outcomes:
On completion of the module, students should be able to:
Explain and give examples of innate and adaptive immunity relevant to veterinary medicine.
Explain concepts fundamental to the control of infection such as antigen recognition, antibody production and cell-mediated immunity.
Describe the general characteristics and understand the general biology of infectious agents.
Carry out simple and common diagnostic procedures using immunological techniques.
Perform selected routine techniques in bacteriology and parasitology.
Explain the principles of vaccination, and the uses and effects of specific vaccines to animal owners.
Indicative Module Content:
Innate immunity
Adaptive immunity
Immunopathologies
Immunodiagnostics
Vaccination
Regional immune systems and immune-privileged sites
Maternal and neonatal immunity
The lymphoid system
Introduction to microbiology & bacterial genetics
Introduction to virology
Introduction to parasitology
Introduction to pathology