Module Specification
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Title Biology of Veterinary Pathogens: Lessons for Disease Control
Code LIFE367
Coordinator Dr BL Makepeace
Infection Biology
Blm1@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2016-17 Level 6 FHEQ First Semester 15

Pre-requisites before taking this module (other modules and/or general educational/academic requirements):
LIFE216; LIFE240 None 

Modules for which this module is a pre-requisite:
 

Co-requisite modules:
 

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Teaching Schedule
  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours 24
This refers to approximately 2 timetabled lectures per week
  1
Refers to a timetabled discussion with a tutor
9
This refers to timetabled practical sessions
  1
This refers to a revision workshop
35
Timetable (if known)              
Private Study 115
TOTAL HOURS 150

Assessment
EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
Unseen Written Exam  2 hours  1  80  Yes  Standard UoL penalty applies  Exam 
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
Coursework  2,000 words  1  20  Yes  Standard UoL penalty applies  Written assignment Notes (applying to all assessments) - none 

Aims

  • To provide students with an overview of the major veterinary diseases affecting livestock and small animals in the UK and in developing countries

  • To equip students with the knowledge base required to appreciate the key challenges in veterinary disease control, especially for the development of novel drugs and vaccines

  • To enable students to understand the societal impact of endemic and exotic veterinary diseases and zoonotic infections< /p>


    • Learning Outcomes

    To evaluate the similarities and differences between the major groups of veterinary pathogens and the diseases they cause

    To appraise the obstacles to veterinary disease control and how research could overcome some of these obstacles

    To evaluate the relative merits and disadvantages of current chemotherapeutic and immunoprophylactic control strategies, and how they might be improved

    To analyse the societal impact of veterinary infectious diseases and zoonoses as they relate to the challenge of global food security

    Teaching and Learning Strategies

    Lecture - This refers to approximately 2 timetabled lectures per week

    Tutorial - Refers to a timetabled discussion with a tutor

    Laboratory Work - This refers to timetabled practical sessions

    Workshop - This refers to a revision workshop

    Syllabus
    1 
    This module will be delivered by a variety of experts in the field, each of whom has an active research programme in veterinary pathogen biology and control. Lectures will be supported by a practical and one tutorial focused on the problem of antibiotic resistance, and practical sessions dedicated to the identification of ectoparasites.
     
    Virology
    Vaccination against RNA viruses – caliciviruses in the spotlight
    Epidemiology and control of viral diseases of poultry
    Pathogenesis and control of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus
    Epidemiology and control of African swine fever
    Pathogenesis and control of herpesviruses
     
    Bacteriology
    Understanding bacterial pathogenesis
    Spirochetal diseases and their control
    Epidemiology and control of digital dermatitis
    The microbiome of humans and animals
    Antimicrobial resistance in a veterinary context  
    Antibiotic use and the development of resistance (tutorial) 
    Antibiotic resistance and its detection (practical)
    Biology and control of Chlamydiae and Coxiella
    Pathogenesis and control of Anaplasma spp.
    Control of Ehrlichia ruminantium
     
    Parasitology
    Epidemiology and control of coccidia in a public health context
    Toxoplasmosis: immunity and vaccination
    Drug resistance in trypanosomiasis
    Vaccine development against leishmaniasis
    Control of theileriosis and babesiosis in ruminants
    Epidemiology and control of liver fluke
    Principles of anthelminthic resistance: focus on fluke
    Control of fleas
    Identification and control of fleas (practical)
    Vaccination against ticks and mites
    Identification of ticks and mites (practical)
     
    Cross-cutting
    Antimicrobial immunity in the gastrointestinal tract

    Transmission of livestock zoonoses in Africa

    Revision session

    Recommended Texts
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