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Undergraduate Course: The Animal Body (2) (BVMS08039)

Course Outline
SchoolRoyal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies CollegeCollege of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Course typeStandard AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) Credits50
Home subject areaBVMS Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionAnimal Body 2: Pathobiology of the Animal Body
basic mechanisms of molecular & cellular pathology, immunology, inflammation and repair; general biology of pathogens including bacteria, viruses and parasites. Host response to infection is covered.


Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2011/12 Full Year, Not available to visiting students (SS1) WebCT enabled:  No Quota:  None
Location Activity Description Weeks Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Med And VetLecture1-22 09:00 - 09:50
First Class First class information not currently available
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours:Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)Spot paper1:00
Outwith Standard Exam Diets JuneInterpretation paper.1:00
Outwith Standard Exam Diets JuneEssay Paper2:00
Outwith Standard Exam Diets JuneShorts paper2:00
Resit Exam Diet (August)Essay Paper2:00
Resit Exam Diet (August)Shorts paper2:00
Resit Exam Diet (August)Spot paper1:00
Resit Exam Diet (August)Interpretation paper1:00
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Relating to AB 2 students should be able to:
Describe and comprehend the important features and mechanisms of pathological processes and understand how these produce disease and clinical signs;
Define and use specialist terminology applied to infectious diseases and their control;
Comprehend the environmental, pathogen and host factors involved in the transmission, persistence, consequences and control of infection;
Describe the pathogenic processes at cellular and molecular levels of viral, bacterial, fungal and parasitic diseases of animals, including zoonoses;
Correlate causal organisms and mechanisms with resultant pathological alterations, lesions and clinical disease;
Assessment Information
Examination - 80% of marks

In-course assessment: 20% of marks
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
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Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Jonathan Fitzgerald
Tel: (0131) 242 9376
Email: Ross.Fitzgerald@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Julie Gifford
Tel:
Email: Julie.Gifford@ed.ac.uk
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