Undergraduate Course: The Animal Body (2) (BVMS08039)
Course Outline
| School | Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 50 |
| Home subject area | BVMS |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Animal 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.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13 Full Year, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: No |
Quota: None |
| Location |
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Weeks |
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Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Med And Vet | Lecture | | 1-22 | 09:00 - 09:50 | | | | |
| First Class |
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| Exam Information |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | Spot paper | 1:00 | | | | Outwith Standard Exam Diets June | Interpretation paper. | 1:00 | | | | Outwith Standard Exam Diets June | Essay Paper | 2:00 | | | | Outwith Standard Exam Diets June | Shorts paper | 2:00 | | | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | Essay Paper | 2:00 | | | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | Shorts paper | 2:00 | | | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | Spot paper | 1:00 | | | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | Interpretation paper | 1:00 | | |
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;
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Assessment Information
Examination - 80% of marks
In-course assessment: 20% of marks |
Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Jonathan Fitzgerald
Tel: (0131) 242 9376
Email: Ross.Fitzgerald@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Julie Gifford
Tel:
Email: Julie.Gifford@ed.ac.uk |
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