Information Package / Course Catalogue
Immunity To Protozoal Infections
Course Code: VPR656
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

The objective of this course, types of immunity to Protozoan Infections, factors the emerging in shaping of immunity, factors affecting to immunity in Protozoa

Course Content

Immunity to Protozoa, Immunity against the tissue and blood protozoa, preimmunition, type and duration of immunity, resistance to age, resistance to race, sterile immunity

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Be equipped with general information about the immunity to parasitology
2.Types of immunity developed against Protozoa
3.Factors affecting to immunity in Protozoa
4. To have knowledge about the factors that appears during the immunity
5.To have knowledge about the ways to escape from the immune responce in protozoa
Recommended or Required Reading
1.TÜZER, E., TOPARLAK, M. (1999). Veteriner Protozooloji. İstanbul Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Ders Notu No:105. İstanbul
2.KAUFMANN, J. (1996). Parasitic Infections of Domestic Animals. Birkhäuser. Switzerland
3.PETERS, W., PASVOL, G. (2002). Tropikal Medicine and Parasitology. Mosby International Limited. China
4.SOULSBY, E. J. L., (1986). Helminths, Arthropods and Protozoa of Domesticated Animals. William Cloves Limited. Great Britain
5.BURGU, A., KARAER, Z. (2005). Parazit Hastalıklarında Tedavi. Türkiye Parazitoloji Derneği, Yayın No:19
6.ÖZCEL, M.A., İNCİ, A., TURGAY, N., KÖROĞLU, E. (2007). Tıbbi ve Veteriner Immunoparazitoloji, Türkiye Parazitoloji Derneği Yayınları, No:21, İzmir
7.SCHMIDT, G.D. (1985). Foundations of Parasitology
8.DUMANLI, N., KARAER Z. (2010). Veteriner Protozooloji. Medisan Yayınevi, Ankara
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Natural immunity and acquired immunity in protozoan infections
Week 2 - Theoretical
Escape the immune response to protozoan infections, to the adverse effects of immune response, vaccination
Week 3 - Theoretical
Cells and molecules that play a role in immunity to Protozoan infections
Week 4 - Theoretical
Immunity and vaccine studies to Trypanosomiasis
Week 5 - Theoretical
Immunity and vaccine studies of leishmaniasis in dogs
Week 6 - Theoretical
Immunity to Trichomonas, Histomonas, and Giardia infections
Week 7 - Theoretical
Immunity to Eimeria infections
Week 8 - Theoretical
Discussion (Midterm Examination)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Immunity to Cryptosporidium infections
Week 10 - Theoretical
Immunity and vaccine studies to Toxoplasmosis
Week 11 - Theoretical
Immunity and vaccine studies to Neosporosis
Week 12 - Theoretical
Immunity and vaccine studies to Sarcosporodiosis
Week 13 - Theoretical
Immunity and vaccine studies to Babesia infections
Week 14 - Theoretical
Immunity and vaccine studies to Theileriosis infections
Week 15 - Final Exam
Final Exam
Week 16 - Final Exam
Final Exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Assignment1%5
Quiz1%5
Midterm Examination1%20
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Assignment115116
Quiz112113
Midterm Examination115116
Final Examination125126
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)99
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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