Duration
20h Th, 10h Mon. WS
Number of credits
| Advanced Master in Specialised Veterinary Medicine (Registrations are closed) | 4 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This advanced course aims at the acquisition of fundamental knowledges pertaining to vectors in the frame of emerging or reemerging diseases. Several definitions are introduced such as vectorial competence and capacity, biological and mechanical vectors, biological and non biological transmission, diapauses, solenophagy, telmophagy, vertical and transtadial transmissions ... The course aims also at the study of arthropod and non-arthropod vectors: morphology, biology, direct and indirect pathogenic impact. The main groups of vectors or pseudo vectors are studied: insects, acarines, mollusks ...
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
To remind fundamental knowledges about the studied organisms, to identify the key factors which play a role in the epidemiology of the vectorial diseases, to acquire the expertise for the identification of the main groups of vectors (at the family or genus level). Allow the implementation by he participants of relevant control measures for each group of vectors.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
General biology, general microbiology, epidemiology applied to medical sciences, medical and veterinary entomology.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The practicals consist in the examination of typical examples belonging to different orders or families : Muscidae, Tabanidae, Calliphoridae, Glossinidae, Hippoboscidae, Culicidae, Ceratopogonidae, Phlebotomidae, Ixodidae, Acaridiae, Siphonaptera, Phtiraptera.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
The time table is established on an annual basis by the coordinator.
Recommended or required readings
Reference textbooks:
- Veterinary Entomology. Eds R. Wall et D. Shearer, Chapman and Hall, 1997.
- Medical Entomology. Eds B.F. Eldridge et J.D. Edman, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004.
A hard copy of each lecture is provided to the students by the coordinator.
The evaluation is organised by the coordinator with participation of all participating lecturers.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Coordinator : Prof. Claude Saegerman
Email : claude.saegerman@ulg.ac.be
Contacts
Professor Frederic FRANCIS
Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Entomology
Frederic.Francis@uliege.be