VTMED 6438 - Advanced Work in Animal Parasitology

Fall, spring, summer. 0.5-1 credit. S/U grades only.

Enrollment is limited to: first-, second-, third- and fourth-year veterinary students.

D. Bowman, A. Lucio-Forster.

Intended for veterinary students with interests in parasitology research. In-depth training in aspects of animal parasitology tailored to their interests, e.g., improved fecal diagnostics, methods for diagnostics of parasites in skin scrapings, in vitro cultivation of parasites, training in running MATs for toxoplasmosis, egg-hatch assays, PCR for specific agents, etc.