BIOMS 3310 - General Parasitology

(crosslisted) BIOMI 3310

Spring. 2 credits. Letter grades only.

Prerequisite: any of the following: BIOEE 1610, BIOEE 1780, BIOEE 2640, BIOEE 2670, BIOEE 2740; NS 2750; EAS 1700; BIOMI 2900, BIOG 1106 [Inactive], or one semester college-level biology or majors-level biology, or equivalent courses.

D. Bowman.

This course is an introduction to the basic animal parasites, stressing systematics, taxonomy, general biology, ecological interactions, and behavior of non-medically important groups. Introduces the major animal parasite groups: protozoan, nematode, platyhelminth, acanthocephalan, annelid, and arthropod.