Course Summary
Spring 2009
Tu & Th
Coordinator: Joe Hogan (hogan.4@osu.edu)
5-3801
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Introduction to infectious diseases affecting livestock.
PURPOSE: Provide students with an introduction to infectious diseases and detail the animal husbandry practices influencing the host-pathogen interactions.
OBJECTIVES: Specific objectives for each student to accomplish include:
- Identify the etiological agents responsible for major infectious diseases.
- Understand the basic elements of immunological responses and host defenses systems against infections.
- Identify environmental factors that influence exposure of pathogens to the host.
- Determine the intrinsic factors that influence the host's resistance to disease.
- Outline management programs to prevent and control infectious diseases of economic importance to animal agriculture.
CREDITS: 5 hours
TEXT: No text will be required.
READING LIST: Provided by the instructors.
Website: http://www.oardc.ohio-state.edu/as413
Tentative Schedule of Exams:
- EXAM I April 21
- EXAM II May 7
- EXAM III June 4
Attendance Policy
No make-up quizzes will be given. Quizzes missed due to university excused absence will not be tallied in the final grade. Make-up exams will be at the discretion of the instructor.
Evaluation: Exams and quizzes will include multiple choice, matching, definitions, and essay questions. Final grades will be determined as outlined below:
- Two hourly exams 50%
- Quizzes and Homework 25%
- Final Exam 25%
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