Course Summary

ANIMAL SCIENCES 413

ANIMAL HEALTH

Spring 2005

T, & R

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:

1.       Identify the etiological agents responsible for major infectious diseases.

2.       Understand the basic elements of immunological responses and host defenses systems against infections.

3.       Identify environmental factors that influence exposure of pathogens to the host.

4.       Determine the intrinsic factors that influence the host’s resistence to disease.

5.       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/as494/default.asp

Tentative Schedule of Exams: 

EXAM I         April 19

EXAM II        May 12

EXAM III       June 2

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:

                                                     % Final Grade

Two hourly exams                                   50%

Quizzes and Homework                          25%

Final Exam                                               25%