APM 1203 Pathology and Immunology of Farm Animals

This pathology component of this course examines diseases and their processes in tissues and organs of the domestic animals. The course also covers aspects of innate and acquired immunity and their components, including both the humoral and cellular arms of the immune response as well as the role of host defense mechanisms and the development of acquired immunity after infection. The use of the different immunological tests in diagnosing animal diseases, malfunctions of the immune response will be discussed.

Course Objectives

• To enable candidates to understand the factor involved in disease causation 
• To enable candidates interprete gross and microscopic lesions.
• To enable candidates understand the animal body defense mechanisms at cellular and molecular levels
• To enable candidates to understand the factor involved in disease causation 
• To enable candidates interprete gross and microscopic lesions.
• To enable candidates understand the animal body defense mechanisms at cellular and molecular levels

 
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the candidates should be able to:

• Explain the factors involved in disease causation
• Recognize gross and microscopic lesions associated with specific diseases
• Explain the cellular and molecular processes of immunological responses