Educational guide
IDENTIFYING DATA 2024_25
Subject PARASITIC DISEASES Code 00106033
Study programme
0106 GRADO EN VETERINARIA
Descriptors Credit. Type Year Period
9 Compulsory Fourth First
Language
Castellano
Ingles
Prerequisites
Department SANIDAD ANIMAL
Coordinador
GUTIERREZ EXPOSITO , DANIEL
E-mail dgute@unileon.es
mfuef@unileon.es
Lecturers
FUERTES FRANCO , MIGUEL
GUTIERREZ EXPOSITO , DANIEL
Web http://https://www.unileon.es/estudiantes/estudiantes-grado/oferta-de-estudios/planes?id=0106033&curso=2020
General description Study of the clinical aspects, epidemiology, diagnosis, therapy and control measures of the infections by protozoa, helminths and arthropods parasites, as well as their influence on animal production, public health and environment
Tribunales de Revisión
Tribunal titular
Cargo Departamento Profesor
Presidente SANIDAD ANIMAL RUBIO NISTAL , PEDRO MIGUEL
Secretario SANIDAD ANIMAL CARVAJAL URUEÑA , ANA MARIA
Vocal SANIDAD ANIMAL GUTIERREZ MARTIN , CESAR BERNARDO
Tribunal suplente
Cargo Departamento Profesor
Presidente SANIDAD ANIMAL FREGENEDA GRANDES , JUAN MIGUEL
Secretario SANIDAD ANIMAL GARCIA IGLESIAS , MARIA JOSE
Vocal SANIDAD ANIMAL MARTINEZ MARTINEZ , SONIA

Competencias
Code  
A19622 106P2 Collect and send all types of samples with their corresponding report.
A19625 106P5 Identify, control and eradicate animal diseases, with special attention to notifiable diseases and zoonoses, following, in this case, the corresponding procedures in accordance with current regulations.
A19645 106S23 Clinical examination methods and procedures, complementary diagnostic techniques and their interpretation.
A19651 106S29 Diagnosis.
A19662 106S39 Infectious and parasitic diseases of veterinary interest including their diagnosis and control.
A19666 106S42 Technical measures and regulations for the prevention, control and eradication of animal diseases.
B6471 106G1 Analyse, synthesise, solve problems and make decisions in the professional fields of the veterinarian.
B6472 106G2 Work as a team, single or multidisciplinary, and show respect, appreciation and sensitivity to the work of others.
B6473 106G3 Maintain ethical behavior in the exercise of their responsibilities towards the profession and society.
B6474 106G4 Communicate the information obtained during the veterinarians professional practice fluently, orally and in writing, with other colleagues, authorities and society in general.
B6475 106G5 Write and present professional reports correctly, always maintaining the necessary confidentiality.
B6476 106G6 Search and manage information related to the veterinarians activity.
B6477 106G7 Apply the scientific method to professional practice including evidence-based medicine.
B6479 106G9 Demonstrate interest in knowing how to use basic computer tools.
B6480 106G10 Have basic knowledge of a second language, especially in technical aspects related to Veterinary Sciences.
B6481 106G11 Keep the knowledge, skills and attitudes of professional competencies updated through a continuing education process.
C1 CMECES1 That students have demonstrated possession and understanding of knowledge in an area of study that is based on general secondary education, and is usually found at a level that, although supported by advanced textbooks, also includes some aspects that involve knowledge from the cutting edge of their field of study
C2 CMECES2 That students know how to apply their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional manner and possess the skills that are usually demonstrated through the development and defense of arguments and the resolution of problems within their area of study.
C3 CMECES3 That students have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (normally within their area of study) to make judgments that include reflection on relevant issues of a social, scientific or ethical nature.
C4 CMECES4 That students can transmit information, ideas, problems and solutions to both a specialised and non-specialised audience
C5 CMECES5 That students have developed those learning skills necessary to undertake further studies with a high degree of autonomy

Learning aims
Competences
Recognise the main parasitic diseases affecting equids, ruminants, pigs, dogs and cats, rabbits, birds, fish and bees. A19622
A19625
A19645
A19651
A19662
 B6471
B6472
B6473
B6474
B6475
B6476
B6477
B6479
B6480
B6481
 C1
C2
C4
C5
To analyse the causes that have contributed to its occurrence, spread and maintenance in the population. A19622
A19662
 B6471
B6477
B6481
 C5
Interpret herd and individual clinical analyses. A19651
A19662
 B6471
B6474
B6481
 C3
C4
C5
Design measures for the prevention of the presentation and spread of diseases in the population. A19625
A19662
A19666
 B6471
B6477
B6481
 C5
Implement measures to identify and combat them, taking into account the legislation in force. A19625
A19662
 B6471
B6475
B6477
 C4
C5
Assess the economic and health significance of parasitic diseases at international, national, regional and herd levels. A19625
A19662
 B6471
B6475
B6477
B6481
 C5

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
I. THEORY INTRODUCTION (3h)
(Didactic unit 1)

Lesson 1. Parasitic diseases: Nomenclature of parasitic diseases. Parasitic zoonoses. Economic and sanitary importance of parasitic diseases.

Lesson 2. Clinical and diagnostic of animal parasitosis. Methods of control and control of parasitic diseases.

PARASITIC DISEASES OF CARNIVORAN ANIMALS (8h)
(didactic unit 2)

Lesson 3. Intestinal protozoosis: coccidiosis, cryptosporidiosis, sarcocystosis, giardiosis, trichomoniasis.

Lesson 4. Intestinal trematodosis and cestodosis: taeniosis and other adult cestodosis.

Lesson 5. Intestinal nematodoses: ascarididosis, ancylostomidosis, strongyloidosis, trichurosis and others.

Lesson 6. Systemic protozoosis I: leishmaniasis.

Lesson 7. Systemic protozoosis II: toxoplasmosis, neosporosis and hepatozoonosis.

Lesson 8. Cardiobronchopulmonary nematodoses: dirofilariosis, angiostrongylosis and aelurostrongylosis.

Lesson 9. Cutaneous arthropodosis: scabies, tick infestations and insect infestations.

Lesson 10. Other parasitosis: filariasis, thelaziosis, linguatulosis and others.

PARASITIC DISEASES OF RUMINANTS (15h)
(Didactic unit 3)

Lesson 11. Digestive protozoosis: coccidiosis and cryptosporidiosis and others.

Lesson 12. Digestive trematodosis and cestodosis: calicoforosis, anoplocephalidosis and others.

Lesson 13. Gastrointestinal nematodoses: trichostrongylidosis, nematodirosis, chaberthimosis, bunostomosis, oesophagostomosis, strongyloidosis, ascarididosis, trichurosis and others.

Lesson 14. Hepatic trematodoses: fascioliasis, dicroceliosis and schistosomosis.

Lesson 15. Haematic protozooses: babesiosis, theileriosis and trypanosomosis.

Lesson 16. Tissue and genital protozoosis: toxoplasmosis, neosporosis, besnoitiosis and trichomonosis.

Lesson 17. Larval cestodosis I: hydatidosis and cenurosis.

Lesson 18. Larval cestodosis II: muscular and visceral cysticercosis.

Lesson 19. Bronchopulmonary nematodosis: dictyocaulosis and protostrongylidosis.

Lesson 20. Myiasis: hypodermosis and oestrosis.

Lesson 21. Ectoparasitosis: mange, infestations by ticks and insects.

PARASITIC DISEASES OF EQUIDS (8h)
(Didactic unit 4)

Lesson 22. Digestive protozoosis: coccidiosis.

Lesson 23. Intestinal cestodosis: anoplocephalosis.

Lesson 24. Intestinal nematodes: strongylosis, parascariasis, oxyurosis and gasterophilosis.

Lesson 25. Bronchopulmonary parasitic diseases: dictyocaulosis.

Lesson 26. Systemic parasitosis: sarcocystosis, toxoplasmosis, neosporosis and piroplasmosis.

Lesson 27. Ectoparasitosis: scabies, filariasis, habronemosis, infestation by ticks and insects.

PARASITIC DISEASES OF SUIDS (5h)
(didactic unit 5)

Lesson 28. Intestinal protozoosis: isosporosis, balantidiosis and others.

Lesson 29. Gastrointestinal parasitosis: ascariasis, trichurosis, strongylosis, strongyloidosis, spirurosis and acanthocephalosis.

Lesson 30. Bronchopulmonary nematodosis: metastrongylosis.

Lesson 31. Systemic Parasitosis I: trichinellosis.

Lesson 32. Systemic parasitic diseases II: babesiosis, toxoplasmosis, sarcocystosis, cysticercosis and hydatidosis.

Lesson 33. Ectoparasitosis: mange and others. Control.

PARASITIC DISEASES OF THE LAGOMORPHAS (3h)
(didactic unit 6)

Lesson 34. Coccidiosis and other protozoosis.

Lesson 35. Helminthosis by adults and larvae: fasciolosis, dicroceliosis, teniosis, cysticercosis, pasalurosis and others.

Lesson 36. Ectoparasitosis: mange, infestations by ticks and insects.

PARASITIC DISEASES OF BIRDS (4h)
(Didactic unit 7)

Lesson 37. Coccidiosis and other protozoosis (histomonosis, hexamitosis and trichomonosis).

Lesson 38. Digestive helminthiasis: ascarididosis, capillariasis, spirurosis.

Lesson 39. Respiratory, haematic, tissue and genital parasitic diseases: syngamosis, trypanosomosis, avian malaria, histomonosis and prostohonimosis.

Lesson 40. Ectoparasitosis: scabies and infestations by ticks and insects.

PARASITIC DISEASES OF FISHES (2h)
(didactic unit 8)

Lesson 41. Digestive parasitosis: coccidiosis, hexamitosis, microsporidiosis, cestodosis, nematodosis among others.

Lesson 42. Systemic parasitosis: cryptobiosis, microsporidiosis, myxosporidiosis, myxosporidiosis, trematodosis, cestodosis and nematodosis.

Lesson 43. Ectoparasitosis: ichthyobodosis, ichthyophthriosis, amoebosis, escuticociliatosis, monogenosis, among others.

PARASITIC DISEASES OF BEES (1h)
(didactic unit 9)

Lesson 44. Digestive parasitosis: nosemosis, amoebiasis and others.

Lesson 45. External parasitosis and other systems: acariosis, varroosis and others.
II. PRACTICES Practice A (B3).- Clinical consultation at Veterinary Hospital.
Clinical Practice.
Duration: 5 hours.
Number of groups: 12
Place: Veterinary Hospital.
Number of teachers/group: 1

Practice B (B3).- Diagnostic methodology of parasitic diseases.
Lab practice.
Duration: 2 h.
Number of groups: 6.
Place: practical laboratory (shared with Parasitology).
Number of teachers/group: 1

Practice C (B3).- Coprological diagnostic methods in carnivors.
Lab practice.
Duration: 2 h.
Number of groups: 6.
Place: practical laboratory (shared with Parasitology).
Number of teachers/group: 1

Practice D (B3).- Coprological diagnostic methods in ruminants.
Lab practice.
Duration: 2 h.
Number of groups: 6.
Place: practical laboratory (shared with Parasitology).
Number of teachers/group: 1

Practice E (B3).- Immunological diagnostic methods in parasitic diseases.
Lab practice.
Duration: 2 h.
Number of groups: 6.
Place: practical laboratory (shared with Parasitology).
Number of teachers/group: 1

Practice F (B3).- Muscle tissue diagnostic methods.
Lab practice.
Duration: 2 h.
Number of groups: 6.
Place: practical laboratory (shared with Parasitology).
Number of teachers/group: 1

Practice G (B3).- Parasitological diagnostic methods in skin.
Lab practice.
Duration: 2 h.
Number of groups: 6.
Place: practical laboratory (shared with Parasitology).
Number of teachers/group: 1

Practice H (B1).- Seminar on clinics and control of parasitic diseases of carnivors
Room practice and work in group
Duration: 2+2 h.
Number of groups: 2.
Place: lecture room.
Number of teachers/group: 1

Practice I (B1).- Seminar on clinics and control of parasitic diseases of ruminants
Room practice and work in group
Duration: 2 h.
Number of groups: 2. Personal and team work.
Place: lecture room.
Number of teachers/group: 1

Practice J (B1).- Seminar on clinics and control of parasitic diseases of pigs, equids, rabbits and birds
Room practice and work in group
Duration: 2 h.
Number of groups: 2. Personal and team work.
Place: lecture room.
Number of teachers/group: 1

Practice K (B1).- Travelling clinic.
Field.
Duration: 5 h.
Number of groups: in accordance with Center organization.
Place: farms.
Number of teachers/group: collaborator veterinarians.

Practice L (B3).- Tutorials and oriented works. (6h). Several teachers.

Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Class hours Hours outside the classroom Total hours
Clinical practicums 9 9 18
 
Laboratory practicals 12 22 34
Seminars 5 20 25
Field work/trips 5 5 10
Personal tuition 4 5 9
 
Lecture 49 64 113
 
Mixed tests 4 0 4
2 10 12
 
(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies   ::  
  Description
Clinical practicums Practice A. They will be carried out in the Veterinary Hospital, in small groups of students, in a face-to-face and compulsory way. - together with the subject Infectious Diseases I, with a duration of 5 hours of each subject (total = 10 HP), in small groups of students. The student will be instructed in the diagnosis and treatment of transmissible diseases of carnivores, on sick animals, as well as in the guidelines and fundamentals of the prevention of the main transmissible diseases of carnivores. - participating in a 4-hour on-call activity in small animal and equine medicine and surgery departments.
Laboratory practicals These practicals will be face-to-face and compulsory and as a whole are aimed at instructing the student in the various diagnostic techniques of parasitic diseases. The 6 laboratory practicals (B, C, D, E, F and G) will have a duration of two hours each, for each group of students.
Seminars Fundamental aspects of parasitic diseases will be studied in depth, by means of interactive theoretical exposition (Practices H, I and J); these seminars will be face-to-face and compulsory and will be given in three separate sessions, each lasting two hours, and this for each of the two groups of students. The students, divided into groups of 2 or 3 people, will work and present by means of a ppt various clinical cases of the main parasitic diseases affecting domestic animals for an estimated time of 5-10 minutes. Afterwards, in an interactive way, the clinical cases will be discussed and commented by the rest of the classmates and the teacher.
Field work/trips Visits will be made to various livestock farms, where the student will accompany a collaborating veterinarian in his or her daily professional activity. Attendance and reporting on at least one visit will be compulsory.
Personal tuition Individualized face-to-face attention and group attention in those teaching activities which could be required
Lecture Theorical sessions in the classroom will be in person. During them, the theorical contents of the subject will be presented, through visual presentations or other support.

Personalized attention
 
Seminars
Laboratory practicals
Clinical practicums
Lecture
Mixed tests
Description
Group and/or individual tutorials will be carried out face to face. Group tutorials will resolve doubts and questions regarding the scheduled theoretical-practical activities. The individual sessions will have the purpose of resolving any issue related to the teaching of the subject.
Due to teachers participate several subjects, it is not possible to establish a uniform schedule. For this reason, tutorials, at the student's request, will be carried out by prior appointment, preferably by email, with the teacher.

Assessment
  Description Qualification
Seminars Assistance to practical sessions. 2% de la nota final
Field work/trips Assistance to field practical sessions. 2% de la nota final
Laboratory practicals Assistance to practical sessions. 2% de la nota final
Clinical practicums Assistance to practical sessions. 2% de la nota final
Lecture Assitance to theoretical sessions. 2% de la nota final
The completion of the work corresponding to the field practice will be evaluated as well as the presentation of the work during the seminar. 5% de la nota final
Mixed tests Written exam to evaluate acquired practical and theorical knowledge.
The theoretical exam will be worth 60% of the final mark, while the practical exam will be worth 25% of the final mark.

The THEORETICAL EXAM will consist of a MIDTERM EXAM which will include topics 1-21 and a FINAL EXAM, which will include topics 22-45, or the whole course if applicable.

The exams will include multiple choice questions, short answer questions and essay questions.

In all cases, the test part will account for 40% of the grade, the short answer questions will account for another 30% and the essay questions will account for the remaining 30%.


The PRACTICAL EXAM will consist of short questions related to laboratory practicals, seminars and clinical cases.

The practical exam must be passed in order for the theoretical exam to be assessed.

 85% de la nota final
 
Other comments and second call

The theory exam will account for 60 % of the final mark.

The practical exam will account for 25% of the final mark.

Both the theory and practical exams must be passed with a minimum mark of 5 out of 10 in order to pass the subject.

The remaining 15%, once the theoretical and practical exams have been passed, will be made up of the mark for attendance, degree of collaboration in the other practical sections (clinical, laboratory, field trips, seminars, etc.) and the work and reports carried out. The lecturer responsible for each group of diseases per animal species will be able to provide students with basic information on the contents.

For the first call of the ordinary assessment (January), the pass mark of the partial exam will be retained. In the second call (extraordinary assessment in February), the pass mark of the whole theoretical part and/or the practical part obtained in the ordinary assessment will be retained.

Only the use of the necessary office material is permitted in the examinations and assessment tests. The consequences applicable for the use of any other resource will be the immediate withdrawal of the exam, the expulsion of the student from the exam and a grade of 0.0 in the report of the corresponding exam session.

Field practicals, laboratory practicals, seminars and clinical practicals will be compulsory for the first year

If the student is taking the subject of parasitic diseases for the second time and has already attended all the aforementioned practicals, he/she may participate in them on a voluntary basis in his/her second year. Otherwise, the student will have to attend all of them on a compulsory basis. Students who voluntarily wish to attend the practice sessions must apply to the subject leader at least one week in advance.

If the student is taking the subject of parasitic diseases for the third time, all the aforementioned practicals will be compulsory, as if it were a first enrolment.

Sources of information
Access to Recommended Bibliography in the Catalog ULE

Basic Beugnet F. et al. , Clinical Parasitology in dogs & cats, Servet editorial, Barcelona, España, 2018
Hendrix Ch M. and Robinson ED., Diagnostic Parasitology for Veterinay Technicians, Mosby editorial, 2016
Dwight D. Bowman, Georgis.Parasitología para veterinarios, Elsevier, España S.L., 2021
Cordero del Campillo M, Rojo Vázquez FA (Coord.) , Parasitología veterinaria, Madrid: McGraw-Hill11 Interamericana, 1999
Deplazes, Ecckert, Mathis, Von Samson-Himmelstjerna and Zahner, Parasitology in Veterinary Medicine, Wageningen Academic, 2016
Radostits OM, Gay CC, Hinchcliff KW, Constable PD, Veterinary medicine. A textbook of the diseases of cattle, horses, sheep, pigs and goats, Philadelphia: Elsevier, 2007
Taylor MA, Coop RL and Wall RL, Veterinary parasitology, Oxford: Blackwell, 2007

Complementary Meana Mañes A, Rojo Vázquez FA, 60 Q&A sobre Parasitología bovina, Zaragoza: Servet, 2013
Meana Mañes A, Rojo Vázquez FA, 87 Q&A sobre parasitología equina, Zaragoza: Servet , 2010
Elsheikha HM, Ahmed Khan N Ed., Essentials of veterinary parasitology, Norfolk, UK: Caister Academic Press, 2011
Elsheikha HM, Ahmed Khan N Ed. , Essentials of veterinary parasitology , Norfolk, UK: Caister Academic Press, 2011
Bowman DD, Georgis' Parasitology for veterinarians, Madrid: Elsevier, 2010
, Guias ESCCAP nº 1-8, ESCCAP, ESPAÑA, 2012-2018
Kassai T, Veterinary helminthology, Oxford: Butterworth Heinemann, 1999


Recommendations

Subjects that are recommended to be taken simultaneously
INFECTIOUS DISEASES I / 00106032
INFECTIOUS DISEASES II / 00106037

Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before
PHYSIOLOGY I / 00106003
CYTOLOGY AND HISTOLOGY / 00106005
PHYSIOLOGY II / 00106007
PARASITOLOGY / 00106013
BIOSTATISTICS AND EPIDEMIOLOGY / 00106015
GENERAL PATHOLOGY / 00106016
GENERAL PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY / 00106017
VETERINARY PHARMACOLOGY / 00106019
CLINICAL PROPEDEUTICS / 00106022