Course Description
Detailed microscopic studies will be made of avian tissues and the effects of specific diseases and their processes on them. A working knowledge of tissue processing and differential staining will be included.
Athena Title
AVIAN HISTOPATH
Prerequisite
Permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
The student will understand and recognize the responses of avian tissues to injury. Given stained slides of avian tissues or images derived thereof, the student will: 1. Identify tissues and reactions present. 2. Describe the extent of any lesions present. 3. Describe the severity of the lesions. 4. Describe the duration of the lesions. 5. Identify parasites, viral inclusions, pigments, bacteria, and fungi if present. 6. Identify methods need to confirm the cause of the lesions observed. 7. Identify the specific cause for the lesions present or construct a list of most likely causes in order of likelihood. 8. List the steps needed to collect, preserve, process, section, and stain avian tissue samples for histopathology, immunohistochemistry, and nucleic acid extraction from embedded tissues.
Topical Outline
This course teaches the fundamentals of avian histology and histopathology. Topics include the microscopic diagnosis of infectious, metabolic, degenerative and toxic diseases of birds. 1. Normal histology and tissue processing 2. Inflammatory and proliferative responses in avian tissues 3. Dermatopathology 4. Respiratory pathology 5. Neuropathology 6. Immune system 7. Gastrointestinal pathology 8. Liver and pancreas 9. Hematopoietic system 10.Skeletal pathology 11.Urogenital system 12.Cardiovascular and muscular pathology
Syllabus
Public CV