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Provet On-line Certificate Course in 

Arthropod-borne Diseases of Dogs and Cats

Syllabus

Module 1  - Biology and Control of Arthropods

• Ticks

  • Morphology

  • Life cycle

  • Vectorial potential

  • Control

• Fleas

  • Morphology

  • Life cycle

  • Vectorial potential

  • Control

• Mosquitoes

  • Morphology

  • Life cycle

  • Vectorial potential

  • Control

• Sandflies

  • Morphology

  • Life cycle

  • Vectorial potential

  • Control

• Tabanid and Muscid Flies

  • Morphology

  • Life cycle

  • Vectorial potential

  • Control

• True Bugs

  • Morphology

  • Life cycle

  • Vectorial potential

 Module 2 - Wildlife in Arthropod-borne Diseases

• Reservoir hosts

• Accidental hosts

• Co-infection

• Epidemiology

• Persistence

• Vector distribution

• Vector competence and microparasite acquisition

 Module 3 - Host Immune System

• The Tick-host Interface

• The Sandfly-host interface

• Host immune response to arthropods

• Vaccination against arthropods

• Immune-mediated sequelae to Arthropod-transmitted infections

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Module 4 - Laboratory Diagnosis

• Culture/propogation of pathogens

• Microscopy

• Antibody-based diagnostics

• DNA-based diagnostics

Module 5 - Filarial Infections

• Overview

• Cardiopulmonary dirofilariasis (heartworm disease)

• Subcutaneous dirofilariasis

• Dipetalonema reconditum

• Human dirofilariasis

Module 6 - Babesiosis and Cytauxzoonosis

• Babesiosis

  • Background

  • Aetiology

  • Epidemiology

  • Pathogenesis

  • Clinical signs

  • Diagnosis

  • Treatment

• Cytauxzoonosis

  • Background

  • Aetiology

  • Epidemiology

  • Pathogenesis

  • Clinical signs

  • Diagnosis

  • Treatment and control

Module 7- Hepatozoonosis

• Canine Hepatozoonosis

  • Background

  • Aetiology

  • Epidemiology

  • Life cycle and transmission

  • Pathogenesis

  • Clinical signs

  • Diagnosis

  • Treatment, control and prevention

• Feline Hepatozoonosis

• Zoonotic potential

Module 8 - Leishmaniosis

• Leishmaniosis

  • Background

  • Aetiology

  • Epidemiology

  • Life cycle and transmission

  • Pathogenesis

  • Clinicopathological findings

  • Diagnosis

  • Treatment, and control

  • Zoonotic potential

Module 9 - Borreliosis

• Borreliosis

  • Aetiology

  • Epidemiology

  • Pathogenesis

  • Clinical signs

  • Diagnosis

  • Treatment and control

  • Public Health Significance

Module 10 - Bartonellosis

• Bartonellosis

  • Background

  • Aetiology

  • Epidemiology

  • Pathogenesis

  • Clinicopathological signs

  • Diagnosis

  • Treatment and control

  • Zoonotic potential

Module 11 - Ehrlichiosis 

• Ehrlichiosis

  • Background

  • Aetiology

  • Epidemiology

  • Pathogenesis

  • Clinical signs

  • Diagnosis

  • Treatment and control

  • Zoonotic potential

Module 12 - Rickettsial infections

• Tick-borne Rickettsial infections

• Rocky mountain spotted fever

  • Background

  • Pathogenesis

  • Clinical signs

  • Diagnosis

  • Treatment and control

• Flea-transmitted Rickettsial infections

Module 13 - Anaplasmosis

•     Anaplasmosis

  • Background

  • Aetiology

  • Epidemiology

  • Pathogenesis

  • Clinical signs

  • Diagnosis

  • Treatment and control

  • Zoonotic potential

Module 14 - Other Arthropod-borne Infections

• Yersinia

• Tularaemia

• Coxiellosis

• Viral Encephalitides

• Typanosomiasis

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