To pass the course, the student must actively participate in lectures and exercises. The condition for passing the exam is the preparation and defense of a seminar paper on a topic specified by the guarantor (in the range A-E), which is the result of self-study. The exam is awarded based on the evaluation of acquired knowledge (in the range A-E).

The results of the education are verified by the preparation of the seminar work, its defense and the final exam.

Characterization of cellular structures and types of mucosa - Histological, morphological and anatomical composition of individual types of mucosa (e.g. digestive, respiratory and urinary, etc.) - Differences of the mucosal immune system in birds and mammals - Intestinal mucosal immune system and viral, bacterial and parasitic infections - The mucosal immune system of the respiratory tract and viral, bacterial and parasitic infections - Reproductive mucosal immune system and viral, bacterial and parasitic infections - Characteristics, composition and functions of mucosal microbiota - Ontogenesis of mucosal immunity and aging

1.Jubb, Kennedy&Palmer´s: Pathology of Domestic Animals, Elsevier Science, ISBN 10.0702053228, Vol. 1-3, 2015, pp. 2456 2. Schat, KA, Kaspers, B., Kaiser, P.: Avian Immunology, 2nd edition,Elsevier, ISBN: 978-0-12-396965-1, 2014 pp. 439.

Conditions for completion of course:

To pass the course, the student must actively participate in lectures and exercises. The condition for passing the exam is the preparation and defense of a seminar paper on a topic specified by the guarantor (in the range A-E), which is the result of self-study. The exam is awarded based on the evaluation of acquired knowledge (in the range A-E).