Active participation 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).

Deepening of knowledge about zoonoses, their etiology, spread, clinical manifestation, diagnosis, prevention and mitigation strategies used in human and animal populations according to current WOAH, WHO and EFSA requirements.

-distribution of zoonoses and their characteristics -emerging zoonoses (re-emerging) - vector-borne bacterial zoonoses - vector-borne viral zoonoses - food- and water-borne zoonoses - environmental factors and their influence on the spread of zoonoses -strategies for the prevention of zoonoses - strategies for the suppression of zoonoses

1.Pedro N. Acha and Boris Szfres: Zoonoses and communicable diseases to man and animals, third edition,Volume I: Bacterioses and Mycoses ,Volume II: Chlamydioses, Rickettioses and Viroses,Volume III: Parasitoses, 2003; 2. Dorko et al.: Bacterial, viral, parasitic and fungal zoonoses, 2009; 3. Ondrejková et al. (2009): Infectious and parasitic diseases of sheep and goats, Publisher: UVL in Košice, ISBN 978-80-8077-162-1, 369 p. 4. Mojžišová, J. Goldová, M., et al. (2011): Infectious and parasitic diseases of dogs. II. Infectious diseases of dogs. UVL Košice, ISBN 978-80-8077-262-8, 98 p.

Conditions for completion of course:

Active participation 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).

Final assessment:

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