Biology 625
ANIMAL PARASITOLOGY
Fall semester
MWF (lec) 09:30-10:20; Tuesdays (lab) 02:30-5:20; Ackert Rm 226
All lecture note outlines Copyright© 1999-2007 (Steve J. Upton)

NOTICE: I will be having cancer surgery on August 21st. It should take me about 2 weeks to function again. Therefore, I am postponing the start of this class until Wednesday, September 5th. Since I will loose the function of my right arm for at least a month, and thus the ability to write, I plan to convert all lectures to powerpoint. These lectures will be made available to you at K-State on-line. I will also be e-mailing you periodically with updates and class instructions. This course will be taught, simply starting a little later than initially planned. I apologize.


Updated: 14 August 2007

Instructor: Steve J. Upton, PhD
Ackert 347 (532-6639)
e-mail: coccidia@ksu.edu

TA: Juan Campos
e-mail: jmcampos@ksu.edu

Text: I have not asked any of the bookstores to order specific texts for this class. You can acquire books cheaper by ordering on-line. A suggested text to be used in the course is Foundations of Parasitology by Roberts LS and Janovy Jr J., WC Brown/McGraw Hill, 7th edition (2005); 702 pp.; ISBN 007-234898-4. Used copies may be available at the bookstore and older editions are fine. However, this book may be cost prohibitive for some of you. I will supply a variety of .pdf articles to you electronically during the semester. You will be responsible on exams for reading these articles.

A web-based outline representing most of the parasites covered in class is available for each general topic (see below). This information is made available in case you happen to miss a class. However, please be advised that this is only a basic outline of some of the various species. Additional information, plus figures, will be provided during the powerpoint lectures, and in some instances much more information is presented for a particular group than will be covered in class. Some of the species listed in the outline may not even be covered in the course due to time constraints, and the method by which some parasites or parasite groups are presented in class may differ significantly from the outlines. The laboratory manual is on-line here and is usually revised every other year. For now, utilize the 2005 edition.

TENTATIVE LECTURE AND LABORATORY SCHEDULES
Dates and times subject to change


Part 1: Lecture schedule (2007) - very tentative

  1. Aug 20 - no class
  2. Aug 22 - no class
  3. Aug 24 - no class
  4. Aug 27 - no class
  5. Aug 29 - no class
  6. Aug 31 - no class
  7. Sept 03 - HOLIDAY (NO CLASS)
  8. Sept 05 - Introduction to Animal Parasitology
  9. Sept 07 - Monogenes
  10. Sept 10 - Digenes
  11. Sept 12 - Digenes
  12. Sept 14 - Digenes
  13. Sept 17 - Digenes
  14. Sept 19 - Cestodes
  15. Sept 21 - Cestodes
  16. Sept 24 - Cestodes
  17. Sept 26 - Cestodes
  18. Sept 28 - Nematode biology and taxonomy
  19. Oct 01 - Student Holiday (NO CLASS)
  20. Oct 03 - Nematodes
  21. Oct 05 - Nematodes
  22. Oct 08 - Nematodes
  23. Oct 10 - Nematodes
  24. Oct 12 - Nematodes
  25. Oct 15 - Nematodes
  26. Oct 17 - Nematodes
  27. Oct 22 - Protozoa
  28. Oct 24 - Protozoa
  29. Oct 26 - Protozoa
  30. Oct 29 - Protozoa
  31. Oct 31 - Protozoa
  32. Nov 02 - Protozoa
  33. Nov 05 - Protozoa
  34. Nov 07 - Protozoa
  35. Nov 09 - Protozoa
  36. Nov 12 - Protozoa
  37. Nov 14 - Arthropoda
  38. Nov 16 - Arthropoda
  39. Nov 19 - Arthropoda
  40. Nov 21 - HOLIDAY (NO CLASS)
  41. Nov 23 - HOLIDAY (NO CLASS)
  42. Nov 26 - Arthropoda
  43. Nov 28 - Arthropoda
  44. Nov 30 - Arthropoda
  45. Dec 03 - Arthropoda
  46. Dec 05 - Pentastomes and leeches
  47. Dec 07 - Acanthocephalans
  48. Dec 10 - FINAL (Monday, 09:40 am) - (I think)

Part 2: Laboratory schedule (2007)

TBA. The first laboratory will be on September 11th. Introduction to the laboratory.

Part 3: Images

Some images that you may find useful and need to examine:

Animal (and Human) Parasitology image library
Human Parasitology image tutorial

EXAMS AND GRADING
Dates and times not subject to change


Exams, combining both the lecture and laboratory, will be given during the first hour of the Tuesday laboratories. A 500 point (90%, 80%, 70%, 60%) grading scale will apply:

  1. Exam #1: (100 points)
  2. Exam #2: (75 points)
  3. Exam #3: (100 points)
  4. Exam #4: (125 points) - Final
  5. Slide collection (10 slides x 10 points each = 100 points)

FINAL EXAM: Comprehensive (125 points).

Sample exam #1
[1995 class average 72%; high grade 96%; n=18]
[1997 class average 80%; high grade 97%; n=17]
[1999 class average 64%; high grade 85%; n=12]
[2001 class average 71%; high grade 95%; n=18]
[2003 class average 74%; high grade 93%; n=15]
[2005 class average 66%; high grade 99%; n=18]

Sample exam #2
[1995 class average 83%; high grade 96%; n=17]
[1997 class average 81%; high grade 96%; n=16]
[1999 class average 68%; high grade 87%; n=12]
[2001 class average 60%; high grade 81%; n=18]
[2003 class average 65%; high grade 96%; n=15]
[2005 class average 63%; high grade 95%; n=17]

Sample exam #3
[1995 class average 82%; high grade 100%; n=16]
[1997 class average 82%; high grade 93%; n=16]
[1999 class average 59%; high grade 88%; n=11]
[2001 class average 60%; high grade 81%; n=18]
[2003 class average 75%; high grade 94%; n=15]
[2005 class average 72%; high grade 94%; n=15]

Sample exam #4
[1995 class average 91%; high grade 96%; n=16]
[1997 class average 94%; high grade 100%; n=16]
[1999 class average 58%; high grade 81%; n=11]
[2001 class average 80%; high grade 92%; n=17]
[2003 class average 77%; high grade 95%; n=15]
[2005 class average 79%; high grade 99%; n=15]

LECTURE OUTLINES
Contents subject to change


  1. Topic 01. Introduction to Animal Parasitology
  2. Topic 02. Introduction to Platyhelminthes systematics
  3. Topic 03. General biology of the Monogenes
  4. Topic 04. Basic characteristics of the Class: Digena
  5. Topic 05. Classification of the subclass Digenea
  6. Topic 06. Order: Strigeiformes
  7. Topic 07. Order: Echinostomatiformes
  8. Topic 08. Order: Paramphistomiformes
  9. Topic 09. Order: Plagiorchiformes
  10. Topic 10. Order: Opisthorchiformes
  11. Topic 11. Introduction to the Class: Cestoda
  12. Topic 12. Developmental biology of cestodes
  13. Topic 13. Basic taxonomy of the Cestoda
  14. Topic 14. Superorder: Eucestoda; Infracohort: Pseudophylla
  15. Topic 15. Superorder: Eucestoda; Infracohort: Saccouterina
  16. Topic 16. Introduction to the Phylum: Nematoda
  17. Topic 17. Basic nematode taxonomy
  18. Topic 18. The Class: Enoplea
  19. Topic 19. The Order: Rhabditida
  20. Topic 20. The Order: Strongylida
  21. Topic 21. The Order: Ascaridida
  22. Topic 22. The Order: Oxyurida
  23. Topic 23. The Order: Spirurida
  24. Topic 24. The Phylum: Nematomorpha
  25. Topic 25. Basic biology and taxonomy of the Protozoa
  26. Topic 26. Lumen dwelling flagellates (excluding opalinids)
  27. Topic 27. Opalinids
  28. Topic 28. Kinetoplastids
  29. Topic 29. Amoebae
  30. Topic 30. Introduction to the phylum Apicomplexa
  31. Topic 31. Gregarines
  32. Topic 32. Haemogregarines
  33. Topic 33. Coccidia and Cryptosporidium spp.
  34. Topic 34. Haemosporinids (malaria)
  35. Topic 35. Piroplasms
  36. Topic 36. The Phylum Microspora
  37. Topic 37. The Phylum Ciliophora
  38. Topic 38. Miscellaneous protozoa
  39. Topic 39. Introduction to the Arthropoda
  40. Topic 40. Crustacea
  41. Topic 41. Mallophaga (chewing lice) and Anoplura (sucking lice)
  42. Topic 42. Hemiptera (true bugs), Coleoptera (beetles), Lepidoptera (moths, butterflies)
  43. Topic 43. Siphonaptera (fleas)
  44. Topic 44. Introduction to the Diptera (flies)
  45. Topic 45. Diptera: Nematocera
  46. Topic 46. Diptera: Brachycera
  47. Topic 47. Acari (ticks and mites)
  48. Topic 48. Phylum: Acanthocephala (thorny-headed worms)
  49. Topic 49. Pentastomes (tongue worms)
  50. Topic 50. Class: Hirudinea (leeches)
  51. Topic 51. Phylum: Cnidaria and the Myxozoans
  52. Topic 52. Chordates as Parasites
  53. Topic 53. Behavior, Ecology, and Parasitism
  54. Topic 54. Delusional parasitosis (Ekbom's syndrome II)


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