(MVFI 608 : Fish parasitic Diseases

Elective

1. The student should know and understand the importance of parasites in the life cycle of the fish.

2. Understand the mechanisms of parasites on the fish health state.

3. Capacity of students to differentiate between the different types of parasites infection fish.

4. Ability of students to identify and isolation of parasites from fish in the Lab and final diagnosis will apply.

A. Knowledge & understand

A.1 Knowledge of the different types of parasites that infect fish wild and farms.

A.2 .To identify the pathogenesis of parasites infecting fish and how to differential diagnosis between parasitic fish diseases.

A.3 Anatomical and histological differentiation of fish infection with parasites.

A.4 Knowledge of traditional methods and modern techniques in diagnosing parasitic infections.

B. Mental skills (Intellectual capacity)

B.1 Ability to differentiate between the genera of parasites by the morphological characterization of the parasite.

B.2 Ability to use medicinal drugs to treat diseases caused by parasitic infections that affect farmed fish.

B.3 Distinguish between normal and abnormal tissue structures of the fish body.

B.4 Use of various diagnostic methods for fish infected with parasitic diseases in a laboratory.

C. (Practical & professional skills)

C.1 The student's ability to early diagnose cases of fish infected with parasites inside farms.

C.2 The student differentiates between parasitic diseases and other diseases that affect farmed fish.

C.3 Apply the laboratory examination for the final diagnosis of fish parasitic diseases.

C.4 The student's ability to use modern techniques to detect parasites.

D. Generic and transferable skills

D.1. Work as a medical team to treat the outbreak of a specific type of parasitic disease in fish farms.

D.2. Conducting scientific studies to search for problems facing fish farms due to parasitic diseases.

D.3. Contribute to building a database of marine biodiversity by listing parasites that infect marine fish and other marine animals.

D.4. Communicate effectively with public colleagues and appropriate authorities.

Lectures using the White Board, Lectures using the projector (Data Show), and Use of audio-visual techniques. Practical and field training

References:

Reference address	Publisher	Edition	Author	Location found
Books	Handbook of Fish Disease	1st Edition	Alaa Eldin Eissa et al., 2014	Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Tripoli
Books	Fish Medicine	1993	Michael K. Stoskopf.	ISBN: 0-7216-2629-7
Course note	Fish Health Management in Sea Bass and Sea Bream Farming.	EcoMarine Ltd.	European commission	A Training Manual for the Aquaculture Industry
Course note	A Practical Guide for the Marine Fish Farmer		W. Bruno, D.J.Alderman, & H.J.Schlotfeldt	European Association of Fish Pathologists