COURSE CONTENT
1. PROKARYOTIC AND EUCARYOTIC CELL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
2. INTRODUCTION TO VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY
3. THE HISTORY AND SCOPE OF MICROBIOLOGY
4. MICROBIAL TAXONOMY
5. THE CONTROL OF MICROORGANISMS AND ANTIMICROBIALS
6. MICROBIAL GROWTH AND METABOLISM
7. CULTIVATING MICROORGANISMS
8. GENETICS OF BACTERIA
9. RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY
10. BACTERIAL PATHOGENESIS
11. PATHOLOGY OF BACTERIAL INFECTION
12. CONSTITUTIVE AND INDUCED DEFENSES OF THE BODY
13. BACTERINS AND VACCINES
14. AEROBIC GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI
15. THE SPIROCHETES
16. AEROBIC AND ANAEROBIC GRAM-POSITIVE SPORE-FORMING RODS
17. FAMILY MYCOPLASMATACEAE
18. FAMILY CHLAMYDIACEAE
19. FAMILY RICKETTSIACEAE
20. FAMILY ANAPLASMATACEAE
21. FAMILY BARTONELLACEAE
22. ANAEROBIC GRAM-NEGATIVE RODS
23. AEROBIC GRAM-NEGATIVE HELICAL RODS
24. FAMILY ENTEROBACTERIACEAE
25. FAMILY VIBRIONACEAE
26. FAMILY PASTEURELLACEAE
27. AEROBIC GRAM-NEGATIVE COCCI AND RODS
28. AEROBIC GRAM-POSITIVE RODS

LAB. EXERCISES
EXERCISE 1: MICROORGANISMS IN THE ENVIRONMENT
EXERCISE 2: PREPARATION OF CULTURE MEDIA
EXERCISE 3: PURE CULTURE TECHNIQUES
EXERCISE 4: GRAM STAIN & GRAM DIFFERENTIATION
EXERCISE 5: FLAGELLA STAIN
EXERCISE 6: MEASURING BACTERIAL GROWTH
EXERCISE 7: ANTIMICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST (KIRBY-BAUER PROCEDURE)
EXERCISE 8: PHYSICAL AENTS FOR THE CNTROL OF MICROBIAL GROWTH
EXERCISE 9: CHEMICAL AENTS FOR THE CNTROL OF MCROBIAL GOWTH
EXERCISE 10: GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI
EXERCISE 11: THE MYCOPLASMAS
EXERCISE12: RICKETTSIAE
EXERCISE13: SPIROCHETES-STAINING, NEGATIVE STAIN, DARK-FIELD EXAMINATION
EXERCISE 14: TECHNIQUES FOR THE CULTIVATION OF ANAEROBIC MICROORGANISMS
EXERCISE 15: SPORE STAIN
EXERCISE 16: ENTEROBACTERIACEAE, IDENTIFICATION OF ENTERIC MICROORGANISMS USING COMPUTER-ASSISTED MULTI-TEST MICROSYSTEMS
EXERCISE 17: OXIDASE TEST, GLUCOSE NON-FERMENTATIVE GRAM-NEGATIVE RODS
EXERCISE 18: ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE
EXERCISE 19: ERYSIPELOTHRIX RHUTHIOPATHIAE
EXERCISE 20: BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA
EXERCISE 21: ACID-FAST STAIN, MYCOBACTERIUM
EXERCISE 22: CAMPYLOBACTER
EXERCISE 23: THE DIPHTHEROIDS, CAMP TEST

TEXTBOOKS
NESTER ET. AL. 2004. MICROBIOLOGY: A HUMAN PERSPECTIVE. 4TH EDITION. MCGRAW HILL CO. INC.
QUINN ET AL. 2002. VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY AND MICROBIAL DISEASE. BLACKWELL SCIENCE, LTD.

GRADING
1. EXAM I: 25%
2. EXAM II: 15%
3. EXAM III: 15%
4. LAB EXERCISE PERFOMANCE AND REPORTS: 25%
5. EXAM IV: 20%

PREREQUISITE: NONE