Course: Food Safety and Drinking Water Quality Related to Zoonoses in the Tropics and Subtropics (4602-451)

Persons:

• Prof. Dr. Ludwig Hölzle (verantwortlich)

Type of Course:

lecture with seminar

In-Class Hours Per Week:

5

Contents:

Animal diseases as a limiting factor of animal production; importance of selected animal diseases for human health and nutritional security; bacterial, viral, and parasitic diseases of livestock in the tropics and subtropics; simple methods used to identify diseases and the validity of applied methods; project work on selected topics of animal hygiene in the tropics and subtropics.

Description of the subject by a specific lecturer, working for project related subjects in small groups with the aid of available working materials.

Literature:

Seifert, S. (1992): Tropenhygiene (Lehrbuch), Gustav Fischer, Jena, Stuttgart
Seiffert, S.H. (1996: Tropical animal Health,Kluver Academic Publishers

Location:

Hohenheim

Remarks:

the same as: 4602-450

Module:

• 4602-450 Food Safety and Drinking Water Quality Related to Zoonoses in the Tropics and Subtropics (compulsory)