| Observational Exercises on Parasites: A. Local and domestic hosts as sources of parasites | |
| Parasites of the earthworm: Monocystis (Protozoa) and Rhabditis (Nematoda) | |
| Parasites of marine molluscs (Littorina) | |
| Parasites of fish | |
| Whiting and Diclidophora merlangi (Monogenea) | |
| Parasites of fish | |
| Plaice/flounder and Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (Copepoda) | |
| Parasites of domestic livestock | |
| Pig and Ascaris suum (Nematoda) | |
| Parasites of domestic livestock | |
| Sheep and Fasciola hepatica (Trematoda) | |
| Parasites of crops: Potato Cyst Nematode (PCN) - Globodera pallida (Nematoda) | |
| Laboratory maintained species | |
| Protozoan parasites of the intestinal tract of the cockroach, Periplaneta Americana | |
| Protozoan parasites of the mouse intestinal tract | |
| Rodent malaria | |
| Malaria: an example of a vector transmitted parasite | |
| Larval and adult Echinostoma spp. (Trematoda) | |
| Schistosoma mansoni (Trematoda) | |
| Hymenolepsis diminuta (Cestoda) | |
| Heligmosomoides polygyrus (Nematoda) | |
| Ecology | |
| Pinworms (Nematoda, Oxyuroidea) in the American cockroach, Periplaneta Americana | |
| Distribution and microhabitat of a monogenean on the gills of mackerel | |
| Population dynamics of Gyrodactylus on stickleback | |
| Intraspecific competition in the cestode, Hymenolepsis diminuta in rats | |
| Transmission dynamics and the pattern of dispersion of the cestode, Hymenolepsis diminuta, in the intermediate host population | |
| Physiology and Biochemistry | |
| Hatching in vitro of oncospheres/hexacanth larvae of Hymenolepsis diminuta | |
| Activation of the cysticercoids of Hymenolepsis spp. in vitro | |
| Membrane transport in the cestode, Hymenolepsis diminuta, in vitro | |
| Glycogen utilization and deposition in flatworm parasites | |
| Effects of classical transmitters on the motility of parasite roundworms and flatworms | |
| Electrophysiology of Ascaris suum body muscle | |
| Immunocytochemical demontration of neuroactive substances in helminth parasites | |
| Pathology and Immunology | |
| Encapsulation of foreign matter (not self) by earthworms | |
| Opsonisation of trypanosomes | |
| Production and screening of monoclonal antibodies against Leishmania promastigotes | |
| Pathological effects of Mesocestoides corti and Schistosoma mansoni | |
| Quantification of lymphocyte populations in the spleen and thymus | |
| Use of basic indirect ELISA for the detection of antibodies produced by experimental immunisation | |
| SDS PAGE and Western blotting for the detection of antibodies produced by experimental immunisation | |
| Chemotherapy | |
| Sensitivity of a coccidial parasite, Eimeria, to an ionophore, monensin | |
| Egg hatch assay for determination of resistance of nematodes to benzimidazole anthelmintics | |
| Larval migration inhibition assay for determination of susceptibility of nematodes to levamisole | |
| Effect of anthelmintics on nematodes | |
| Molecular Parasitology | |
| Purification of DNA | |
| DNA digestion and gel electrophoresis | |
| Restriction enzyme mapping | |
| Construction of a genomic library | |
| Detection and differentiation of Entamoeba histolytica and E. dispar by PCR | |
| Differentiation between parasite species by agglutination and detection of parasite surface cardohydrate, using non-conjugated lectins | |
| Tentative identification of parasite and tissue surface carbohydrates by conjugated lectins | |
| Behaviour | |
| Behaviour of the miracidia of Fasciola hepatica and demonstration of other larval stages | |
| Effects of age and environmental factors on the swimming behaviour of the cercariae of Cryptocotyle lingua (Trematoda) | |
| Changes in host behaviour as a consequence of parasite infection | |
| Behaviour of the amphipod, Gammarus pulex, infected with cystacanths of acanthocephalans | |
| Effects of Schistocephalus solidus (Cestoda) on stickleback feeding behaviour | |
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