BIOL 5230 - Arthropods and Diseases (3)

Survey of the various orders, classes, genera, and species in the phylum arthropods that act as both ectoparasites and endoparasites in man, food animals, and domesticated animals. The course also explores the hyperparasiticity in which certain genera of arthropods are parasitic to other arthropods belonging to different genera and species. Prerequisite(s): permission of instructor. One lecture and two laboratory periods.