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Practical Course "ViroLabSkills"

The virological practical course "ViroLabSkills" takes place in the 6th semester in the pathology course room and serves as an introduction to relevant virological working methods and independent development and implementation of diagnostic tests.

The different course days

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Day 1: Sequence analyses

You receive a pig derived case and carry out a sequence analysis on the PC using various programs and databases.

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Day 1

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Day 2: Haemagglutination test

You will perform a haemagglutination test with samples from a poultry flock to determine the viral load of your isolate.

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Day 2

Ein braunes Huhn ist zu sehen
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Day 3: Immunoassay

You will perform a lateral flow test and an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to find out more about the diarrhoea pathogens in a pig livestock.

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Day 3

Ein Schwein
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Day 4: Serum Neutralization Assay

You will perform a plaque assay to determine a dogs antibody titer against the canine distemper virus.

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Day 4

Darstellung eines Plaque-Assays
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All teaching materials such as the course script can be found as usual on the learning platform moodle in the respective course.

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