The College of Veterinary Medicine at Al-Qadisiyah University holds a scientific course on traditional methods necessary for diagnosing parasites.

Under the supervision of Professor Dr. Munir Abdul Amir Abdul Fatlawi, Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine, the Department of Microbiology at the college held a training course entitled “Traditional Methods Necessary for Diagnosing Parasites.” The course featured lectures by Prof. Dr. Ghaida Abbas Jassim, Asst. Prof. Dr. Hadeel Hadi Al-Bayati, Asst. Prof. Dr. Amal Hassan Abd, Asst. Prof. Dr. Nour Eidan Jarad, and Asst. Prof. Dr. Alaa Mohammed Abdul Razzaq. The course aimed to familiarize participants with the most important traditional methods necessary for diagnosing parasites, including stool examinations, blood tests, and others. The stool examination method is used to detect parasites that cause diarrhea. This test looks for ova or parasites. Examples of parasitic diseases diagnosed with this test include cryptosporidiosis, coccidia, giardiasis, and many others.