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| Course Description |
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| Course Name |
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Animal Health and Diseases |
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| Course Code |
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ZTP354 |
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| Course Type |
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Optional |
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| Level of Course |
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Sub-Level (Undergraduate Degree) |
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| Year of Study |
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3 |
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| Course Semester |
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Spring (16 Weeks) |
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| ECTS |
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3 |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) |
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Prof.Dr. OSMAN TORUN
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| Learning Outcomes of the Course |
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1. Organisations and laws about animal health.
2. Epidemiology
3. Hygiene of shelters.
4. Epidemic
5. Sustainability and evaluating the results
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| Mode of Delivery |
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Face-to-Face |
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| Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites |
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ZTP108 Genetics
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| Recommended Optional Programme Components |
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None |
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| Aim(s) of Course |
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Gains basic information about animal health and disease,hygiene of shelters in national and company-wide. |
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| Course Contents |
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The factors that are affecting the efficiency of small ruminant enterprises, hygiene practices, regulations related to diseases, national and international disease organizations and major animal diseases |
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| Language of Instruction |
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Turkish |
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| Work Place |
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Classroom |
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Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities |
| Week | Subject | Student's Preliminary Work | Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
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1 |
Introduction to animal health |
none |
none |
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2 |
Organization and rules on animal health |
none |
none |
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3 |
Disease and definition |
none |
none |
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4 |
inspection methods |
none |
none |
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5 |
Diagnosis and treatment |
none |
none |
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6 |
The course of infection |
none |
none |
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7 |
General measures to be taken in occurrence of epidemics |
none |
none |
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8 |
Health protection and hygiene |
none |
none |
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9 |
exam |
none |
none |
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10 |
zoonotic diseases |
none |
none |
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11 |
Other infectious diseases |
none |
none |
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12 |
Epidemic diseases in calves |
none |
none |
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13 |
Epidemic diseases of sheep and goats |
none |
none |
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14 |
Medicine, tools and materials required for treatment in the business |
none |
none |
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15 |
general review |
none |
none |
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16/17 |
final exam |
none |
none |
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Required Course Resources |
| Resource Type | Resource Name |
| Recommended Course Material(s) |
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| Required Course Material(s) | |
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Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria |
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Semester/Year Assessments |
Number |
Contribution Percentage |
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Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) |
1 |
90 |
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Homeworks/Projects/Others |
1 |
10 |
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Total |
100 |
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Rate of Semester/Year Assessments to Success |
40 |
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Final Assessments
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100 |
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Rate of Final Assessments to Success
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60 |
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Total |
100 |
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| Contribution of the Course to Key Learning Outcomes |
| # | Key Learning Outcome | Contribution* |
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1 |
Has information on alternative production systems |
4 |
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2 |
Has information on basic characteristics (anatomic, morphologic,physiological and biological) of farm animals, has information on planning animal housing for environmental aspects and animal species, about forage production and storage for environmental conditions and different species, making plans about animal breeding. |
4 |
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3 |
Has genetic and statistical information which can be the basis of animal improvement .Has adequate knowledge of industrial animal farming. |
3 |
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4 |
Uses IT to get new information in animal production |
4 |
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5 |
Transfers knowledge to people who work in the field at various levels, has communication skills,has the self -confidence in providing information and following technical developments. |
3 |
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6 |
Finds the reasons of the technical and economical problems that can adversely affect the quality and capacity levels desired in Animal Science and develops solutions. |
3 |
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7 |
To get technical knowledge in his/her field |
3 |
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8 |
-Trains qualified zootechnicians to fulfill the needs of Turkey
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2 |
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9 |
Obtains information in the field of Animal Science, researches, evaluates, records,consults,plans projects and applies. |
2 |
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10 |
Knows the techniques in Animal Breeding and applies. Has information about small cattle raising and poultry farming and nutrition and applies.Transfers genetic and statistical information that can be the basis of animal breeding to animal production. |
3 |
| * Contribution levels are between 0 (not) and 5 (maximum). |
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| Student Workload - ECTS |
| Works | Number | Time (Hour) | Total Workload (Hour) |
| Course Related Works |
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Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) |
14 |
4 |
56 |
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Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Assesment Related Works |
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Homeworks, Projects, Others |
1 |
4 |
4 |
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Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) |
1 |
2 |
2 |
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Final Exam |
1 |
2 |
2 |
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Total Workload: | 65 |
| Total Workload / 25 (h): | 2.6 |
| ECTS Credit: | 3 |
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