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  Course Description
Course Name : Fish Diseases

Course Code : SUF306

Course Type : Compulsory

Level of Course : First Cycle

Year of Study : 3

Course Semester : Spring (16 Weeks)

ECTS : 4

Name of Lecturer(s) : Prof.Dr. İBRAHİM CENGİZLER

Learning Outcomes of the Course : All students taking course; define the fish and their interactions with the environment.
explain the living and nonliving factors that create health problems on fish.
explain the which methods used in diagnosis when occurs a health problem on fish
determine the methods of Prophylaxis, control and eradication on health problems.
explain the treatment and the measures to be taken when the disease is seen.
Identify notifiable diseases, to discuss national and international measures
kept away disease agents from enterprises, and disinfection.
discuss the environmental impacts on health problems to be occurred in aquaculture fish, and to provide the optimization.

Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face

Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites : None

Recommended Optional Programme Components : None

Aim(s) of Course : The main aim of this lecture is to introduce students about diseases encountered in cultured marine fish and marine fish living in natural environments in our country and the world. To teach treatment methods with take precaudation.

Course Contents : Viral, bacteria and parasitic diseases find in cultured marine fish ; Diagnosis of fish diseases; epizootiology examination.

Language of Instruction : Turkish

Work Place : Classroom, laboratory


  Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities
Week Subject Student's Preliminary Work Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Disease agents, diagnostic methods Literature search by using internet and library databases, Study on releated section in lecture book Lecture, demonstration with conventional technique,
2 To introduce bacterial diseases Literature search by using internet and library databases, Study on releated section in lecture book Lecture, demonstration with conventional technique,
3 Fish diseases caused by gram(-) bacteria Literature search by using internet and library databases, Study on releated section in lecture book Lecture, demonstration with conventional technique,
4 Fish diseases caused by gram(+) bacteria Literature search by using internet and library databases, Study on releated section in lecture book Lecture, demonstration with conventional technique,
5 To explain fish viral diseases Literature search by using internet and library databases, Study on releated section in lecture book Lecture, demonstration with conventional technique,
6 Fungal diseases Literature search by using internet and library databases, Study on releated section in lecture book Lecture, demonstration with conventional technique,
7 Parasitism and protozoan parasites of fishes Literature search by using internet and library databases, Study on releated section in lecture book Lecture, demonstration with conventional technique,
8 Mid-term Examination Study on releated section in lecture book Written examination
9 Metazoan parasites of fishes Literature search by using internet and library databases,Study on releated section in lecture book Lecture, demonstration with conventional technique,
10 Other diseases in fish Literature search by using internet and library databases, Study on releated section in lecture book Lecture, demonstration with conventional technique,
11 Fish pharmacology Literature search by using internet and library databases, Study on releated section in lecture book Lecture, demonstration with conventional technique,
12 Treatment on Fish pharmacology Literature search by using internet and library databases, Study on releated section in lecture book Lecture, demonstration with conventional technique,
13 Fish immunology Literature search by using internet and library databases, Study on releated section in lecture book Lecture, demonstration with conventional technique,
14 Methods of fish vaccination and treatment Literature search by using internet and library databases, Study on releated section in lecture book Lecture, demonstration with conventional technique,
15 Brief information about the fish hematology+Prepare a report Literature search by using internet and library databases, Study on releated section in lecture book Lecture, demonstration with conventional technique,
16/17 Final exam Study on releated section in lecture book Written examination


  Required Course Resources
Resource Type Resource Name
Recommended Course Material(s)  Balık Hastalıkları Ders Kitabı,Prof.Dr. İbrahim Cengizler. Nobel Kitabevi 2006,Adana
  Handbook of Fish Diseases, Untergasser B,1989
Required Course Material(s)


  Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria
Semester/Year Assessments Number Contribution Percentage
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 40
    Homeworks/Projects/Others 1 60
Total 100
Rate of Semester/Year Assessments to Success 40
 
Final Assessments 100
Rate of Final Assessments to Success 60
Total 100

  Contribution of the Course to Key Learning Outcomes
# Key Learning Outcome Contribution*
1 Using the informatics and communicating technology 3
2 Gaining competence to determine the current status of aquatic resources and its sustainable use, water pollution and control, and biotechnology areas. 4
3 Ability to act in accordance with the regulation, social, scientific, cultural, and ethical values on fisheries field 4
4 Having knowledge on “natural and applied sciences” and “basic engineering”; combination of their theoretical and practical knowledge on fisheries engineering applications. 3
5 assessment of data scientifically on fisheries engineering, determining and solving the problems 4
6 Uses theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of fisheries to design; investigates and interprets events and phenomena usig scientific methods and techniques. 3
7 Collecting data in fisheries science, making the basic experimental studies, evaluating the results, identifying the problems and developing methods of solution 4
8 Having plan any study related to fisheries science as an individually, managing and consulting 5
9 Learning the knowledge by the determining learning needs; developing positive attitude towards lifelong learning 4
10 Communicating oral and written in expertise field, monitoring the seminars and meeting in expertise field, following the foreign language publication 3
11 Improving life-long learning attitude and using the information to the public interest. 4
12 Having skills to apply modern techniques and computational tools necessary for engineering applications. 4
13 Having ability to promote the study about aquaculture techniques by saving the natural environment, fishery diseases, fishing and processing technology, structure of fishery sector, problems and solution of their expertise field 5
14 Having ability to promote the study about aquaculture techniques by saving the natural environment, fishery diseases, fishing and processing technology, structure of fishery sector, problems and solution of their expertise field 4
15 Improves constantly itself , as well as professional development scientific, social, cultural and artistic fields according to his/her interests and abilities identifying needs of learning. 0
* Contribution levels are between 0 (not) and 5 (maximum).

  Student Workload - ECTS
Works Number Time (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Related Works
    Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) 13 3 39
    Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 13 4 52
Assesment Related Works
    Homeworks, Projects, Others 1 2 2
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 2 2
    Final Exam 1 2 2
Total Workload: 97
Total Workload / 25 (h): 3.88
ECTS Credit: 4