COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LABORATORY ANIMAL MORPHOLOGY AND BIOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
LHB 6026 LABORATORY ANIMAL MORPHOLOGY AND BIOLOGY ELECTIVE 2 2 0 9

Offered By

Laboratory Animal Science

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR OSMAN YILMAZ

Offered to

Laboratory Animal Science

Course Objective

Course Objective: By this course it is aimed to gain the students information about rat s, mouse s, rabbit s and other laboratory animals ; physiology, anatomy, histology, embryology, biochemistry and behavior, stress and welfare

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to define the concepts related to rat s, mouse s, rabbit s and other laboratory animals ; physiology, anatomy, histology, embryology, biochemistry and behavior, stress and welfare
2   To be able to compare physiological, anatomical, histological, embryological, biochemical and interspecies behavioral differences
3   To be able to make basic applications about rat s, mouse s, rabbit s and other laboratory animals ; physiology, anatomy, histology, embryology, biochemistry and behavior, stress and welfare
4   To be able to define concepts about stress and welfare
5   To be able to evaluate issues of stress and welfare in laboratory animals
6   To be able to use these information in planning and applying basic research

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic concepts in anatomy (1 hour) (T)
2 Anatomy application (6 hours) (A)
3 Anatomy of other animals (2 hours) (T)
4 Anatomy of rat, mouse, guinea pig and rabbit (4 hours) (T)
5 Basic concepts in physiology (1 hour) (T)
6 Physiology of rat, mouse, guinea pig and rabbit (3 hours) (T)
7 Physiology application (3 hours) (A) Physiology of other animals (2 hours) (T)
8 Basic concepts in histology and embryology (2 hours) (T) Histology and embryology of rat, mouse, guinea pig and rabbit (4 hours)(T)
9 Histology and embryology of other animals (2 hours) (T) Histology and embryology application (2 hours) (A)
10 Basic concepts in biochemistry (1 hour) (T) Biochemistry of rat, mouse, guinea pig and rabbit (2 hours) (T) Biochemistry of other animals (1 hour) (T) Application (2 hours) (A) Basic concepts in behavior(1 hour) (T) Species specific behavior (2 hours) (T) Stress in laboratory animals (1 hour) (T) Welfare in laboratory animals (2 hours) (T) Application (4 hours) Homework presentations
11 MID-TERM EXAM
12 FINAL EXAM

Recomended or Required Reading

Barone R: Atlas D anatomıe DuLapın (Atlas of Rabbıt Anatomy), 1973
Siegfried J : Grundlagen fürdie Zucht und Haltung der wichtigsten Versuchstiere, Gustov Fıscher Verlag Stutgart 1961.
Hedrich Hans (Editor), The Laboratory Mouse (Handbook of Experimental Animals) [Hardcover] 2004.
Patrick F.Sharp. Marie C.La Regina, : The Laboratory Rat, CRC Press London 1998
James G . Fox, Bennett. J. Cohen, Franklin M. Loew : Laboratory Animal Medicine, Academıc Press, Inc. 1984.
Canadian Council on Animal Care, Gulde to the Care Aand Use of Experimental Animals ; Volume 1.1105-151 Slater street, Ottawa, Ontario KIP 5HP3.,1984
Canadian council on Animal Care, Guide to the Care Use of Experimental Animals ; Volume 2. 1105-151 Slater street, Ottawa, Ontario KIP 5HP3.,1984
Harkness, J.E.; Wagner, J.E. 195 The Biology and Medicine of Rabbits and Rodents, Williams & Wilkins, Ballemira

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The strategies were given in Assessment Methods and Work Load Calculation sections

Assessment Methods

Successful / Unsuccessful

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

- It is evaluated if theoretical presentations and interactive discussions were understood by midterm and final exams
- It is evaluated if reference study, data collection, compilation, ability of synthesizing gained information and explaining it clearly by homework preparation and presentation

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

osman.yilmaz@deu.edu.tr, 0 232 412 4651

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 9 2 18
Tutorials 9 3 27
Preparation for midterm exam 1 9 9
Preparation for final exam 1 9 9
Preparation for quiz etc. 1 6 6
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 10 120
Preparation for final exam 0 0 0
Preparation for quiz etc. 0 0 0
Preparing assignments 0 0 0
Preparing presentations 0 0 0
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
Quiz etc. 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 232

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.14444
LO.244
LO.34444
LO.4444
LO.54444
LO.6444

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