COURSE UNIT TITLE

: POULTRY DISEASES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Veterinary Medicine

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR VOLKAN ÖZAVCI

Offered to

Veterinary Medicine

Course Objective

At the end of the course, it is aimed that the student will have sufficient information about the common and economically important domestic poultry diseases such as bacterial (colibacillosis, salmonellosis, infectious coryza, mycoplasmosis etc.) viral (Marek, leukosis, smallpox, infectious laryngotracheitis, infectious bronchitis, gumboro etc.), mycotic (candidiasis, aspergillosis etc.), parasitic (coccidiosis, cryptosporidiosis, histomoniasis etc.).It is also aimed to teach the pathogenesis, macroscopic and microscopic changes with vitamin and mineral deficiencies and various intoxications.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students learn the principles of disease prevention, diagnosis and control.
2   Students learn morphology, physiology, necropsy and pathological examination techniques in domestic poultry.
3   Students learn the pathogenesis, macroscopic and microscopic changes in bacterial diseases of poultry.
4   Students learn pathogenesis, macroscopic and microscopic changes in viral diseases of poultry
5   Students learn the pathogenesis, macroscopic and microscopic changes in the parasitic and mycotic diseases of poultry.
6   Students learn the pathogenesis, macroscopic and microscopic changes in nutritional, metabolic and toxic diseases of poultry.
7   Students learn the necropsy in poultry and know how to sampling and transfer the materials.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The principles of prevention from diseases; diagnosis and control
2 Necropsy techniques and histopathological examination in domestic poultry
3 VIRAL DISEASES; (1/2) RNA Virus Infections, Newcastle disease, Infectious bronchitis, Avian encephalomyelitis, Gumboro disease, Reovirus infections
4 (2/2) DNA Virus Infections, Infectious Laryngotraheitis, Smallpox and Diphtheria Disease, Marek Disease, Adenovirus Infections, Egg Drop Syndrome, Infectious Anemia, Neoplastic Diseases, Other Viral Infections.
5 BACTERIAL DISEASES; (1/3) Gram Negative Bacterial Infections, Pullorum, Chicken typhoid, Paratyphoid infections, Koli infections.
6 (2/3) Gram Negative Bacterial Infections, Hen Cholera, Infectious coryza, Infectious hepatitis, Vibrionic enteritis.
7 (3/3) Gram Negative Bacterial Infections, Pseudotuberculosis, Spiroketosis, Chlamydiosis, Mycoplasma infections, Ureaplasma infections. Gram Positive Bacterial Infections, Tuberculosis, Staphylococcal infections, Streptococcal infections, Anthrax, Listeriosis, Erisipelas, Clostridial infections
8 MIDTERM EXAM
9 FUNGAL DISEASES; Aspergillosis, Moniliasis, Favus
10 PARASITARY DISEASES; Endoparasites, Nematodes, Cestodes, Protozoa.
11 NON-INFECTIOUS DISEASES; (1/2) Cannibalism, Fatty liver syndrome, Gout
12 (2/2) Cage Paralysis, Hemorrhagic syndrome
13 Intoxication and Neoplastic Diseases
14 Macroscopic and microscopic lesions in nutritional diseases (vitamin A, D, E, K, B1, B2 and Ca, P, Zn, Se deficiencies)

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Arda M., Minbay A., Aydın N., Akay Ö., Izgür M. Kanatlı Hayvan Hastalıkları Medisan Yayın Serisi 1997, Ankara.

2. Calnek B.W., Barnes HJ., Beard CW, McDougald LR. Saif YM. Kanatlı Hayvan Hastalıkları. 10. baskı, Iowa State University, USA.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Practice, Discussion, Individual Study, Homework, Seminar

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Kiraz, Izmir/TURKEY
Phone: 0 (232) 572 35 30
E-mail: volkan.ozavci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 1 14
Practice (Reflection) 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 2 2
Preparation for final exam 1 2 2
Preparing presentations 1 2 2
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 50

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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CONTACT INFORMATION
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Cumhuriyet Bulvarı No: 144 35210 Alsancak / İZMİR
Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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