COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MODULE 1: GENERAL PRINCIPLES IN EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL RESEARCH

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
LHB 5009 MODULE 1: GENERAL PRINCIPLES IN EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL RESEARCH COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Laboratory Animal Science

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MEHMET ENSARI GÜNELI

Offered to

Laboratory Animal Science

Course Objective

By this course, laboratory animals will generally introduced and information about basic principles of nutrition, housing and breeding, basic laboratory principles to be fallowed during animal studies, basic surgical rules, basic anesthesia rules and animal disposal rules are aimed to gain the students.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to understand general characteristics of laboratory animals
2   To be able to assimilate basic information about production and breeding techniques of laboratory animals
3   To be able to assimilate basic information about nutrition and housing of laboratory animals
4   To be able to understand basic anesthesia and surgery techniques in experimental animal studies
5   To be able to assimilate basic laboratory principles about experimental animal studies

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General introduction of laboratory animals, (1 hour) Basic breeding characteristics of laboratory animals, (2 hours) Breeding techniques of laboratory animals, (2 hours) Housing in laboratory animals, (2 hours) 7 hours Theoretical
2 Nutrition in laboratory animals, (2 hours) MIDTERM EXAM 2 hours Theoretical MIDTERM EXAM
3 Basic laboratory principles that should be obeyed during animal studies (2 hours) Basic manipulations in experimental animal studies, (2 hours) Basic laboratory principals in experimental animal studies, (1 hour) Surgical rules in experimental animal studies (2 hours) 7 hours Theoretical
4 Basic rules of anesthesia in experimental animal studies (2 hours) Necropsy in experimental animals (2 hours) FINAL EXAM 4 hours Theoretical

Recomended or Required Reading

L. F. M. van Zutphen, Vera Baumans, Anton C. Beynen. Principles of laboratory animal science: a contribution to the humane use and care of animals and to the quality of experimental results.
Ide T, Laboratuvar hayvanları biliminin temel ilkeleri, Ankara, Medipress Yayıncılık, 2003
Başaran A, Deney hayvanları; laboratuvar teknikleri, nisan kitabevi yayınları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Presentations
2. Topic research, interactive discussion and commenting
3. Homework preparation
4. Evaluation of information

Assessment Methods

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

- It is evaluated if theoretical presentations and interactive discussions were understood or not by midterm and final exam
- Reaching to new information, synthesis of gained information and explaining clearly is evaluated by homework preparation and presentation

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ensari.guneli@deu.edu.tr,
0 232 412 4651

Office Hours

work hours

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 7 4 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 7 3 21
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 6 6
Preparing assignments 1 2 2
Preparing presentations 1 18 18
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 85

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.14345435
LO.2433
LO.3454
LO.434334
LO.554445

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