COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIROMENT PROTECTION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
VET 3010 TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIROMENT PROTECTION COMPULSORY 2 2 0 4

Offered By

Veterinary Medicine

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR GÖKÇEN GÜVENÇ BAYRAM

Offered to

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to educate qualified students in the field of properties of poisons and profilaxis, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of poisonings.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learns the concept of poison
2   Has knowledge about the types of toxicities and toxicokinetics
3   Learns to apply the knowledge gained in the approach and solution to poisoning
4   Has the knowledge to use diagnosis and treatment methods in poisoning with herbal and animal poisons.
5   Learns diagnosis, treatment and prevention methods in poisoning with inorganic poisons.
6   Gains knowledge about the effects of pesticides and industrial poisons in the environment and living things and learns the diagnosis and treatment approach in poisoning cases.
7   Has information of euthanasia methods and euthanasia drugs
8   Learns to monitor and implement developments and solutions in this field

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to veterinary toxicology and toxicity
2 Toxicity and toxicokinetic
3 General causes of poisonings and diagnosis
4 Chemical analysis of poisonings and treatment methods
5 Poisonous plants
6 Poisonous plants
7 Biotoxins: Mycotoxins
8 Bacterial toxins, inorganic toxins
9 Metallic poisons
10 Metallic poisons
11 Pesticides
12 Pesticides
13 Ecotoxicology
14 Immunotoxicology

Recomended or Required Reading

Toksikoloji (CEYLAN, S., 2003), U.Ü. Veteriner Fakültesi Yayınları
Veteriner Klinik Toksikoloji (ŞANLI, Y., KAYA, S., PIRINÇÇI, I. ve ark.,1995, Ankara)
Toksikoloji (ŞENER, S., YILDIRIM, M., 2000, Istanbul)
Clinical and Diagnostic Veterinary Toxicology (OSWEILER, G.D., CARSON, T.L., BUCK, W.B., VAN GELDER, G.A., 1985, USA. Small Animal Toxicology and Poisonings (GFELLER, R.G., MESSONNIER, S.P., 2004, USA)
Immunotoxicology of Drugs and Chemicals: An Experimental and Clinical Approach. Volume I Princıples and Methods of Immunotoxicology. (DESCOTES, J, 2004, Netherlands)
Veterinary Toxicology Basic and Clinical Principles, 2nd Edition (GUPTA, R. C. 2012 Academic Press)
A textbook of modern Toxicology 3th edition( Hodgson E. 2004) John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
A toxicologist s guide To clinical pathology In animals (Whalan J E., 2015) Springer.
Veteriner Hekimler Için Klinik Toksikoloji (Ateşşahin A., Servi K 2017) Medipres.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, written, interactive, seminar, practice

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

Evaluated by midterm and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The responsibility of continuing to 70% of theoretical courses and 80% of laboratory practices during the semester belongs to the student. The course time and, if requested, the time specified for homework submission must be adhered to. Regarding unethical behaviors that may occur in classes and exams, action will be taken within the framework of the relevant regulation.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Pharmacology

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Tutorials 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 1 10
Preparation for midterm exam 2 5 10
Preparation for final exam 2 5 10
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 88

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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