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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS VET 3027 PROTOZOOLOGY COMPULSORY 1 2 0 3

Offered By

Veterinary Medicine

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ENDER DINÇER

Offered to

Veterinary Medicine

Course Objective

The aim of the protozoology course is to inform the students of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine about parasitic protozoans that cause loss of productivity and death in animals, the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diseases caused by these protozoa, how these diseases affect livestock in Türkiye and the world, and the zoonotic importance of these diseases.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   They make clinical and microscopic diagnoses of infections caused by parasitic protozoa in animals. 2   Provides information on the measures to be taken to protect against protozoan diseases in the name of preventive medicine

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Introduction to protozoology and morphological and biological features of protozoa Hepatozoon, Haemoproteus, Leucocytozoon, Plasmodium 2 Relationships between protozoa and their hosts, Immunity to protozoa Babesia (morphology, biology) 3 Sarcomastigophora, Trypanasomas Babesia (pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment, prevention) 4 leishmania Babesia 5 Cryptobiidae, Bodoniidae, Trichomonadidae 6 Monocercomonadidae, Diplomonadidae, and Amoebae 7 midterm 8 Eimeridae (morphology, biology, diagnosis, treatment, prevention) 9 coccidiosis in mammals and poultry 10 Cryptosporidium, Toxoplasma, Sarcocystis

Recomended or Required Reading

Veterinary Protozoology (Nazir DUMANLI, Zafer KARAER)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

oral presentation and visual

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

midterm and final

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Doç.Dr. Ender Dinçer Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Veterinary Virology Department ender.dincer@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 14 2 28 Group session 3 2 6 Student Presentations 4 1 4 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 1 10 10 Preparing presentations 1 10 10 Preparation for quiz etc. 1 10 10 Midterm 1 1 1 Final 1 1 1 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 70

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 PO.13 PO.14 PO.15 PO.16 PO.17 PO.18 PO.19 PO.20 LO.1 4 4 LO.2 4 4