COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HERD HEALTH AND MANAGEMENT

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
VET 4031 HERD HEALTH AND MANAGEMENT COMPULSORY 1 0 0 2

Offered By

Veterinary Medicine

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MEHMET ALI BAL

Offered to

Veterinary Medicine

Course Objective

Economically important factors such as milk, meat and brood yields in animal husbandry.
Since yields can only be obtained from healthy herds, breeding enterprises how health managements will have to be applied, license management rules Teaching students is the aim of this course.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1-Learn the basic concepts of herd health.
2   2-Learn the importance of herd health in herd management and basic business principles.
3   3 -Learns to plan in herd management.
4   4- The effect of herd management on milk and fertility and control programs learn to prepare
5   5- Gains the necessary skills in field applications for herd health.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1- Introduction to Herd Health Management 11- Heifer Management and Health
2 2-Basic Herd Health Management Programs 12- Shelters
3 3-Care in Farm Animal Breeding 13-Herd Management in Sheep and Goat Breeding
4 4-Herd Health in Dairy Cows 14-Important Diseases Affecting Herd Health
5 5-Nutrition in Herd Management
6 6-Fertility in Herd Management
7 7-Foot Health
8 8-Breast Health-Mastitis
9 9- Identification of Sick Animals in the Herd and Protection Methods
10 10- Calf Care

Recomended or Required Reading

Anadolu Üniversitesi Yayınları -2012
Temel Sürü Sağlığı Yönetimi Kitabı
Prof.Dr.M.Mustafa Oğan
Prof.Dr. I.Ismet TÜRKMEN
Prof.Dr. Kamil SEYREK INTAŞ
Prof.Dr. Sezgin ŞENTÜRK
Yrd.Doç.Dr. Abdülkadir ORMAN

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course will be done theoretically. Lecture, discussion.

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

The student will be evaluated with the questions to be asked in the midterm and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The time specified in the course hour must be obeyed.
Act within the framework of the relevant regulation regarding unethical behaviors that may occur will be.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Lecturer Dr. Hülya GIRGIN
Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Cumhuriyet Mahallesi Cami Sok.No:3 Postal Code:35890
Kiraz-IZMIR
Phone: 0(232) 572 35 30
e-mail: hulya.girgin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

It will be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 2 2 4
Preparation for final exam 2 2 4
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 39

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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