COURSE UNIT TITLE

: NECROPSY AND REPORT WRITING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
VET 3015 NECROPSY AND REPORT WRITING COMPULSORY 2 2 0 3

Offered By

Veterinary Medicine

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ORHAN YAVUZ

Offered to

Veterinary Medicine

Course Objective

To emphasize the necessity of necropsy and its importance in the definitive diagnosis of diseases, application of necropsy methods according to animal species, macroscopic diagnostic methods and teaching methods to take the marginal material and send to the laboratory. Thus, each student will be able to demonstrate the cause of death and necropsy to gain skills in the field.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Take the necessary precautions before, during and after the necropsy of dead animals.
2   Determines and apply appropriate necropsy techniques according to animal species.
3   Gains the ability to recognize and interpret macroscopic findings observed in organs during necropsy.
4   He / she will be able to take the material properly from the lesion organs and send it to the laboratory.
5   Gets the ability to determine the cause of death, to recognize the disease and to prepare a necropsy report by evaluating all data as a result of necropsy.
6   By making a definitive diagnosis of the disease with necropsy in cases where clinical diagnosis cannot be made, it contributes to fight with animal diseases and to the country's economy

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General necropsy information - the purpose and importance of necropsy
2 General necropsy knowledge - euthanasia, external examination of the cadaver
3 General necropsy knowledge - postmortal changes
4 General necropsy knowledge - autolysis
5 Necropsy technique - laying the animal down and flaying the skin
6 Necropsy technique - opening of the abdominal cavity and removal of organs
7 Necropsy technique - opening the chest cavity and removal of organs
8 Necropsy technique - Opening and examination of the heart
9 Necropsy technique - removal and examination of the brain
10 Necropsy technique - removal of M. Spinalis, opening and examination of the oral and nasal cavity
11 Gross pathology - distribution and colour of lesions
12 Gross pathology - consistency and shape of lesions
13 Sampling from the organs
14 Processing of tissues in the laboratory

Recomended or Required Reading

1.Luna LG. 1968. Manual of histologic staining methods of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Blakiston Division, McGraw-Hill, New York.
2.Erer H, Çiftçi MK, Ortatatlı M, Hatipoğlu F, Özdemir Ö. 2016. Nekropsi ve Makroskobik Tanı. Ortatatlı M, Hatipoğlu F (eds). Konya.
3. Berkin, Ş., Alçığır G. (1999). Nekropsi Yöntem. Ankara, Medisan.
4. JubbBrown, C. C., Baker, D. C., Barker, I. K., & Maxie, M. G. (2007). Jubb, Kennedy and Palmer's pathology of
domestic animals. Alimentary system.
5. Köküuslu, C. (1996). Genel Patoloji, Ankara, Medisan Yayınevi.
6. Milli, Ü. H., Hazıroğlu R. (2000). Veteriner Patoloji, Ankara, Medipres.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Face to face and practical training

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, Final Exam and practical quizzes during the semester

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

It will be anounced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

orhan.yavuz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

It will be anounced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Practice (Reflection) 14 2 28
Preparing presentations 4 2 8
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 66

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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