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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS VCR 5025 CASTRATION AND APPLICATION TECHNIQUES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Veterinary Surgery

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SEMIH ALTAN

Offered to

Veterinary Surgery

Course Objective

It aims to gain knowledge and skills about castration methods applied in animals.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learns and practices castration in cats and dogs. 2   Learns and practices castration in ruminants. 3   Learns and applies castration in horses. 4   Creates information and solution proposals on the subject. 5   Makes lectures/presentations and discusses at the level of expertise in professional environments related to his/her field.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Patient preparation-1 2 Patient preparation-2 3 Closed castration in cats 4 Open castration in cats 5 Closed castration in dogs 6 Open castration in dogs 7 Chemical castration in cats and dogs 8 Midterm 9 Cryptorchidism in dogs and its treatment 10 Castration in large ruminants 11 Castration in small ruminants 12 Castration in pigs 13 Castration in equids- 14 Case Studies and Discussion 15 Case Studies and Discussion 16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Fossum TW (2019). Small Animal Surgery. 5th. Edition, Elsevier, Philedelphia, USA 2. Aslanbey D, Candaş A (1996). Veteriner özel Operasyon. 2. baskı, Medisan, Ankara, Türkiye. 3. Fubini SL, Ducharme NG (2017). Farm Animal Surgery. 2nd. Edition, Elsevier, Missouri, USA.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Conference type course Problem/Problem Solving Problem-based teaching (PBL)

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM 2 PRF PERFORMANCE 3 FIN FINAL EXAM 4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + PRF* 0.30 + FIN* 0.40 5 RST RESIT 6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + PRF* 0.30 + RST* 0.40

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Case studies, problem-based solutions, homework preparation

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

It will be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

semih.altan@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 3 42 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42 Preparation for midterm exam 1 11 11 Preparation for final exam 1 11 11 Preparing assignments 1 20 20 Preparing presentations 1 20 20 Midterm 1 2 2 Final 1 2 2 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO LO.1 LO.2 LO.3 LO.4 LO.5