COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LABORATORY ANIMAL BREEDING, GENETICS AND STANDARDIZATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
LHB 6027 LABORATORY ANIMAL BREEDING, GENETICS AND STANDARDIZATION ELECTIVE 2 2 0 9

Offered By

Laboratory Animal Science

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR OSMAN YILMAZ

Offered to

Laboratory Animal Science

Course Objective

By this course it is aimed to gain the students information about genetics, microbiology, species specific breeding and standardization

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to explain basic information about genetics
2   To be able to define genetic characteristics of laboratory animals
3   To be able to define genetic characteristics of laboratory animals
4   To be able to define microbiologic characteristics of laboratory animals
5   To be able to explain breeding techniques and its importance in laboratory animals
6   To be able to create species specific breeding characteristics, obtaining care conditions and their standardization, genetic and microbiologic standardization.
7   To be able to obtain the standardization of experimental conditions in experimental animal studies.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic concepts in genetics (2 hours) (T)
2 Genetic standardization in laboratory animals (5 hours) (T)
3 Basic concepts in microbiology (2 hours) (T)
4 Genetics of laboratoy animals (2 hours) (T)
5 Microbiologic characteristics and standardization of laboratory animals (4 hours) (T)
6 Breeding techniques in laboratory animals-1 (4 hours) (T) Application (4 hours) (A) Breeding techniques in laboratory animals-2 (4 hours) (T) Application (4 hours) (A) Pedegree (5 hours) (T) Application (4 hours) (A) Homework presentations
7 Genetic and microbiologic quality control in laboratory animals (2 hours) (T)
8 MID-TERM EXAM
9 FINAL EXAM
10 Application (4 hours) (A)
11 Application (2 hours) (A)
12 Application (2 hours) (A)

Recomended or Required Reading

Foreign referances:
Fox MW.. Laboratory animal husbandry: ethology, welfare, and experimental variables, State University of New York Press, NY,1986
Nutrient Requirements of Laboratory Animals, National Research Council, Fourth Revised Edition, Natıonal Academy Press, Washington, D.C. 1995
Fox JG, Cohen BJ, Loew FM.: Laboratory Animal Medicine, Academıc Press, Inc. 1984.
Canadian Council on Animal Care, Gulde to the Care and Use of Experimental Animals ; Volume 1.1105-151 Slater street, Ottawa, Ontario KIP 5HP3.,1984
Canadian council on Animal Care, Guide to the Care Use of Experimental Animals ; Volume 2. 1105-151 Slater street, Ottawa, Ontario KIP 5HP3.,1984
Sharp PF, Regina Marie C.L, The Laboratory Rat, CRC Press London, 1998.
Harkness, JE.; Wagner, JE. 195 The Biology and Medicine of Rabbits and Rodents, Williams & Wilkins, Ballemira

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The strategies were given in Assessment Methods and Work Load Calculation sections

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRF PERFORMANCE
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRF * 0.40 + FIN*0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) PRF * 0.40 + FCGR*0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

- It is evaluated if theoretical presentations and interactive discussions were understood by midterm and final exams
It is evaluated if reference study, data collection, compilation, ability of synthesizing gained information and explaining it clearly by homework preparation and presentation

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

osman.yilmaz@deu.edu.tr, 0 232 412 4651

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 10 2 20
Tutorials 12 2 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 8 112
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Preparation for quiz etc. 2 6 12
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Final 1 4 4
Midterm 1 4 4
Quiz etc. 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 230

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.211
LO.31111
LO.411
LO.51111
LO.6111
LO.711