COURSE SYLLABUS

PARASITIC DISEASES AND PREVENTION

1	Course Title:	PARASITIC DISEASES AND PREVENTION
2	Course Code:	LVSZ208
3	Type of Course:	Compulsory
4	Level of Course:	Short Cycle
5	Year of Study:	2
6	Semester:	4
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	3
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	1
9	Practice (hour/week) :	2
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Öğr. Gör. Dr. Oya GİRİŞGİN
16	Course Lecturers:	MYO Yönetim Kurullarının görevlendirdiği öğretim elemanları
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	oyagirisgin@uludag.edu.tr, 6764008-61644, U.Ü.Karacabey MYO Karacabey-Bursa
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	Basic parasitological terms and definitions as well as the general biology, reproduction, transmission routes, pathogenicity of parasites, zoonose parasites and general prophylaxis measures against parasitic diseases are given to the students.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	A veterinarian health technician is trained to recognize parasites and learn how to prevent parasitic diseases.

Learning Outcomes:

1	The student learns the basic parasitologic terms ;
2	The student learns nomenclature of parasites ;
3	The student learns the life cycle of parasites ;
4	The student learns reproduction of parasites ;
5	The student learns infection route of parasites ;
6	The student learns effects of parasites on their hosts ;
7	The student learns diagnosis of parasitic diseases ;
8	The student learns treatment and prophylactic measures of parasitic diseases ;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Aim and objective of the course, definition of parasitological terms	Fecal examination methods (flotation)
2	Nomenclature of parasites	Fecal examination methods (sedimentation)
3	General features of parasites	Fecal examination methods (Baermann-Wetzel)
4	Host – parasite interactions, life cycle	Morphological examination of trematode,cestode,nematode eggs.
5	Infection route of parasites	Examination of Cryptosporidium in positive calve faeces
6	Infection route of parasites	Preparing and staining blood film
7	Repeating courses and midterm exam	Examination of Theileriosis in cattle blood and inspection of slides
8	Zoones helminths and protozoones	Examination of Babesiosis in sheep blood and inspection of slides
9	Vector and intermediate relationships between hosts and arthropods and prevention	Microscopical examination of louse, flea and tick
10	Parasites in the ecosystem	Presentation of the usage of drugs against ectoparasites in videos
11	Effects of parasites on their hosts	Presentation of the hidatidosis in videos
12	Diagnostic methods in parasitological diseases	Presentation of the coccidiosis in videos.
13	Effects of parasites on their hosts, treatment and prophylaxis	General assessment
14	General assessment

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	1. Toparlak M, Tüzer E. Veteriner Helmintoloji. İÜ Vet. Fak. Yayınları, 2005. 2. Toparlak M, Vuruşaner C. Helmintoloji Uygulama. Medisan Yayınevi, 2005. 3. Burgu A, Karaer Z (Eds). Veteriner Hekimliğinde Parazit Hastalıklarında Tedavi. Türkiye Parazitoloji Derneği, İzmir, 2005. 4. Tınar R (Ed.). Helmintoloji. Nobel Yayın Dağıtım, Ankara, 2006.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course	Test
Information	Test

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High