COURSE SYLLABUS

NECROPSY PRINCIPLES, SAMPLING AND FIXATION TECHNIQUES

1	Course Title:	NECROPSY PRINCIPLES, SAMPLING AND FIXATION TECHNIQUES
2	Course Code:	VPT 6001
3	Type of Course:	Compulsory
4	Level of Course:	Third Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	1
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	5
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:	Doç.Dr. AHMET AKKOÇ
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Uludağ Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Patoloji Anabilim Dalı 16059 Görükle-Bursa aakkoc@uludag.edu.tr 02242941309
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	Course primaily aims to teach the students methods of necropsy, description of postmortal changes, differentiation of various lesions observed in infectious diseases, toxications, travmatic injuries and pathologic organ displacements.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	After graduation, the student is expected to perform necropsy procedure in domestic animals. ;
2	The student is expected to recognize and interpret gross lesions in cadaver, organs and tissues. ;
3	The student is also expected to be able to express gross lesions orally and written. ;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Definition and the aim of necropsy, necropsy tools, ethics and biosecurity	Presentation of necropsy tools
2	Rules and techniques of euthanasia	Practical expression of techniques of euthanasia
3	Death and death monuments	Detection of death monuments on cadaver
4	Anemnesis, exterior inspection. General necropsy techniques and necropsy positions	Practical expression of exterior inspection, necropsy positions and general necropsy techniques
5	Necropsy procedures of ruminants	Practical expression of necropsy procedures of ruminants
6	Necropsy procedures of equides	Practical expression of necropsy procedures of equides
7	Necropsy procedures of dogs and cats	Practical expression of necropsy procedures of dogs and cats
8	Necropsy procedures of pigs	Practical expression of necropsy procedures of pigs
9	Necropsy procedures of avian species	Practical expression of necropsy procedures of avian species
10	Necropsy procedures of laboratory and some wild animals	Practical expression of necropsy procedures of laboratory and some wild animals
11	Selecting and sampling of necropsy material and biosecurity of transportation	Selecting and sampling of necropsy material
12	Definition of macroscopical lesions, macroscopical diagnosis and diagnosis methods	Demonstration of cause of death with macroscopical findings in clinical cases.
13	General diagnosis, organs diagnosis, total or group diagnosis, determination of death causes.	Demonstration of cause of death with macroscopical findings in clinical cases.
14	Preparing a necropsy report	Writing of a necropsy report following the examination of cadavers.

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:
24	Assesment

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

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

Activites	NUMBER	TIME [Hour]	Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical	14	1	14
Practicals/Labs	14	2	28
Self Study and Preparation	14	2	28
Homeworks, Performances	0	0	0
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	0	0	0
Others	10	4	40
Final Exams	1	40	40
Total WorkLoad			150
Total workload/ 30 hr			5
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

	PQ1	PQ2	PQ3	PQ4	PQ5	PQ6	PQ7	PQ8	PQ9	PQ10	PQ11	PQ12
LO1	5	5	5	3	4	2	5	1	2	2	3	1
LO2	5	3	5	2	1	1	5	1	1	1	2	1
LO3	5	5	5	4	2	1	5	1	1	2	2	1

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High