COURSE SYLLABUS

PATHOLOGY OF NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES

1	Course Title:	PATHOLOGY OF NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES
2	Course Code:	VPT 5009
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Second 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:	To teach the students the etiology, pathogenesis, macroscopic and microscopic changes in congenital anomalies, circulatory disturbances, inflammations, infectious and parasitological diseases and tumors of central nervous system (CNS) in domestic animals. The student is expected to have a general insight on these diseases, to form an infrastructure for the understanding of the diagnosis, treatment and prophylaxis of the diseases of the system, and also to be able to express lesions of these systems orally and in written.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	The student learns etiology, pathogenesis, macroscopic and microscopic changes in congenital anomalies, circulatory disturbances, inflammations, infectious and parasitological diseases and tumors of central nervous system (CNS) in domestic animals. ;
2	The student learns diseases of CNS and meninges. ;
3	Student learns how to describe lesions of the system and prepare oral and written reports ;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Congenital abnormalities of CNS	Showing dias and FF tissues
2	Storage diseases of CNS	Showing dias and slides about various pathologies.
3	Cytopathology of CNS	Showing slides and dias about diseases of the system.
4	Circulatory problems in CNS.	Showing slides and dias about circulatory problems of CNS, doing necropsies confining the problems of the brain and cerebellum.
5	Degeneration of CNS.	Showing slides and dias
6	Increased intracranial pressure, brain edema.	Showing slides and dias, discussion of current literatures.
7	Virus infections of CNS.	Showing slides and dias about virus diseases of the system.
8	Bacterial infections of CNS.	Showing dias about bacterial infection of the system.
9	Parasitic diseases of CNS.	Showing slides and dias about the parasitic diseases of the system.
10	Protozoon infections of CNS.	Showing dias and slides about protozoon infections.
11	Prion diseases of CNS.	Showing dias and slides on the system.
12	Various inflammatory diseases of CNS.	Showing dias about diseases of the system.
13	Myelinopathies.	Showing dias and slides about the system
14	Neoplasms of CNS	Showing slides and dias about neoplasms of the system.

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	1.Maxie MG; Jubb, Kennedy, andPalmer’sPathology of Domestic Animals-Vol. II, Saunders,Toronto, 2007. 2. McGavin MD, Zachary JF; PathologicBasis of VeterinaryDisease, Mosby, Missouri, 2007. 3. Van Dijk JE, Gruys E, Mouwen JMVM; Color Atlas of VeterinaryPathology, Saunders, Toronto, 2007.
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

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