COURSE SYLLABUS

DISEASES AND DIAGNOSIS METHODS OF AQUARIUM FISH

1	Course Title:	DISEASES AND DIAGNOSIS METHODS OF AQUARIUM FISH
2	Course Code:	VSH 6015
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Third Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	1
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	3
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
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. HÜSEYİN CİHAN
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	hcihan@uludag.edu.tr +90-224-2940813 Uludağ Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Hayvan Hastanesi, İç Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Görükle Kampüsü, 16059, Görükle/BURSA
18	Website:	http://veteriner.uludag.edu.tr
19	Objective of the Course:	The aim of this course is specifically designed to acquaint the student with the most common exotic pets, their husbandry, restraint, sampling, examination and treatment techniques
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	To be able to approach birds, reptiles and rodents and can handle them in an appropriate way ;
2	To be able to associate management and feeding with clinical signs in exotic species ;
3	To be able to learn and interpret the important diseases of exotic birds, reptile and rodents ;
4	To be able to diagnose the indicated diseases with their analyzing ability ;
5	To be able to apply diagnosis and treatment efficiently;
6	To be able to use the right medications for the treatments;
7	To be able to get prophylactic approaches to avoid from the diseases and manage the care and feeding of the exotic animals;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Definition of exotic pet, handling,sample collection technicques, clinical and laboratory technicques. .
2	Parrot and budgerigars: Digestive tract diseases; proventricular dilatation, salmonellosis, pseudotuberculosis, parasitism, avian tuberculosis.
3	Clinical approach to dyspneic birds, chlamydiosis, sinusitis, aspergillus inf. , diseases characterized by , abdominal enlargement fungal infections- aspergillosis, candidiasis
4	Viral infections; paramyxovirus inf., pacheco’s disease, psittacine beak and feather disease (PBFD)
5	Exotic birds: Skin diseases; feather picking, pruritus , feather defects, beak and nail problems
6	Pigeons : Paramyxovirosis, adenovirus, herpesvirus and poxvirus inf, salmonellosis, e.coli septicemia, ornithosis, trichomoniasis., ascaridiasis, capillariasis, coccidiosis
7	Raptors : Non infectious diseases, bumblefoot, viral infections ( herpesvirus, adenovirus, poxvirus ), bacterial diseases ( avian tb., chlamydiosis, salmonellosis ) fungal diseases; candidiasis, aspergillosis
8	Lizards and snakes :Anorexia, bacterial infections (pseudomonas, aeromonas spp. enf.),hypovitaminosis B , necrotic stomatitis, metabolic bone disease
9	Respiratory diseases: Pneumonias, rhinitis, blister disease, diseases causing vomitus and regurgitation
10	Cholenians :Hypovitaminosis A, bacterial septicaemia, flagella inf., helminthiasis, nephritis, nutritional osteodistrophia,, anorexia following hibernation, pneumonias
11	Rabbit, chinchilla, hamster and gerbils:Bacterial pneumonia and respiratory system diseases,Tyzzer’s disease, bacterial enteritis, proliferatif ileitis, campylobacteriosis, salmonellosis, antibiotic toxicity
12	Myxsomatosis, papillomatosis , fibromatosis, viral hemorrhagic disease, lymphocyticchoriomeningitis in hamsters and chinchillas, cytomegalovirus and adenovirus inf.of guinea pigs
13	Endoparasitism, coccidiosis, demodicosis, mite, infestations, acariasis, pediculosis, protozoal inf.
14	Dermatophytosis, maloclusion, hairballs, hypovitaminosis E , ketosis, hypovitaminozis C and heat stress

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	1.Exotic Animal Care and Management, Kathy Nuttall, Vicki Judah, CENGAGE Delmar Learning,2008 2.VeterinaryNursing of ExoticPets. Simon J.G. BraidVeterinaryHospital, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2003 3.ExoticAnimalFormulary. Second Ed.,Carpenter J. W. WB SaundersComp., Philadelphia, 2001 4.LaboratoryMedicine: AvianandExoticPets. Fudge A.M., WB SaundersComp., Philadelphia, 1999 5.BSAVA Manual of ExoticPets. Meredith A.,Redrobe S. BlackwellPubl. co., Iowa State Pres, 2001 6.ClinicalMedicine of Small MammalsandPrimates. 2nd Ed.,Harapkiewicz K, Medina L, Holmes D.D., Manson Publishing, Iowa, 1998
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
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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	2	4
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	6	1	6
Midtermexams	1	1	1
Others	4	2	8
Final Exams	1	1	1
Total WorkLoad			91
Total workload/ 30 hr			3
ECTS Credit of the Course			3

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

	PQ1	PQ2	PQ3	PQ4	PQ5	PQ6	PQ7	PQ8	PQ9	PQ10	PQ11	PQ12
LO1	4	4	3	3	2	2	1	1	2	3	4	4
LO2	4	4	4	2	4	4	1	1	2	3	5	3
LO3	4	5	4	5	4	3	1	1	2	3	5	3
LO4	5	5	5	5	3	3	1	1	2	3	4	3
LO5	4	5	5	5	4	2	1	1	2	3	4	3
LO6	4	4	3	4	3	2	1	1	2	3	3	3
LO7	4	5	3	5	5	5	1	1	2	3	4	3

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High