COURSE SYLLABUS

HERD HEALTH AND MANAGEMENT

1	Course Title:	HERD HEALTH AND MANAGEMENT
2	Course Code:	VET5129
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	5
6	Semester:	9
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	4
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	-
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. HASAN BATMAZ
16	Course Lecturers:	Prof.Dr. İsmet TÜRKMEN Prof. Dr. Yavuz NAK Prof. Dr. Deniz NAK Prof.Dr. Kadir YEŞİLBAĞ Doç.Dr. Abdülkadir ORMAN
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Uludağ Üniversitesi veteriner Fakültesi İç Hastalıkları AD, hbatmaz@uludag.edu.tr
18	Website:	http://www.veteriner.uludag.edu.tr
19	Objective of the Course:	To give the knowledge on the spread, development, diagnosis and principles for control of diseases on the herd basis, vaccines and vaccination policies.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	To gain productive and economic breeding and management;
2	To gain relationship between herd health and nutrition;
3	To gain effect of nutrition on reproduction and preventive methods on this subject;
4	To gain fertility management for productive and economic herd;
5	To evaluate performance target of herd;
6	Protection of the herd diseases;
7	To gain economic significance and size of diseases;
8	To evaluate relationship between diseases and production;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Aims and programs of herd health and management, principles, management of dairy farm, systematic strategies, economic targets, loses, relationship between production and health, goals in management
2	Effects of animal housing system to behaviour and diseases, adaptation to environment, decision making on effective herd management, important points in choosing breeding animals for herd health and management
3	General herd management from birth to selection, annual plan, evaluation of registration (keeping registration, electronics registration and package programmes)
4	Problems and solving paths on calf rearing, management plan for prevention of losses, significance of dry period on herd health and management, preventions for healthy lactation
5	The effects of Animal Nutrition on heard Health. The relationship between nutrition and heard health. The effects of feed hygiene on heard health. Pathogenic microorganisms and toxins and their harmful effects on feed
6	Methods of examination of nutritional status in cattle: stool examination, ration controls, monitoring of energy balance. Transition period nutrition in dairy cattle and its effects on health. Effects of transitional feeding on fertility. Managing of rumen health
7	Measuring reproductive efficiency in herds
8	Scoring system for diagnosis of infertility and udder health associated problems
9	Problem solving approaches, prophylactic measures and monitoring methods in herd with high somatic cell counts and clinical mastitis incidence
10	The effects of infectious diseases on herd health Etiology of infertility and reproductive problems in herds The choose of diagnostic methods for diagnosing infections on the herd basis
11	Control and protection against infectious diseases on the herd basis Eradication of infectious diseases from infected herds Strategies for building a healthy new herd Vaccines
12	Insidans of diseases and target of performance Biosecurity and critical control points Plan of herd health
13	Control of diseases Metabolic profile test Control of perinatal and peripartum period
14	Prevention of calf diarrhea nad pneumonia Obligatory applications in herd Vaccination programs (with examples)

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	1. Sığırlarda Sürü Sağlığı ve Yönetimi, Batmaz, H. Ed., Alfa Aktüel, Bursa, 2015 2. Sığırların İç Hastalıkları-Semptomdan Tanıya, Tanıdan Sağaltıma, Batmaz H.: Özhan Matbaası, 3. Baskı, Bursa, 2016 3. Buzağı İç Hastalıkları, Şentürk, S. Bursa, 2. Baskı, Özhan Matbaası 2012 4. Herd Health. Food Animals Production Medicine. Radostits. OM, Philadelphia, 2001 5.Dairy Herd Health and Management, Noordhuzien, J., Leicestershire, 2011 6. Calf Rearing Guide, Charlton, SJ., Leicestershire, 2009 7. Yemler, yem hijyeni ve teknolojisi Ergun, A., Tuncer, D. S., Çolpan, İ., Yalçın,S., Yıldız, G., Küçükersan, K., Küçükersan, S. Sehu, A.; (Düzeltilmiş 2. Baskı). Pozitif Matbaacılık, Ankara, 2004. 8. Çiftlik Hayvanlarında Beslenme Hastalıkları. Umucalılar, H.D., Gülşen, N. SÜ Basımevi, Konya, 2005. 9.National Research Council. Nutrients Requirements of Dairy Cattle. 7th Ed. National Academy Press, Washington, DC, 2001.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	30
Quiz	1	10
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	3	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	3	42
Practicals/Labs	0	0	0
Self Study and Preparation	14	5	70
Homeworks, Performances	0	0	0
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	1	2	2
Midtermexams	1	2	2
Others	1	1	1
Final Exams	1	3	3
Total WorkLoad			122
Total workload/ 30 hr			4
ECTS Credit of the Course			4

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

	PQ1	PQ2	PQ3	PQ4	PQ5	PQ6	PQ7	PQ8	PQ9	PQ10	PQ11	PQ12
LO1	3	2	3	2	5	3	3	1	1	1	2	3
LO2	3	2	3	2	5	5	3	1	1	1	2	3
LO3	3	2	3	2	5	3	3	1	1	1	2	3
LO4	3	2	3	2	5	3	3	1	1	1	2	3
LO5	3	2	3	2	5	3	3	1	1	1	2	3
LO6	3	2	3	2	5	3	3	1	1	1	2	3
LO7	3	2	3	2	5	3	3	1	1	1	2	3
LO8	3	2	3	2	5	3	3	1	1	1	2	3

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High