COURSE SYLLABUS

UDDER HEALTH AND MASTITIS CONTROL PROGRAM

1	Course Title:	UDDER HEALTH AND MASTITIS CONTROL PROGRAM
2	Course Code:	VET5139
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	5
6	Semester:	9
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	3
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	1
9	Practice (hour/week) :	1
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:	Prof. Dr. Abdülkadir KESKİN
16	Course Lecturers:	Prof. Dr. Abdulkadir KESKİN Doç. Dr. Gülnaz MECİTOĞLU Dr. Öğr. Üyesi E. Sinem ÖZDEMİR SALCI
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. Abdulkadir Keskin kadirk@uludag.edu.tr Doğum ve Jinekoloji Anabilim Dalı
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	It is aimed to provide students with up-to-date knowledge on a level compatible with European Union criteria about infectious and non-infectious diseases of the udder of cattle, sheep, and goat, that students The necessary skills to the practitioner veterinary surgeon to treat professionally and use the treatment methods and to educate them in appropriate.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	They graduate knowing the etiopathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of mastitis and control measures to be taken in dairy cattle farms.

Learning Outcomes:

1	Ability to know the effects of etiological and predisposition factors on udder diseases in dairy farms and ideal udder health in cows;
2	Know to detection of udder diseases in dairy farm in terms of herd health ;
3	Ability to determine udder disease in lactating dairy cows;
4	Ability to know the effects of milking machine on udder disease, work principle of milking machine, problems and how to solve problems of milking machine;
5	Aware of know environmental and barn conditions affecting on udders diseases, detect and solve to unfavourable conditions, and biosecurity.;
6	Know to culling strategy in lactating dairy farms, educate to farm staff about mastitis and reduce mastitis incidence, improving adequate nutrition of cows for prevention mastitis. ;
7	Know to dry period what to do in terms of udder health during dry period and can guide and control its application. ;
8	By monitoring udder health at different control points when operating, it can ensure that the mastitis problem remains below acceptable levels in terms of udder health and operating profitability.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Economic losses caused by udder diseases in dairy farms and its importance	Application in slaughterhouse material
2	Udder anatomy, relationship between udder morphology and mastitis	Application in slaughterhouse material
3	Factors affecting lactation physiology, milk secretion, milk composition and milk yield	Clinical examination of the udder
4	Udder anatomical, cellular and humoral defence system, strengthening the udder immune system	Clinical examination of the milk
5	Udder health, udder examination, clinical forms of mastitis	Application in CMT
6	Etiopathogenesis of mastitis	Evaluation of the teat end
7	Mastitis caused by contagious bacteria, etiopathogenesis, risk factors and precautions	Evaluation of milking equipment
8	Mastitis caused by environmental bacteria, etiopathogenesis, risk factors and precautions	Herd visits
9	Mastitis caused by opportunistic bacteria, etiopathogenesis, risk factors and precautions	Herd visits
10	Treatment of mastitis in terms of prevention and mastitis treatment according to clinical forms	Herd visits
11	On-site evaluation of milking hygiene and milking management	Herd visits
12	Drying in cows, dry period importance and dry period management	Herd visits
13	Infectious and non-infectious diseases of teat and udder skin	Herd visits
14	On-site evaluation of mastitis and predisposing factors in heifers	Herd visits

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	1-İneklerde Meme Sağlığı ve Sorunları. Ayhan Baştan, Kardelen Ofset Mat. Tas. Tan. Hiz. San., Ankara, 2010 2-Evcil Hayvanlarda Meme Hastalıkları. Mustafa Kaymaz, Murat Fındık, Ali Rişvanlı, Afşin Köker. Medipress, Malatya, 2016 3-Mastitis control in dairy herds. Roger Blowey and Peter Edmondson, Mixed Sources, FSC, UK, 2010 4-Tyler, H.D., Ensminger, M.E. 2006. “Dairy cattle Science”, Perason-Prentice Hall Press, Ohio, USA. 5-Roberson, J.R. 2012. “Treatment of clinical mastitis”, Vet. Clin. Food Animal, 28, 271-288.
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	The exams to be made will be made in the form of test, classical written or oral.
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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