COURSE SYLLABUS

REPRODUCTION AND ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION IN BUFFALO

1	Course Title:	REPRODUCTION AND ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION IN BUFFALO
2	Course Code:	VDT6021
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Third Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	1
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	5
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
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:	Prof. Dr. SELİM ALÇAY
16	Course Lecturers:	yok
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	salcay@uludag.edu.tr Tel: 0224-2941356
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	To educate students who have knowledge about genital organs anatomy and their examination, the importance and situation of artificial insemination in animal husbandry, estrus symptoms and the determination methods of estrus, the optimum insemination time, semen collection methods, semen examination and evaluation, semen storage, artificial insemination methods and estrus synchronization methods in buffaloes
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	To learn reproductive hormones and their classifications; To learn hormones secreted from pituitary gland; To learn hormones secreted from hypothalamus; To learn hormones secreted from gonads and placenta; To understand the classification of hormones; To learn how to use reproductive hormones in synchronization protocols

Learning Outcomes:

1	To learn genital anatomy of cattle and morphological examination of genital organs of buffaloes;;
2	To understand the advantages and the disadvantages of the applications of artificial insemination and its importance for the developlent of animal breeding;;
3	To explain the estrus symptoms and the optimum insemination time in buffaloes;;
4	To have knowledge about semen collection techniques from buffaloes and ist application and to make semen examination and evaluation;;
5	To have knowledge about short and long term storage of buffalo semen and to apply them;;
6	To understand and apply the most suitable techniques of artificial insemination in buffalo;;
7	To apply the synchronization of estrus cycles in buffaloes;;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Reproductive anatomy in buffalo	Examination of genital organs in buffalo
2	Morphological examinations of buffalo genital organs	Andrological examination in buffalo
3	Semen collection techniques from buffalo	Semen collection from buffalo
4	Examination and evaluation of buffalo semen	Macroscopic ant microscopic examinations of buffalo semen
5	Short term storage of buffalo semen	Short term storage procedures of buffalo semen
6	Long term storage of buffalo semen	Long term storage procedures of buffalo semen
7	Thawig of semen	Preparing of frozen buffalo semen for artificial insemination applications
8	Estrus symptoms in buffaloes	Monitoring of estrus in buffaloes
9	Estrus detecting techniques in buffaloes	Determination of estrus and rectal palpation
10	Estrus synchronization	Application of estrus synchronization
11	Optimum insemination time in buffalo	Determination of the optimum insemination time
12	Recto-vaginal insemination method	Recto-vaginal insemination applications in buffalo
13	Approaches for improving the pregnancy rates after artificial insemination	İntra uterin treatments after artificial insemination applications
14	Determination methods of pregnancy	Pregnancy diagnosis

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Hafez E.S.E.: Reproduction in Farm Animals.Fifth Edition, Philedelphia,1987. Alaçam E.: Evcil Hayvanlarda Reprodüksiyon,Suni Tohumlama, Doğum ve İnfertilite. First Edition,Konya,1984. Youngquist R.S., Threlfall W.R.: Current Therapy in Large Animal Theriogenology. Second Edition, Philedelphia,2007. Busch W, Löhle K, Peter W: Künstliche Besamung bei Nutztieren. Second Edition, Stuttgart, 1991.
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	easurement and evaluation are performed according to the Rules & Regulations of Bursa Uludağ University on Undergraduate Education.
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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