COURSE SYLLABUS

REPRODUCTION AND ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION IN DOGS

1	Course Title:	REPRODUCTION AND ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION IN DOGS
2	Course Code:	VDT 6008
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Third Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	2
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:	Prof. Dr. Ülgen Günay
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	ugunay@uludag.edu.tr, 2941343 Uludağ Ünv. Veteriner Fak. Dölerme ve Suni Tohumlama Anabilim Dalı
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	To teach: 1. Clinical and diagnostic examination of male and female genital organs 2. Andrological examination in the male 3. Semen collection methods 4. Semen evaluation and biochemical structure 5. Semen preservation, dilution and freezing of semen 6. Infertility in the male and how to solve infertility problems. 7. Estrus and estrus cycle and determination of the most suitable insemination time
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	Physiology of reproductive endocrinology, estrus cycle and its mechanism, examination of male and female genital organs and clinical use of reproductive hormones in dogs;
2	Physiology of reproductive endocrinology, estrus cycle and its mechanism, examination of male and female genital organs and clinical use of reproductive hormones in dogs;
3	Methods of stimulating estrus and ovulation in females;
4	Sperm collection, short term storage, cryopreservation and artificial insemination techniques;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Sexual differentiation and normal anatomy of the bitch	Clinical and diagnostic evaluation of the bitch reproductive tract
2	Sexual differentiation and normal anatomy of the bitch	Clinical diagnosis of estrus in bitches
3	Sexual differentiation and normal anatomy of the bitch	Examination of vaginal cytology techniques in bitches
4	Timing estrus and ovulation in the bitch	Estrus and ovulation detection methods in bitches
5	Using artificial insemination with fresh semen, chilled extended semen and frozen semen	Semen evaluation (volume, color,motility,pH,concentration)
6	Induction of oestrus in bitch	Clinical usefulness of canine ovulation test kits
7	Clinical approach to infertility in the bitch	Infertility in bitches
8	Sexual differentiation and normal anatomy of the bitch	Clinical and diagnostic evaluation of the male reproductive tract
9	Semen collection, evaluation and preservation of dog semen	Semen evaluation (morphology: dead/live and abnormal )
10	Factors affecting semen characteristics	Semen collection techniques
11	Extended chilled semen and preservation	Semen extenders and extended chilled semen in male dogs
12	Frozen semen techniques, and variables affecting success of artificial insemination with frozen semen in dogs	Frozen semen techniques in male dogs
13	Clinical approach to infertility in the male dog	Artificial insemination techniques
14	Prevention of fertility in the male dog	Diagnostic approach to male dog infertility.

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	1. FELDMAN C.E, NELSON W.B. : Canine and feline endocrinology and reproduction. In :C. FELDMAN (ed.), W.B. Saunders Company, 2004. 2. CONCANNON P.W. : Reproduction in the dog and cat. , Academic Press Inc, London, 1991 3. E.ALAÇAM (Ed):Evcil Hayvanlarda Reprodüksiyon, Sun’i Tohumlama, Doğum ve İnfertilite, Ed:,1994, Konya 4. ALAÇAM,E Theriogenoloji, Evcil Hayvanlarda Reprodüksiyon ve Sun’i Tohumlama , Obstetrik ve İnfertilite Nurol Matbaacılık, 1990, Ankara 5. The Practical Veterinarian Small Animal Theriogenology, Ed. Kustritz M, Elsevier Science, 2003)..
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