COURSE SYLLABUS

SPECIAL MICROBIOLOGY

1	Course Title:	SPECIAL MICROBIOLOGY
2	Course Code:	VET3001
3	Type of Course:	Compulsory
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	3
6	Semester:	5
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	4
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
9	Practice (hour/week) :	2
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	General Microbiology, Immunology Serology
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. MIHRIBAN ÜLGEN
16	Course Lecturers:	Yard. Doç. Dr. Esra Büyükcangaz
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	ulgenm@uludag.edu.tr , +90 224 294 12 93 Uludağ Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Hayvan Hastanesi Mikrobiyoloji Anabilim Dalı, Nilüfer,BURSA ulgenm@uludag.edu.tr , +90 224 294 12 93 Uludag Univercity, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Microbiology, BURSA/TURKEY
18	Website:	http://www.veteriner.uludag.edu.tr
19	Objective of the Course:	To educate qualified students in the field of bacterial, fungal diseases of animals except poultry; especially, related to epidemiology, laboratory diagnosis, control and vaccines of these diseases and control of zoonoses
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	Able to recognize colony and microscopic appearance of bacteria and fungi.;
2	Able to grasp route of transmission and pathogenesis of bacteria and fungi.;
3	Able to predict the disease according to the symptoms.;
4	Able to collect and send the samples from infected animals. ;
5	Able to carry out laboratory diagnosis methods.;
6	Able to carry out antimicrobial susceptibility test;
7	Able to carry out prevention and control procedures and vaccines;
8	Able to carry out eradication programs in notifiable diseases;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Introduction to Special Microbiology and information about the course, mastitis and other infections caused by Streptococcus and Staphylococcus species	Gram stain and microscopic examination of Streptococcus and Staphylococcus species; collection and transportation of milk samples with mastitis, laboratory diagnosis, CAMP and koagulase tests.
2	General features of Enterobacteriaceae family, Colibacillosis, other infections of E.coli; Salmonella , Klebsiella, Yersinia and Aeromonas infections and zoonotic importance of these infections	Gram stain and microscopic examination of Enterobacteriae species; collection and transportation of faecal samples; laboratory diagnosis
3	General features of Pasteurella, Mannheimia, Haemophilus, Actinobacillus, Pseudomonas and Burkholderia species; Glanders and other infections	Gram stain and microscopic examination of Pasteurella, Mannheimia, Haemophilus, Actinobacillus, Pseudomonas species; examination of colonial properties of them
4	General features of Moraxella, Taylorella, Bordetella,Bartonella and Brucella species and infections caused by them; zoonotic importance of Brucellosis	Microscopic examination of Moraxella, Bordetella and Brucella species ; laboratory diagnosis of Brucellosis
5	Zoonotic importance of Campylobacter, Helicobacter and Listeria infections	Gram stain and microscopic examination of Campylobacter, Listeria species and laboratory diagnosis
6	General features of Erisipelothrix, Actinomyces, Nocardia, Corynebacterium and Rhodococcus species and infections caused by them	Gram stain and microscopic examination of Corynebacterium species and Rhodococcus equi; examination of colonial properties of them; CAMP test (R.equi, C.renale)
7	General features of Mycobacterium species; Paratuberculosis and Tuberculosis	Ziehl Neelsen staining
8	General features of Bacillus and zoonotic importance of Anthrax; Clostridium infections (I)	Microscopic examination of Bacillus anthracis and Clostridium species, compare of their spores and laboratory diagnosis
9	Clostridium (II), Bacteriodes, and Fusobacterium infections	Laboratory diagnosis of anaerobic non-spore-forming bacteria
10	General features of Leptospira and Mycoplasma species and infections caused by them; Zoonotic importance of Leptospirosis	Examination of Mycoplasma colony and isolation - identification procedures of them
11	Ricketsia, Chlamidia and Chlamydophila infections	Laboratory diagnosis of Ricketsia, Chlamidia and Chlamydophila species
12	Dermatophytes and Subcutaneous mycoses	Antibacterial susceptibility testing
13	Systemic mycoses (I)	Isolation and identification procedures and other diagnostic techniques of fungi
14	Systemic mycoses (II) and mycotoxins	Direct microscopic examination and staining methods of fungi

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	- Veterinary Microbiology (Bacterial Disease), (N. Aydın, M. İzgür, K. Serdar Diker, H. Yardımcı, Ö. Esendal, J. Paracıkoğlu, M. Akan, İlke-Emek Press, Ankara, 2006) - Veterinary Microbiology- Bacterial and Fungal Agents of Animal Disease (J. Glenn Songer, Karen W. Post, Elsevier Saunders, USA, 2005) - Essentials of Veterinary Bacteriology and Mycology , Sixth Edition (G.R.Carter, Darla J. Wise, Iowa State Press, Iowa, 2004) - Veterinary Microbiology and Microbial Disease (P.J. Quinn, B.K. Markey, M.E. Carter, W.J. Donnelly, F.C. Leonard, Blackwell, Great Britain, 2002) - Clinical Veterinary Microbiology (P.J.Quinn,M.E., Carter, B.Markey, G.R.Carter, Mosby, London, 2000) - Special Microbiology Lecture Notes (Prof. Dr. Mihriban Ülgen-2013) (unpublished)
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	40
Quiz	1	10
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	50
Total	3	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		50
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		50
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
Information

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

Activites	NUMBER	TIME [Hour]	Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical	14	3	42
Practicals/Labs	14	2	28
Self Study and Preparation	14	3	42
Homeworks, Performances	0	0	0
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	1	1	1
Others	0	0	0
Final Exams	1	2	2
Total WorkLoad			115
Total workload/ 30 hr			3,83
ECTS Credit of the Course			4

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

	PQ1	PQ2	PQ3	PQ4	PQ5	PQ7	PQ8
LO1	2	0	3	0	0	0	0
LO2	0	0	3	0	0	1	0
LO3	4	0	4	0	0	0	0
LO4	2	2	3	0	0	0	0
LO5	3	0	4	0	0	0	0
LO6	3	0	2	0	0	0	0
LO7	3	0	0	2	5	1	3
LO8	3	1	0	0	3	0	5

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High