1	Course Title:	PROTOZOOLOGY
2	Course Code:	VET3028
3	Type of Course:	Compulsory
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	3
6	Semester:	6
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	3
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	2
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	English
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. ŞEVKI ZIYA COŞKUN
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	To teach diagnosis, treatment, control and prevention techniques of the protozoon infections of human, cattle, sheep, goat, dog, cat, pig and poultry.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

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Learning Outcomes:

1 How to identify protozoon species; 2 Diagnostic techniques and differential diagnosis of the protozoon infections; 3 Evaluation of the prognosis and prescription patterns to treat the protozoon infections; 4 How protozoon infections can be taken under control;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Morphology, physiology and taxonomy of protozoon parasites	VCD of reproduction and movement in protozoans
2	Entamoeba, Naegleria and Acanthomoeba infections	Examination of Entamoeba in human faeces
3	Giardia, Hexamita and Histomonas infections	Examination of Giardia in human and dog faeces
4	Trichomonidida infections	Inspection of Trichomomas foetus slides and examination of T. gallinae from an infected pigeon, if possible
5	Leishmaniosis	Inspection of Leishmaniosis slides
6	Trypanasomiasis	Inspection of Trypanasomiasis slides and its examination in cattle blood
7	Eimeriosis	Inspection of Eimeriosis and examination in poultry, rabbit and cattle faeces; VCD of Eimeria tenella’s evolution in cell culture
8	Isosporiosis	Examination of Isospora in dog and cat faeces
9	Sarcocystiosis	Examination of Sarcocystis in sheep meat and criteria used in decision for human consumption
10	Toxoplasmosis, Neosporiosis	Inspection of Toxoplasma slides and its diagnose on a positive case via IFAT
11	Cryptosporidium, Besnoitia, Hammondia and Hepatozoon infections	Examination of Cryptosporidium in calve faeces
12	Theilerosis	Examination of Theilerosis in cattle blood and inspection of slides
13	Babesiosis	Examination of Babesiosis in sheep blood and inspection of slides
14	Plasmodium, Leucocytozoon and Haemoproteus infections	Examination of Haemoproteus from pigeon blood

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	1. Tüzer E, Toparlak M. Veteriner Protozooloji. İstanbul Üniversitesi Ders Notları, 2000 2. Mehlhorn H. Encyclopedic Reference of Parasitology, Springer Verlag, 2001 3. Urquhart Gm, Armour J, Duncan Jl, Dunn Am, Jennings Fw. Veterinary Parasitology, Blackwell Science, Oxford, 2002 4. Burgu A, Karaer Z (Eds). Veteriner Hekimliğinde Parazit Hastalıklarında Tedavi. Türkiye Parazitoloji Derneği, İzmir, 2005 5. Karaer Z, Dumanlı N (Ed). Veteriner Protozooloji. Medisan Yayınevi, Ankara, 2010.
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
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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

Activites	NUMBER	TIME [Hour]	Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical	14	2	28
Practicals/Labs	14	2	28
Self Study and Preparation	3	6	18
Homeworks, Performances	0	6	18
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	1	1	1
Others	0	0	0
Final Exams	1	1	1
Total WorkLoad			94
Total workload/ 30 hr			3,13
ECTS Credit of the Course			3

26	CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
PQ1 PQ2 PQ3 PQ4 PQ5 PQ6 PQ7 PQ8 PQ9 PQ10 PQ11 PQ12 LO1 1 0 5 1 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 LO2 3 4 5 5 5 3 4 5 4 5 5 5 LO3 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 LO4 2 2 1 2 5 3 3 2 5 5 5 5

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High