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Course unit title	Level of course unit	Course unit code	Type of course unit	Semester of course unit	Local credit	ECTS credit	Syllabus
HELMINTS OF WILD AND EXOTIC ANIMALS	Third cycle	VPZ 636		1	4.00	4.00	Print

Description of course unit

Prerequisites and course requisities	-
Language of instruction	Turkish
Coordinator	Prof. Dr. Alparslan YILDIRIM
Lecturer(s)	Prof. Dr. Alparslan YILDIRIM
Teaching assitant(s)	Prof. Dr. Abdullah İNCİ, Assist. Prof. Önder DÜZLÜ
Mode of delivery	Discussion on Power Points presentations, case reports.
Course objective	The purpose of this course is to give an information about Trematods, Cestods and Nematods of wild and exotic animals, economic importance of helminths symptoms and diagnostic methods of diseases caused by helminths.
Course description	This course is to give an information about Trematods, Cestods and Nematods of wild and exotic animals, economic importance of helminths symptoms and diagnostic methods of diseases caused by helminths

Course contents

1	Trematodes of wild and exotic animals
2	Identification of trematode species
3	Treatment and control programs of trematod species
4	Treatment and control programs of trematod species
5	Cestods of wild and exotic animals
6	Identification of cestod species
7	Treatment and control programs of cestod species
8	Treatment and control programs of cestod species
9	Nematods of wild and exotic animals
10	Identification of nematod species
11	Treatment and control programs of nematod species
12	Treatment and control programs of nematod species
13	Prevention methods of Helminth diseases in wild and exotic animals
14	Methods of treatment of helminths in wild and exotic animals
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Learning outcomes of the course unit

1	To be able to tell about important diseases caused by Trematodes, Cestod and Nematodes.
2	To be able to explain how Trematodes, Cestods and Nematodes can infect the wild and exotic animals,the symptoms of the helmintic diseases and the methods of diagnose and the economical results of their damages.
3	To be able to recognize the medical diagnosis of these diseases.
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Number of stars refer to level of contribution from 1 (the least) to 5 (the most)

Planned learning activities, teaching methods and ECTS work load

	Quantity	Time (hour)	Quantity*Time (hour)
Lectures (face to face teaching)	8	2	16
Study hours out of classroom (study before and after the class)	8	2	16
Homework	0	0	0
Presentation / seminar	6	2	12
Quiz	0	0	0
Preparation for midterm exams	1	20	20
Midterm exams	1	2	2
Project (term paper)	0	0	0
Laboratuar	0	0	0
Field study	0	0	0
Preparation for final exam	1	20	20
Final exam	1	2	2
Research	8	2	16
Total work load			104
ECTS			4.00

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation during semester	Quantity	Percentage
Midterm exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homework	0	0
Semester total		40
Contribution ratio of evaluation during semester to success		40
Contribution ratio of final exam to success		60
General total		100

Recommended and required reading

Textbook	1 - TÜZER, E , TOPARLAK, M ( 2000 ) : Veteriner Helmintoloji , İ.Ü.Ders Notları. 2 - GÜRALP, N. (1981). Helmintoloji. A.Ü.Basımevi, Ankara. 3 - URQUHART, GM , et. al. (1987) : Veterinary Parasitology , Longman Scientific and Technical. 4 - BOWMAN, D.D.,R.C. Lynn, (1995). Georgis’ Parasitology for veterinarians. W. B. Saunders Company, USA. 5 - GÜÇLÜ, F. (2002).Genel Parazitoloji. S.Ü.Basımevi, Konya. 6 - BURGU, A. (2008).Genel Parazitoloji. A.Ü.Basımevi, Ankara. 7 - BURGU, A., KARAER, Z. (2005). Parazit Hastalıklarında Tedavi. Türkiye Parazitoloji Derneği, Yayın No:19. 8 - SCHMIDT, G.D. (1985). Foundations of Parasitology.
Additional references	Internet

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