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| MVET2014 | Herd Management and Health | 2+0+0 | ECTS:2 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Short Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of VETERINARY MEDICINE | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Öğr. Gör. Abdulhamit YILDIRIM | | Co-Lecturer | Lecturer İbrahim UZUN | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | Creating livelihood management plans in livestock enterprises. To teach prevention of diseases and ensuring high economic efficiency |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Learns efficient and economical management for the purpose of flock | 5,6,8,9 | 1, | | LO - 2 : | Learns the relationship between herd health and nutrition. | 5,6,8,9 | 1, | | LO - 3 : | Defines herd performance targets. | 5,6,8,9 | 1, | | LO - 4 : | Learns measures to protect the herd from diseases. | 5,6,8,9 | 1, | | LO - 5 : | Learns to evaluate the relationship between care, feeding, disease and production. | 5,6,8,9 | 1, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| The purpose of herd health and management, housing systems, general herd management, record keeping, storage and processing of records, calf raising problems and planning solutions, the effect of nutrition on herd health and planning, mastitis monitoring and protection plan, effective infectious diseases on a herd basis, protection planning control routes and free herds, biosecurity and critical control points, vaccination programs. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | The aim of herd health and management, planning, strategies, goals | | | Week 2 | Effects of housing systems on behavior and diseases, adaptation to environment | | | Week 3 | Planning the annual cycle | | | Week 4 | Record keeping, evaluation of records | | | Week 5 | Calf rearing problems, importance of calf losses and planning for prevention | | | Week 6 | The importance and importance of nutrition and feeding hygiene on herd health | | | Week 7 | The effect of feeding period on health in dairy cattle | | | Week 8 | Measurement of reproductive efficiency | | | Week 9 | Mid of term exam | | | Week 10 | Infertility problems, decision scoring systems for problems related to breast health | | | Week 11 | Important infectious diseases in herd level and their effects on herd health | | | Week 12 | Protection and control methods of important infectious diseases at herd level | | | Week 13 | Disease incidence and performance goals | | | Week 14 | Peripartum and perinatal period control | | | Week 15 | Planning of vaccination programs | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Batmaz, H. Sığırlarda Sürü Sağlığı ve Yönetimi, Alfa Aktüel, 2015 | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 1 saat | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 1 saat | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 58 |
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