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Animal Housing and Hygiene

Course Code	: VET215
Course Type	: Required
Couse Group	: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language	: Turkish
Work Placement	: N/A

Theory	: 1
Prt.	: 0
Credit	: 2
Lab	: 1
ECTS	: 1

Objectives of the Course

To teach the importance of shelter hygiene in livestock animals. To teach mechanical cleaning and disinfection of barns. To teach necessary hygiene measurements to minimize infection risks in animal production.

Course Content

Mechanical cleaning, hygiene, barn hygiene, hygiene of production, sanitation, disinfection and disinfectants, sterilization. Air quality, hazardous gas levels and ventilation systems in housing. Hygiene practices in cattle, sheep, goat, horse, pig, poultry housing. Vaccines and vaccination programs in farm animals.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Lec. Solmaz KARAARSLAN

Learning Outcomes

1.	To be able to know how to take necessary hygienic measures in livestock production.
2.	To be able to have the mechanical cleaning done with suitable methods.
3.	To be able to name the disinfectants and it’s characteristics .
4.	To be able to name barn disinfectation done for housing.
5.	To be able to express the procedures necessary for production hygiene and changes may be followed.
6.	To be able to make regulations for preventing the spread of diseases to the animal house.
7.	To be able to apply vaccination programmes, the antiparasitic measures as well as health practices.
8.	To be able to interpret the quarantine procedures teach it to the farmers
9.	To have knowledge of organization, management and legislation related to veterinary medicine.
10.	To be able to know udder health and milking hygiene.
11.	To give some advice to the breeders and to apply preventive measurements related to animal health and welfare, and public health standards that conforming to animal species.
12.	To be able to apply biosecurity measures in farms.

Recommended or Required Reading

1.	Akam, D.N, Dodd, F.H, Quick, A.J. Milking, milk production hygiene and udder health. FAO Animal Production and Health Paper: 78. FAO of the United Nations Rome, 1989.
2.	Aksoy, F.T. (1994): Tavuk Yetiştiriciliği, Ankara Üniversitesi Matbaası, Ankara.
3.	Alpan, O., Arpacık, R. (1994) Sığır Yetiştiriciliği. Ankara Üniversitesi Basımevi, Ankara.
4.	Arpacık, R. (1996) At Yetiştiriciliği. Şahin Matbaası, Ankara.
5.	Battaglia, R.A. (2001): Handbook of Livestock Management. Practice-Hall International Ltd, London
6.	Ensminger, M. E. (1992): The Stockman’s Handbook. Interstate Publishers, Inc. Denville, Illinois.
7.	Wathes, C.M., Charles, D.R. (1994): Livestock Housing. CAB International, Wallingford, UK.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week 1 - Theoretical

Housing necessity and the importance of housing in farm animals. Mechanical cleaning, hygiene, barn hygiene, hygiene of production, sanitation, disinfection and disinfectants, sterilization.

Week 2 - Theoretical

Air quality, hazardous gas levels and ventilation systems in housing.

Week 3 - Theoretical

The risk of disease transmission and types of disease transmission.

Week 4 - Theoretical

Mechanical cleaning of animal houses (poultry, cattle, sheep, horse)

Week 5 - Theoretical

The basic principles of disinfection processes in housing (cattle, sheep, horse)

Week 6 - Theoretical

The disinfection of poultry houses, hatching eggs and hatchery.

Week 7 - Theoretical

Quarantine

Week 8 - Intermediate Exam

Midterm exam/Hygiene practices in cattle. (Entrance and exit planning, quarantine, foot baths, physical barriers, medication, disinfection, etc.)

Week 9 - Theoretical

Milking hygiene

Week 10 - Theoretical

Hygiene practices in sheep and goat (entrance and exit planning, quarantine, foot and body baths, physical barriers, medication, sheepfold cleaning and disinfection)

Week 11 - Theoretical

Hygiene practices in poultry houses, (entrance and exit planning, quarantine, physical and chemical barriers for fight of rodent-fly-birds medication, vaccination, disinfection, etc.)

Week 12 - Theoretical

Hygiene practices in horse housing (entrance and exit planning, quarantine, foot baths, physical barriers, medication, disinfection, etc.)

Week 13 - Theoretical

Vaccines and vaccination programs

Week 14 - Theoretical

Biosecurity on animal farms (enterprises)

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Type of Assessment	Count	Percent
Midterm Examination	1	%40
Final Examination	1	%60

Workload Calculation

Activities	Count	Preparation	Time	Total Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory	14	0	1	14
Midterm Examination	1	4	1	5
Final Examination	1	5	1	6
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)				25

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PÇ-1	PÇ-2	PÇ-3	PÇ-4	PÇ-5	PÇ-6	PÇ-7	PÇ-8	PÇ-9	PÇ-10	PÇ-11	PÇ-12	PÇ-13	PÇ-14	PÇ-15	PÇ-16	PÇ-17	PÇ-18	PÇ-19	PÇ-20	PÇ-21	PÇ-22	PÇ-23	PÇ-24	PÇ-25	PÇ-26	PÇ-27	PÇ-28	PÇ-29	PÇ-30	PÇ-31	PÇ-32	PÇ-33	PÇ-34	PÇ-35	PÇ-36
OÇ-1	1	3	5							4			1							4	1			2				4								4
OÇ-2	1	3	5							2			2							4	1			2				4								4
OÇ-3	1	4	2							1			1							1	1			1				1								1
OÇ-4	1	4	5							4			4							1	1			1				5								1
OÇ-5	2	5	5							5			2							5	1			1				5								1
OÇ-6	2	5	5							5			2							5	1			1				5								1
OÇ-7																																				4
OÇ-8																								5
OÇ-9	2	3	5
OÇ-10	3									5										5																5
OÇ-11	3									5										5																5
OÇ-12			5																					3				4

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