Information Package / Course Catalogue
Metabolic Diseases of Cattle
Course Code: VİH522
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 2
Objectives of the Course

Etiology, pathogenesis, clinical presentation, diagnosis, differential diagnosis and treatment of cows with ketosis, milk fever, faty liver syndrom, hypomagnesemic tetany, hypophosphatemia, postparturent hemoglobinuria, downer cow syndrom and vitamin A deficiency which are the most important metabolic diseases, are described as applied.

Course Content

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Name of Lecturer(s)
Assoc. Prof. Ceren DİNLER AY
Learning Outcomes
1.Learn about metabolic diseases in cattle
2. Approach to diagnosis of metabolic diseases, improve the skills and knowledge about the treatment and prevention
3.Improve the ability of applicability and availability in practice had learned about the of information about metabolic diseases.
4.Knows herd screening tests related to metabolic diseases.
5.Takes protective measures on the basis of herd of metabolic diseases.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Y. Gul. Geviş Getiren Hayvanların İç Hastalıkları (Sığır Koyun Keçi) (Genişletilmiş 3.Baskı). 2012.
2.C. M. Kahn, S. Line; The Merck Veterinary Manual, 10th Edition. Merck, 2010
3.Bradford P. Smith; Large Animal Internal Medicine, 4th Edition. Mosby, 2009
4.Radostits, Otto M. [and others], eds. Veterinary Medicine: A Textbook of the Diseases of Cattle, Sh
5.Blowey, R. W., and Weaver, A. David; Color Atlas of Diseases and Disorders of Cattle, 2nd ed. Mosby, 2003
6.Oetzel GR. Monitoring and testing dairy herds for metabolic disease. Vet Clin North Am Food Anim Pract. 2004 Nov;20(3):651-74.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Carbohydrate metabolism disorders
Week 2 - Theoretical
Ketosis in cattle
Week 3 - Theoretical
Fatty liver syndrome in dairy cows
Week 4 - Theoretical
Mineral metabolism disorders
Week 5 - Theoretical
Milk fever
Week 6 - Theoretical
hypophosphatemia
Week 7 - Theoretical
Topic repetition, (Mİd term Exam)
Week 7 - Preparation Work
Topic repetition, (Mİd term Exam)
Week 8 - Theoretical
Postparurient hemoglobinuria
Week 9 - Theoretical
Grass tetany
Week 10 - Theoretical
Stable tetany
Week 11 - Theoretical
Transport tetany
Week 12 - Theoretical
Tetany of dairy calves
Week 13 - Theoretical
Downer cow syndrom
Week 14 - Theoretical
Principles of diagnosis and treatment in methabolic disease
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%60
Assignment2%10
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Assignment2024
Reading140114
Midterm Examination1112
Final Examination1213
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)51
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
OÇ-1
3
4
5
3
3
2
3
OÇ-2
4
5
5
3
3
3
4
OÇ-3
4
5
5
3
3
3
4
OÇ-4
OÇ-5
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2026