Information Package / Course Catalogue
Pathology of Alimentary System II
Course Code: VPT507
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: 3
Objectives of the Course

Investigation of anomalies and bacterial, viral and parasitic diseases of the stomach and abomasum, intestines, liver and biliar system.

Course Content

Congenital anomalies, postmortal changes, developmental disorders, bacterial diseases (salmonellosis, yersiniosis, paratuberculosis, liver necrobasillosis, baciller hemoglobinuria, viral diseases (adenovirus, coronavirus, rotavirus, hepatitis contagiosa canis, equine serum hepatitis) and parasitic diseases (trematods, cestods, nematods infections)

Name of Lecturer(s)
Assoc. Prof. Emrah İPEK
Learning Outcomes
1.To be knowledgeable about the nutritional, infectious and neoplastic diseases of stomach and abomasum
2.To be knowledgeable about the viral diseases of intestines
3.To be knowledgeable about the bacterial and parasitic diseases of intestines
4.To be knowledgeable about the viral, bacterial and parasitic diseases of liver
5.To be knowledgeable about the toxicological diseases of liver
Recommended or Required Reading
1.K.V.F. Jubb, P. C.Kennedy, N. Palmer (1992). Pathology of Domestic Animals volume 1. 4th edition. Academic Pres Inc
2.K.V.F. Jubb, P. C.Kennedy, N. Palmer (1992). Pathology of Domestic Animals volume 2. 4th edition. Academic Pres Inc
3.K.V.F. Jubb, P. C.Kennedy, N. Palmer (1992). Pathology of Domestic Animals volume 3. 4th edition. Academic Pres Inc
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Postmortal changes, rumen hyperceratosis, dilatation of rumen, retikulum and omasum
Week 2 - Theoretical
Foreign bodies in the forestomachs, traumatic reticoloperitonitis and its complication, rumenitis an ruminal lactic asidosis
Week 3 - Theoretical
Parasitic diseases of the forestomach, postmortal changes, pyloric stenosis, gastric dilatation and displacement, gastric foreign bodies and impaction.
Week 4 - Theoretical
Gastritis, gastroduodenal ulceration, patophysiology of enteric diesases, congenital anomalies of the intestine, intestinal obstruction, displacement of intestine, intestinal ischemi and infarct.
Week 5 - Theoretical
Malasimilation and protein losing syndroms, inflammation of the large intestine
Week 6 - Theoretical
Viral diseases of the alimentary tract
Week 7 - Theoretical
Bacterial diseases of the alimentary tract, Midterm
Week 8 - Theoretical
Bacterial diseases of the alimentary tract
Week 9 - Theoretical
Micotic and protothecal diseases of the gastrointestinal tract
Week 10 - Theoretical
Helminthosis and protistan infections of gastrointestinal system
Week 11 - Theoretical
Peritonitis, parasitic diseases of peritenium and miscellaneous lesion
Week 12 - Theoretical
Liver degenerations and necrosis, responses of the liver injury
Week 13 - Theoretical
Hepatic dysfunction, postmortal and agonal changes in liver, inflammator diseases of liver and biliar tract
Week 14 - Theoretical
Infectious diseases of the liver
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Reading100220
Individual Work30515
Midterm Examination1516
Final Examination1516
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)75
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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OÇ-1
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5
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026