Information Package / Course Catalogue
Helminths, Arthropods, Protozoans Of Fishes
Course Code: VPR506
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

Tha aim of the course is to have an advanced understanding of important diseases of fishes caused by helminths, arthropods and protozoans, symptoms of diseases they cause, symptoms, methods used for the diagnosis, treatment and control for these diseases.

Course Content

Important diseases of fishes caused by helminths, arthropods and protozoans, transmission routes of parasitic zoonoses, symptoms of diseases they cause, methods used for the diagnosis, treatment and control for these diseases.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to explain about the diseases caused by helminths, arthropods and protozoans in fishes.
2.To be able to tell about the infection routes of important parasites of fishes, symptoms and economical aspects of diseases they cause.
3.To be able to recognize the available control methods for these diseases.
4.To be able to express the rules and regulations to be complied with in aquaculture.
5.To know the treatment methods of these diseases.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Burgu, A., Karaer, Z. (2005). Parazit Hastalıklarında Tedavi. Türkiye Parazitoloji Derneği, Yayın No:19.
2.Williams, H., Jones, A. (1994). Parasitic Worms of Fish. London, Taylor & Francis,593 p.
3.Woo, P.T.K. (1995). Fish Diseases and Disorders. Wallingford, Oxon, UK, CAB International, 808 p.
4.Leatherland, J.F., Woo, P.T.K., Bruno, D. W. (2004). Fish diseases and disorders. Wallingford, Oxon, UK, New York, NY, USA, CABI Pub. V 2-3.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Protozoan infections of fishes; trypanoplasmosis, trypanosomosis, crytobiosis
Week 2 - Theoretical
Protozoan infections of fishes; ichtiyobododsis, hexamitosis
Week 3 - Theoretical
Protozoan infections of fishes; coccidiosis, microsporosis
Week 4 - Theoretical
Protozoan infections of fishes; myxosporidiosis, Ichthyophithirisosis
Week 5 - Theoretical
Protozoan infections of fishes; Chilodonellosis, trichodiosis
Week 6 - Theoretical
Apiosomosis, oodinosis
Week 7 - Theoretical
Helmith infections of fishes; Trematodes: Dactylogyrosis
Week 8 - Theoretical
(Midterm exam)- Helmith infections of fishes; Trematodes: Grydactylosis, Discocotylosis
Week 9 - Theoretical
Helminth infections of fishes; Trematodes: Diplozoonosis, Sanguinicolosis, Diplostomatosis
Week 10 - Theoretical
Helminth infections of fishes; Cestodes: Khawiosis, Eubothriosis, Cyathocephalosis
Week 11 - Theoretical
Helminth infections of fishes; Cestodes: Bothriocephalosis, Triaenophorosis, Proteocephalosis
Week 12 - Theoretical
Helminth infections of fishes; Cestodes: Ligulosis, Digrammosis, Schistocephalosis, Diphyllobothriosis
Week 13 - Theoretical
Helminth infections of fishes; Nematodes: Capillariosis, Anisakiosis, Camallanosis, Philometroidosis,
Week 14 - Theoretical
Acanthocephala infections of fishes; fish leeches, Crustasean infections of fishes: Ergasilosis, Synergolosis, Lernaeosis, Argulosis
Week 15 - Final Exam
Final exam
Week 16 - Final Exam
Final exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Assignment1%10
Quiz1%10
Midterm Examination1%10
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Assignment1101
Quiz2409
Midterm Examination1516
Final Examination110111
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)55
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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2026