Information Package / Course Catalogue
Sexual Cycles in Domestic Animals
Course Code: VDJ503
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

Teaching puberty, sexual cycles, hormonal mechanisms of sexual cycles and optimum insemination time in domestic animals

Course Content

Theoretical knowledge of puberty, reproductive cycles, hormonal mechanisms in domestic animals are covered

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Bayazıt MUSAL
Learning Outcomes
1.Learning onset of puberty and effecting factors in domestic animals.
2.Having knowledge of stages and visual signs of estrus cycle in domestic animals
3.Learning hormonal mechanisms of estrus cycle in domestic animals
4.Learning detection of estrus and determining the optimum insemination time in domestic animals
5.Learning estrus cycle in laboratory animals
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Alaçam, E. (2002) Doğum ve İnfertilite, Medisan Yayınları, Ankara.
2.Noakes, D.E., Parkinson, T.J., England, G.C.W. (2001) Artur’s Veterinary Reproduction and Obstetrics, W.B. Saunders Comp., Philadelphia.
3.Hafez, E.S.E. (1993) Reproduction in Farm Animals, Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia.
4.Dinç, D.A. (2008) Ultrason fiziği ve ineklerde reprodüktif ultrasonografi, Pozitif Matbaacılık Ltd. Şti, Ankara.
5.Johnston, S.D., Kustritz, M.V.R., Olson, P.N.S. (2001) Canine and Feline Theriogenoiogy, W.B. Saunders Comp., Philadelphia.
6.Kaymaz M, Fındık M, Rişvanlı A, Köker A. Çiftlik hayvanlarında Doğum ve Jinekoloji, 3. Baskı, Medipres matbaacılık, Malatya, 2019.
7.Kaymaz M, Fındık M, Rişvanlı A, Köker A. Kısraklarda Doğum ve Jinekoloji, 3. Baskı, Medipres matbaacılık, Malatya, 2019.
8.Kaymaz M, Fındık M, Rişvanlı A, Köker A. Köpek ve Kedilerde Doğum ve Jinekoloji, 3. Baskı, Medipres matbaacılık, Malatya, 2019.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Puberty and factors affecting puberty
Week 2 - Theoretical
Estrus cycle and its stages
Week 3 - Theoretical
Estrus cycle and its stages in cattle
Week 4 - Theoretical
Estrus detection in cattle
Week 5 - Theoretical
Estrus cycle and its stages in mares
Week 6 - Theoretical
Estrus cycle and stages in ewe and nanny goats
Week 7 - Theoretical
Ovarian follicular wave dynamics (Mid-term exam)
Week 8 - Theoretical
Estrous cycle and its stages in bitches
Week 9 - Theoretical
Estrus cycle and its stages in queen
Week 10 - Theoretical
Vaginal cytology in the bitch and the queen
Week 11 - Theoretical
Estrus cycle and its stages in camels
Week 12 - Theoretical
Estrus cycle and its stages in water buffaloes
Week 13 - Theoretical
Laboratuvar hayvanlarında seksüel siklus ve evreleri
Week 14 - Theoretical
General review
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory143270
Reading160116
Individual Work160116
Midterm Examination19211
Final Examination110212
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)125
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
OÇ-1
5
5
3
3
OÇ-2
5
5
3
3
4
OÇ-3
5
5
3
5
OÇ-4
5
5
5
5
4
OÇ-5
4
5
3
3
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026