Information Package / Course Catalogue
Infertility in Farm Animals
Course Code: VDJ563
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

Informing about the factors and diseases causing decraese in fertility in farm animals

Course Content

Congenital, acquired and functional reasons causing decrease in fertility are thought theoretiacally in farm animals are covered

Name of Lecturer(s)
Assoc. Prof. Eyyüp Hakan UÇAR
Learning Outcomes
1.Learning structural anomalies causing infertility in farm animals
2.Having knowledge of feeding and management factors causing infertility in farm animals
3.Learning causes of functional infertility in farm animals
4.Learning causes of infectious infertility in farm animals
5.Learning diagnosis and therapy of infertility
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Alaçam, E. (2002) Doğum ve İnfertilite, Medisan Yayınları, Ankara.
2.Kaymaz M, Fındık M, Rişvanlı A, Köker A. (2019) Çiflik Hayvanlarında Doğum ve Jinekoloji, Medipres, Malatya.
3.Noakes, D.E., Parkinson, T.J., England, G.C.W. (2001) Arthur’s Veterinary Reproduction and Obstetrics, W.B. Saunders Comp., Philadelphia.
4.Kaymaz M, Fındık M, Rişvanlı A, Köker A. (2019) Kısraklarda Doğum ve Jinekoloji, 3. Baskı, Medipres matbaacılık, Malatya.
5.Dinç, D.A. (2008) Ultrason fiziği ve ineklerde reprodüktif ultrasonografi, Pozitif Matbaacılık Ltd. Şti, Ankara.
6.Samper JC, Pycock JF, McKinnon AO (2007) Current Therapy in Equine Reproduction. Saunders, Missouri.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Congenital and acquired abnormalities in the cow
Week 2 - Theoretical
Raising heifers and infertility in the postpartum cow
Week 3 - Theoretical
Fertilty parameters and estrus detection in the cow
Week 4 - Theoretical
Functional infertility in the cow
Week 5 - Theoretical
Functional infertility in the cow
Week 6 - Theoretical
Functional infertility in the cow
Week 7 - Theoretical
Infectious infertility in the cow (Mid-term exam)
Week 8 - Theoretical
Infectious infertility in the cow
Week 9 - Theoretical
Infectious infertility in the cow
Week 10 - Theoretical
Specific infections causing infertility in the cow
Week 11 - Theoretical
Infertility in the mare
Week 12 - Theoretical
Infertility in the mare
Week 13 - Theoretical
Infertility in the ewe and the nanny goat
Week 14 - Theoretical
Infertlity in the water buffalo and the camel
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141242
Midterm Examination1314
Final Examination1314
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)50
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
3
3
3
5
3
OÇ-2
3
4
5
3
OÇ-3
3
4
5
4
4
OÇ-4
4
5
3
4
OÇ-5
3
5
5
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026