Information Package / Course Catalogue
Drugs of the Chemotherapy, II (Anthelmintic and Antiprotozoan Drugs)
Course Code: VFT527
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: 6
Objectives of the Course

The purpose of this course, anthelmintic treatment, broad and narrow-spectrum anthelmintic drugs and to provide information about drugs that are effective against protozoan parasites.

Course Content

Anthelmintic treatment history and anthelmintic treatment, broad and narrow-spectrum anthelmintic drugs, drug resistance, trematodes, cestodes and nematodes are effective against drugs and their pharmacology and the use of drugs that are effective against protozoan parasites classification and the use of drugs and the pharmacology of the individual.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Anthelmintic treatment to have information about the history and definition of
2.Geniş and narrow-spectrum anthelmintic resistance Anthelmintics and their mechanisms of learning and To be informed about
3.Trematod, which is effective against cestodes and nematodes have knowledge about the use of drugs and their pharmacology and
4.The classification of drugs that are effective against protozoan parasites and the use of drugs and the pharmacology of the individual To be informed about
5.To learn knowledge and propose suggestions on the area
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 8th Edition, Jim E. Riviere (Editor), Mark G. Papich (Editor), 2009.
2.Modern Pharmacology, 6th Edition, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2004 (Ed. C.R. Craig and R.E. Stitzel)
3.Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, 9th Edition, McGraw-Hill, New York, 2004 (Ed. B. Katzung)
4.Goodman and Gilman’s The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics 11th Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2006 (Eds. Brunton, Lazo, Parker, Buxton and Blumenthal)
5.Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews: Pharmacology, 3rd Edition, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2005 (Eds. Howard, Mycek, Harvey & Champe)
6.The Veterinary Formulary edited by Yolande Bishop. London Pharmaceutical Press in association with the British Veterinary Association 2001.
7.Pharmacology. Franklin A. Ahrens. Baltimore, Md. London Williams & Wilkins 1996.
8.The physiological basis of veterinary clinical pharmacology J. Desmond Baggot. Oxford Blackwell Science 2001.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Definition and history of anthelmintic treatment
Week 2 - Theoretical
Anthelmintic efficacy testing and classification of anthelmintic drugs
Week 3 - Theoretical
Anthelmintics resistance
Week 4 - Theoretical
Anthelmintics mechanisms
Week 5 - Theoretical
Anthelmintics ways to use
Week 6 - Theoretical
Drugs used against trematode-1
Week 7 - Theoretical
Drugs used against trematode-2
Week 8 - Theoretical
Drugs used against Cestods-I (Mid-term exam)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Drugs used against Cestods-II
Week 10 - Theoretical
The drugs used against nematodes-1
Week 11 - Theoretical
The drugs used against nematodes-2
Week 12 - Theoretical
The drugs used against nematodes-3
Week 13 - Theoretical
The classification of drugs that are effective against protozoan parasites
Week 14 - Theoretical
Pharmacology of the drugs used against protozoan parasites and their uses
Week 15 - Final Exam
Final exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Presentation1%5
Verbal Examination1%5
Midterm Examination1%20
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory1472126
Midterm Examination110212
Final Examination110212
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)150
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
PÇ-12
OÇ-1
4
3
3
5
5
OÇ-2
4
3
3
5
5
OÇ-3
4
5
OÇ-4
4
4
4
5
OÇ-5
5
4
5
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2026