Information Package / Course Catalogue
Infertility in the Ruminants
Course Code: VDJ611
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 8
Objectives of the Course

Informing about the factors and diseases causing decraese in fertility in ruminants

Course Content

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

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Cevdet PEKER
Learning Outcomes
1.Having knowledge of congenital and acquired causes of infertility in ruminants
2.Building the link between feding and managment factors and infertility
3.Being informed about the causes of functional infertility in ruminants
4.Being informed about the causes of infectious infertility in ruminants
5.Learning about diagnostic and therapeutic choices in infertlity cases
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’sVeterinaryReproductionandObstetrics, W.B. SaundersComp., Philadelphia.
4.Youngquist RS. (1997) Current Therapy in Large Animal Theriogenology. WB saunders comp., Philedelphia.
5.Dinç, D.A. (2008) Ultrason fiziği ve ineklerde reprodüktif ultrasonografi, Pozitif Matbaacılık Ltd. Şti, Ankara.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Congenital and acquired abnormalities in the cow
Week 2 - Theoretical
Raising dairy heifers and fertility
Week 3 - Theoretical
Negative energy balance and fertility in the postpartum cow
Week 4 - Theoretical
Effect of nutrition on fertility
Week 5 - Theoretical
Fertilty parameters and estrus detection in the cow
Week 6 - Theoretical
Anestrus and subestrus in the cow
Week 7 - Theoretical
Anovulation in the cow (Mid-term exam)
Week 8 - Theoretical
Ovarian cysts in the cow
Week 9 - Theoretical
Uterine infections in the cow
Week 10 - Theoretical
Uterine infections in the cow
Week 11 - Theoretical
Uterine infections in the cow
Week 12 - Theoretical
Specific infections causing infertility in the cow
Week 13 - Theoretical
The repeat breeder cow
Week 14 - Theoretical
Infertility in the ewe and nanny goat
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory145298
Reading140342
Individual Work140342
Midterm Examination1729
Final Examination1729
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)200
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
4
3
OÇ-2
4
4
5
3
OÇ-3
4
4
5
4
4
OÇ-4
3
4
5
3
4
OÇ-5
5
4
5
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026