Ordu University Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
FBİ675	EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS AND METHODS OF USE	Compulsory	1	1	6

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle

Objectives of the Course

To provide information about the general characteristics and use of experimental animals and, ethical rules.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Doç. Dr. Zülal ATLI ŞEKEROĞLU Yrd. Doç. Dr. Vedat ŞEKEROĞLU

Learning Outcomes

1	know the legal regulations related to experimental animals and ethics.
2	knows the purposes of experimental animal use in research.
3	know features of commonly used experimental animals and techniques for use of them.

Mode of Delivery

Formal Education

Prerequisites and co-requisities

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Ethical and legal regulations on experimental animals, features of experimental animal production and breeding centers, general characteristics of experimental animals, houses, equipments, feeding and production of experimental animals, anesthesia, analgesia and euthanasia applications, techniques for handling, given substance orally, infection applications, extermination of waste.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Purposes of use of experimental animals	3
2	Ethics in experimental animals	3
3	Legislation for experimental animals	3
4	Alternative methods	2
5	Experimental animal production centers, and basic laboratory safety	4
6	Experimental animal production and breeding	4
7	Animal welfare and behavioral characteristics	3
8	Midterm exam	2
9	The commonly used experimental animals and their characteristics	3
10	The commonly used experimental animals and their characteristics	3
11	The commonly used experimental animals and their characteristics	3
12	Experimental animals used in special experiments	3
13	Methods of handling and marking in experimental animals	3	1
14	The administration of substances to experimental animals, and injection techniques	2	1
15	Anesthesia, euthanasia and necropsy	3
16	Final exam	2

Recommended or Required Reading

Samsun, 2010. Laboratory animals. Ondokuz Mayıs University Publishing. Von Zutphen L.F.M. Baumans V. Beynen A.C. Basic Principles of Laboratory Animal Science. Ed. Tayfun İde, 2003, Ankara. Experimental Animals in Biomedical Research “Basic Information and Ethical Principles”. Yüce Publishing, 2005, İstanbul.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
SUM		0
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
SUM		0
Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri		40
Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri		60
SUM		100

Language of Instruction

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	2	2
Final Examination	1	2	2
Attending Lectures	14	2	28
Laboratory	3	2	6
Problem Solving	8	2	16
Discussion	10	3	30
Question-Answer	10	3	30
Observation	8	2	16
Brain Storming	10	2	20
Project Preparation	6	2	12
Project Presentation	6	2	12
Criticising Paper	8	2	16
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	2	1	2
Individual Study for Final Examination	2	1	2
Reading	8	2	16
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			210

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PO 1	PO 2	PO 3	PO 4	PO 5	PO 6	PO 7	PO 8
LO1	2	5	3	3	4	3	5	4
LO2	4	5	3	4	5	4	4	4
LO3	4	5	3	5	5	4	5	4

* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High