LABORATORY AND VETERINARY HEALTH PROGRAM
Organization
Laboratory and Veterinary Health Program started education by accepting its first students in 2011-2012 academic year.
Degree Awarded
They are entitled to the title of Laboratory and Veterinary Health Technician
Program Profile
In the Laboratory and Veterinary Health Program, within the scope of the Basic Field; breeding of domestic and farm animals and poultry breeds, production, breeding, balanced and adequate nutrition, increasing their productivity, protection of the health of all animal species, treatment of diseases, prevention of epidemics, prevention of epidemics, protection of people from zoonotic diseases, increasing livestock presence and animal production, quality and production of animal foods, To train veterinary health technicians who will work on the issues of reliability and production technologies, who will be able to do education, training, practice and research, who will observe animal and animal owner rights and professional ethics while working in these areas, who will prioritize public interest and community benefit, and who will work successfully in the livestock and animal health sector in the light of the knowledge gained during their education. In this context, in the Laborant and Veterinary Health Program, which has a 2-year education period, there are general culture courses as well as basic science courses such as Physiology, Anatomy, Microbiology, Biochemistry and Immunology. Vocational courses include Epidemic Diseases and Zoonoses, Herd Health and Management, Laboratory Animal Breeding, Bovine Animal Breeding, Obstetrics and Artificial Insemination, Ovine Animal Breeding, Internal Diseases, Feed Science and Animal Nutrition. Practices during the semester are carried out in bovine and ovine animal enterprises approved by the head of the department and in the poultry unit within our unit.
Occupational Profiles of Graduates
Graduates who have successfully completed the Laboratory and Veterinary Health Program can work as assistant technical personnel in private veterinary hospitals, clinics and laboratories as well as many related organizations within the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry by gaining the title of technician. Livestock farming in our country is showing a rapid development in parallel with the developments seen in other fields and therefore, traditional and primitive breeding units are being replaced by larger capacity, modern livestock enterprises. In parallel with all these developments in the sector, these programs have been opened in order to train qualified intermediate staff needs of enterprises. In private farms, they can find a place for themselves as auxiliary staff in poultry, cattle (meat-dairy), sheep breeding enterprises and feed industry. While many breeding and production farms are established in animal husbandry, integrated organizations in the poultry sector focus on widespread technical and field services. Again, as a result of social and cultural development, the number of domestic and pet animals is increasing rapidly, and the demand for qualified technical staff in veterinary clinics, cat and dog boarding houses, training and breeding units is increasing. In addition to all these, the fact that feed factories have changed and switched to scientific and technological production has increased the need for both laboratory and technical field staff in the feed industry and it has become difficult to provide these staff. Recently, the necessity of improving the structure of the enterprises and increasing their capacities within the framework of the harmonization process with the European Union has also revealed the necessity of employing qualified technical staff in these enterprises.
Transfer to Higher Degree Programs
Students who graduate from the Laboratory and Veterinary Health Program are required to take the Vertical Transfer Exam (DGS) conducted by the Measurement, Selection and Placement Center (ÖSYM) in order to continue their undergraduate education. Students who graduated from this program can find detailed information from the Vocational Schools Graduates' Vertical Transfer Examination (DGS) Guide, which shows the undergraduate programs that they can apply for vertical transfer, the conditions of these programs and the number of students to be admitted to these programs. Graduates of the program can transfer to Veterinary Faculties; Biology, Molecular Biology and Genetics Departments of Science Faculties; Agricultural Biotechnology, Animal Production or Animal Husbandry Departments of Agricultural Faculties.
Address and Contact Information (Program Head, ECTS/DS Coordinator)
Program Coordinator: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mürsel KARABACAK
Mail: mkarabacak@kayseri.edu.tr
