COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SPECIAL ANIMAL SCIENCE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
VET 2034 SPECIAL ANIMAL SCIENCE COMPULSORY 2 2 0 3

Offered By

Veterinary Medicine

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR SULTAN ASLAN

Offered to

Veterinary Medicine

Course Objective

It is aim to gives information about the importance of horse breeding, horse breeds, race horses and the importance of chicken breeding, chicken breeds, incubation knowledge, meat and egg poultry.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Have sufficient theoretical and practical knowledge about the importance of horse and chicken breeding, the recognition of breeds, yield characteristics, race information, hatching characteristics and poultry breeding systems.
2   Learns barn systems and herd management in poultry and pig farming.
3   To acquire basic knowledge of poultry and pig farming and breeding, to supplement and teach this knowledge with the new development of new technologies
4   Learns cattle, sheep and goat breeding and herd management

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Poultry breeding situations in the world and in Türkiye. The past, present and future of poultry farming. Biosecurity and disease control Chicken houses, house condition and equipment
2 Poultry breeds and breeding methods, Breeder, broiler and laying hen flocks management, Hatchery knowledge and technique
3 Pig breeds, rearing and breeding management of piglets, and pork production
4 Overview of sheep and goat breeding, Sheep goat breeds, shelters and equipment, Practical work in sheep and goat breeding and age determination with teeth
5 An overview of cattle breeding and cattle breeds, Cattle breeds, Milking systems and milking
6 Milking systems and lactation, Care of calves, heifers and pregnant cows, Practical breeding works and age determination with teeth, Cattle barns and equipment, Dairy cattle barns
7 Lactation and milking systems
8 Türkiye breeding
9 Performance of beef cattle, slaughter and carcass characteristics, Practical breeding works and age determination by teeth, Cattle barns and equipment
10 Midterm
11 Performance of beef cattle, slaughter and carcass characteristics, Practical breeding works and age determination by teeth, Cattle barns and equipment
12 Livestock barns, Slaughter and carcass, Body condition score, live and carcass grading
13 Herd management and herd health in cattle, Slaughter and carcass, Body condition score, live and carcass rating.
14 Herd management and herd health in cattle, Slaughter and carcass, Body condition score, live and carcass rating.

Recomended or Required Reading

Akçapınar, H., Özbeyaz, C. (1999). Hayvan yetiştiriciliği temel ilkeleri, Kariyer matbaacılık, Ankara.
Aksoy, FT (1999) Tavuk Yetiştiriciliği
Taylor, RE, Field, TG (2001). Bilimsel Çiftlik Hayvanı Üretimi, Yedinci Baskı, Prentice-Hall, Colarado, ABD.
Thomas, DGM (1983). Hayvancılık, Üçüncü Baskı, Bailliere - Tindall, Londra, Ingiltere.
Wathes, C.M, Chgarles, DR (2002) Hayvancılık konut, Ikinci baskı, Antony Rowe Limited, Eastbourne, Ingiltere
Ders Notları: Prof.Dr. Orhan Özbey
At Yetiştiriciliği: Prof.Dr.Rafet ARPACIK, Tavuk Yetiştiriciliği: Prof.Dr.Tahir AKSOY

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Face to face, Lecture, Question and answer, sample solutions, document review

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Students will be evaluated with the questions to be asked in the midterm and final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Metin ÇABUK
DEU. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Animal Science and Animal Nutrition KIRAZ-IZMIR

Tel: 0 (232) 572 35 30-14503

Office Hours

will be announced later

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Practice (Reflection) 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 2 7 14
Preparation for final exam 2 7 14
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 86

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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