Information Package / Course Catalogue
Principles of Animal Husbandry
Course Code: LVS109
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

Lecture includes the principles of animal breeding various species of livestock; provides information on breeding. Thus, all students of contemporary information about the breeding of farm animals to be adopted, as well as livestock to specialization in the use of agricultural cultures, aims to develop and assimilate information. Thus, to learn the realities of the country's agriculture, agriculture-livestock organic bond perceptions, business, local, regional and country-wide vision for the realization of the applications necessary to have the ability to develop, their areas of expertise aimed to improve the ability to receive accurate and realistic decisions

Course Content

Place in agricultural production, animal husbandry, animal husbandry, domestication process, the importance and definition of domestication of farm animals in zoological place in the system, zootechnical input, zootechnical species and the concept of race, definition and formation of species, breed description, and the formation of racial characters, morphological characters, races, race physiological characters, classification of races, animal breeding and selection.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Ins. Birol BİRİNCİOĞLU
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to recognizes the basis of species of animal husbandry in Turkey
2.To be able to recognize Species of farm animals, cattle, sheep, goats, poultry farming and understand the basics of breeding,
3.To be able to learn the Place within the livestock farm
4.To be able to determin aboutf the required species
5.Have knowledge about animal shelters
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Prof. Dr. Mehmet Ertuğrul-Prof. Dr. S. Metin Yener, Ankara University, Faculty of Agriculture Publications
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
The evolution of agriculture
Week 2 - Theoretical
General structure of the world and in Turkey for livestock
Week 3 - Theoretical
Place of zoological system of Domestic Animals
Week 4 - Theoretical
Formation of Species
Week 5 - Theoretical
Formation of Race and Races
Week 6 - Theoretical
Physiological and Morphological Characteristics of Racial
Week 7 - Theoretical
Classification of Breeds
Week 8 - Theoretical
Fertility and factors affecting
Week 9 - Theoretical
Growth of Farm Animals, Meat yield in farm animals
Week 10 - Theoretical
Lactation
Week 11 - Theoretical
Factors affecting milk yield
Week 12 - Theoretical
Breeding methods
Week 13 - Theoretical
Animal breeding, character, phenotype, genotype
Week 14 - Theoretical
Environmental concept and selection
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141356
Midterm Examination1819
Final Examination110111
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)76
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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5
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026