Information Package / Course Catalogue
Meat and Meat Products Technology I
Course Code: GT247
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 1
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

Ruminants and poultry meat sources, slaughtering, cutting of meat pieces and giblets on Turkish Standards

Course Content

Production on fresh and freezed type meats, poultry meats.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. İhsan Bülent HELVA
Learning Outcomes
1.to be able to produce fresh meat and products
2.to be able to produce freezed type meat and products
3.to be able to produce giblets
4.to be able to produce poultry meat
5.to be able to process poultry meat
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Et Bilimi ve Teknolojisi – Prof .Dr. Aydın Öztan
2.Et Ürünleri İşleme Müh.- Prof.Dr.H.Yusuf Gökalp, Prof.Dr.Mükerrem Kaya- Doç.Dr.Ömer Zorba
3.Poultry Meat Science - D.L.Fletcher
4.Poultry Meat Processing - E.R. Sams
5.Lecture's notes
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Role of the meat on human nutrition
Week 1 - Practice
Balanced huıman nutrition
Week 2 - Theoretical
Slaughter animals
Week 2 - Practice
Utilization on livestocks for slaugtering
Week 3 - Theoretical
Killing/cutting methods
Week 3 - Practice
Killing/cutting and getting carcass
Week 4 - Theoretical
Slaughtering products and sealed
Week 4 - Practice
Carcass inspection and sealing
Week 5 - Theoretical
Hot – cold carcass weights, dressing percentage
Week 5 - Practice
Calculating hot – cold carcass weights, dressing percentage
Week 6 - Theoretical
Meat histology
Week 6 - Practice
Meat histology
Week 7 - Theoretical
Physical and chemical characteristic of meats
Week 7 - Practice
Study on different charactesitics of meats
Week 8 - Theoretical & Practice
Changes on carcass after killing (Midterm)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Conditioning of meat
Week 9 - Practice
pH problems on meat
Week 10 - Theoretical
Study on PSE and DFD characteristics meat
Week 10 - Practice
Grades on carcass
Week 11 - Theoretical
Study on different grades carcass
Week 11 - Practice
Standart cuttings on carcass
Week 12 - Theoretical
Grades on beef and lamb carcass
Week 12 - Practice
Conservation on fresh meat
Week 13 - Theoretical
Study on chilling and freezing systems
Week 13 - Practice
Processing of giblets
Week 14 - Theoretical
Processing of giblets
Week 14 - Practice
Processing of giblets
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Lecture - Practice140114
Laboratory60848
Midterm Examination1516
Final Examination1516
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)102
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
PÇ-12
OÇ-1
5
5
5
5
4
5
5
4
5
1
5
5
OÇ-2
5
5
5
5
4
5
5
5
4
1
3
5
OÇ-3
4
4
3
4
4
4
4
5
4
1
3
5
OÇ-4
5
5
5
5
4
5
5
5
4
1
3
5
OÇ-5
5
5
5
5
4
5
5
5
4
1
3
5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026