Information Package / Course Catalogue
Feed Knowledge and Hygiene
Course Code: VET213
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 2
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

To teach and give information about basic terms related to animal nutrition and feed knowledge. To teach fundamental subjects about feeds used in animal nutrition as theoretical and practical. Understanding functions and levels of nutrients in feeds. To teach feed science, hygiene and feed processing technology as the main part of scientific and economic animal husbandry. To define feeds used in nutrition of animal species and classifying them according to their physical and chemical properties. To teach daily amount of feed given to animals according to their species and ages. To teach names of antinutritional substances in feeds. Explaining their harms to animal health. To express different digestibility ratios of feeds among animal species and understanding their importance in animal nutrition. To describe feed hygiene and its importance in animal nutrition. To give information about the technological processes applied to feeds which enhances nutritive value of feeds. To give basic information about the physical and chemical analysis evaluating feed value.

Course Content

The concept of nutrients in terms of feed and animal nutrition, the importance of nutrient analysis in feeds, differences in nutrient digestibility of single and multi-stomach animals, meadow and pasture, rough and intensive feeds, feed hygiene and technology.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Assoc. Prof. Ömer SEVİM
Lec. Onur TATLI
Prof. Ahmet Gökhan ÖNOL
Prof. Bekir Hakan KÖKSAL
Prof. Bülent ÖZSOY
Prof. Özcan CENGİZ
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to have basic knowledge about feeds and animal nutrition required for scientific and economic animal husbandry.
2.To be able to have information about the feedstuffs which should be used in ration formulated to be most economic and meet animal requirements.
3.To be able to recall amounts of feeds given to animals and understan considerations in feeding of animals.
4.To be able to identify physical and chemical laboratory analysis used in evaluating quality of feeds.
5.To be able to express characteristics of feedstuffs used in nutrition of farm animals in Turkey and other World countries and have beneficial substructure for animal producers on this subject.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Coşkun, B., Şeker, E., İnal, F. (2000) Yemler ve Teknolojisi, Selçuk Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Yayın Ünitesi, Konya.
2.Ergün, A., Tuncer, Ş.D., Çolpan, İ., Yalçın, S., Yıldız, G., Küçükersan, M.K., Küçükersan, S., Şehu, A. (2004) Yemler, Yem Hijyeni ve Teknolojisi, Pozitif Matbaacılık, Ankara.
3.Kellerns, R.O., Church, D.C. (2002) Livestock Feeds and Feeding, Prentice Hall, New Jersey
4.Sauvant, D., Perez, J.M., Tran, G. (2004) Tables of composition and nutritional value of feed materials, INRA Editions, Wageningen Academic Publishers.
5.Yavuz, H.M. (2001) Çiftlik Hayvanlarının Beslenmesinde Temel Prensipler, Hilal Yayınevi, İstanbul.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical & Practice
Nutrients in feeds and feeding. Classification of nutrients. Deposition of nutrients in animal and plant organism. Comparision of amounts of nutrients exist in animal and plant organism. & Importance of nutrient analysis of feeds, basic devices and tools used in the feed analysis laboratory, rules to be followed and points to be considered while working in the laboratory.
Week 2 - Theoretical & Practice
Digestibility differences of nutrients in mono-polygastric animal species. Definition and classification of feed. Terms of forage, concentrate and factory feed. & Organoleptic, chemical, physical and microbiological examinations used in determining the quality of feeds, taking samples from feeds, making them ready for laboratory analysis.
Week 3 - Theoretical & Practice
Factors affecting quality of pastures. Considerations in management of pastures. Relation of pasture and animal health. & Weende analysis system and crude nutrient concept, dry matter and crude ash analysis, determination and comparison of nutrient composition of feeds in natural state and on the basis of dry matter
Week 4 - Theoretical & Practice
Roughages- graminosa and legumunosa greens, root and tubers). & Weende analysis system, analysis of crude protein, crude fat and crude cellulose, calculation of nitrogen-free core and total carbohydrates
Week 5 - Theoretical & Practice
Roughages-ballast feeds and hay. & NDF, ADF and ADL analyzes in roughage, the importance of forage quality.
Week 6 - Theoretical & Practice
Roughages- silage. & Giving information about the past and present of pastures in Turkey
Week 7 - Theoretical & Practice
Introducing wheatgrass, leguminous grasses, root and tuber feeds, feeds rich in fillers (Midterm)
Week 8 - Theoretical & Practice
Concentrates/grains. & Organoleptic examination of hay / Determination of quality in silage and silage.
Week 9 - Theoretical & Practice
Concentrates- Industry by products (mill, sugar and oil industry). & Visit to the feed factory (showing the laboratory and feedstuffs).
Week 10 - Theoretical & Practice
Concentrates- Industry by products (starch and fermentation industry). & Introduction of grain feeds, determination of quality in grain feeds.
Week 11 - Theoretical & Practice
Concentrates- Animal origin feeds. & Introduction of industrial residue-dense feeds and determination of quality.
Week 12 - Theoretical & Practice
Concentrates, mineral feeds, urea, fats, alternative feeds. & Display of feeds of animal origin, mineral feeds, urea and feed oils.
Week 13 - Theoretical & Practice
Feed hygiene. & Introduction of industrial residue roughage, determination of quality and storage conditions.
Week 14 - Theoretical & Practice
Feed hygiene (continue). & Physical and microscopic examination of the feeds, walking around the feed unit, preparing mixed feed by hand.
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory280128
Lecture - Practice300130
Assignment19110
Midterm Examination1213
Final Examination1314
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)75
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