Information Package / Course Catalogue
Animal Nutrition and Nutritinal Diseases
Course Code: VET214
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 2
Credit: 4
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

To teach and give information about terms related to animal nutrition. To teach nutritional subjects about animal species such as ruminants, horse, poultry, fish, swine, cats and dogs as theoretical and practical. To give information related to animal nutrition and nutritional diseases as the base of scientific and economic animal husbandry. Searching new techniques about improving this information. To have students comprehend principles of modern animal nutrition in Turkey and the world.

Course Content

Feed - animal relations, evaluation of nutrients in feeds, digestion and determination of digestibility, nutritional requirements of animals, feeding of dairy cattle, beef cattle, sheep-goat, horse, poultry, cat and dog, pig and fish.

Name of Lecturer(s)
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 animal nutrition required for scientific and economic animal husbandry.
2.To be able to comprehend principles of different animal species nutrition in Turkey and other World countries. Having beneficial substructure for animal producers on this subject.
3.To be able to have information about formulating the most economic ration that meets animal requirements for getting high yield from ruminants, poultry, fish, swine, cats and dogs.
4.To be able to obtain recent information about nutrition of ruminants, poultry, fish, swine, cats and dogs.
5. Students have gained a habit of following up-to-date information in the field of animal nutrition.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Ergün, A., Tuncer, Ş.D., Çolpan, İ., Yalçın, S., Yıldız, G., Küçükersan, M.K., Küçükersan, S., Şehu, A. (2004) Hayvan Besleme ve Beslenme Hastalıkları, Pozitif Matbaacılık, Ankara.
2.Kellerns, R.O., Church, D.C. (2002) Livestock Feeds and Feeding, Prentice Hall, New Jersey.
3.McDonald, P., Edwards, R.A., Greenhalgh, J.F.D., Morgan, C.A. (2002) Animal Nutrition, Longman Scientific & Tecnical, England.
4.Pond, W.G., Church, D.C., Pond, K.R., Schoknecht, P.A. (2004) Basic Animal Nutrition and Feeding, John Wiley & Sons, New York.
5.Sarı, M., Bolat, D., Çerçi, İ.H., Önol, A.G., Deniz, S., Azman, M.A., Şahin, K., Güler, T., Tatlı Seven, P., Karslı, M.A., Şahin, N., Nursoy, H., Çiftçi, M., Bingöl, N.T. (2008) Hayvan Besleme ve Beslenme Hastalıkları, Medipres, Malatya.
6.Sauvant, D., Perez, J.M., Tran, G. (2004) Tables of Composition and Nutritional Value of Feed Materials, INRA Editions, Wageningen Academic Publishers, Versailles.
7.Umucalılar, H.D., Gülşen, N. (2005) Çiftlik Hayvanlarında Beslenme Hastalıkları, SÜ Basımevi, Konya.
8.Tisch, D. (2005) Animal Feeds, Feeding and Nutrition and Ration Evaluation, Thomson Learning, Clifton Park, NY.
9.Yavuz, H.M. (2001) Çiftlik Hayvanlarının Beslenmesinde Temel Prensipler, Hilal Yayınevi, İstanbul.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical & Practice
Feed-animal interrelationship, evaluation of nutrients in feedstuffs (digestion, digestibility definitions, metabolism). Determination of feed energy (Calorimetric method, regression method). Evaluation system of feed energy (past system: TDN, starch unit, ME, new system: based on NE). & Example solutions for calculating the degree of digestion, equations used in calculating feed or ration energy level.
Week 2 - Theoretical & Practice
Nutritional requirements in animal species, energy requirement, maintenance requirement: basal metabolism, living activity, yield requirement: lactation, pregnancy, growth and breeding, laying, competition, protein requirement: value of feed proteins, maintenance requirement, vitamin requirement, mineral requirement, water requirement. Introduction to ration, factors affecting ration preparation, use of charts showing nutritional requirements and composition of feed, units used in ration regulation, comparison of unit price of nutrients in feeds by considering water content, ration preparation techniques.
Week 3 - Theoretical & Practice
Nutrition of dairy cows. Calf feeding / raising. Heifer feeding. & Points to be considered in ration preparation and feeding for dairy cows, ration preparation for dairy cows
Week 4 - Theoretical & Practice
Nutrition of dairy cows and nutritional diseases. & Ration formulation for dairy cows.
Week 5 - Theoretical & Practice
Nutrition of bullocks and bulls, nutritional diseases. & Feeding techniques for dairy cows, considerations in preparing rations and feeding for beef cattle.
Week 6 - Theoretical & Practice
Nutrition of beef cattle and nutritional diseases. & Ration formulation for beef cattle
Week 7 - Theoretical & Practice
Nutrition of sheep and goats (Midterm)
Week 8 - Theoretical & Practice
Nutritional diseases of sheep and goats. & Beef cattle farm visitation and demonstration of feeding practice
Week 9 - Theoretical & Practice
Horse nutrition and their nutritional diseases. & Points to be considered in ration preparation and feeding for sheep and goats, ration preparation for sheep and goats.
Week 10 - Theoretical & Practice
Nutrition of layers. & Points to be considered in preparing and feeding rations for horses, preparing rations for horses
Week 11 - Theoretical & Practice
Broiler, turkey and quail nutrition. & Points to be considered in ration preparation and feeding for layer hens, ration preparation for layer hens.
Week 12 - Theoretical & Practice
Nutritional diseases of poultries. & Points to be considered in ration preparation and feeding for broilers, ration preparation for broilers.
Week 13 - Theoretical & Practice
Cats and dogs feeding, nutritional diseases. & Application tour to poultry farm and demonstration of feeding practice.
Week 14 - Theoretical & Practice
Fish nutrition and nutritional diseases. & Application visit to cattle and sheep farms and demonstration of feeding practice, Swine nutrition and nutritional diseases / organic animal nutrition. & Demonstration of sample rations for dogs - cats, fish and pigs.
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory430143
Lecture - Practice300130
Assignment101212
Midterm Examination1516
Final Examination1819
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)100
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