Information Package / Course Catalogue
Poultry Production
Course Code: ZT309
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 1
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

to have basic knowledge about diseases and health protection issues, production techniques involved in breeding of poultry, poultry breeding, management,

Course Content

Poultry breeds, structural properties, hatchery information, laying hens, broilers, maintenance and management of breeding , poultry breeding, diseases and health protection, other bird species

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Mustafa AKŞİT
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to recognize the importance of the poultry industry in agricultural production
2.To be able to use the techniques in the maintenance and management of poultry.
3.To be able to do poultry breeding
4.To be able to gain the ability to analyze and find solutions to the challenges of raising birds.
5.To be able to have major information about poultry raising.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Şenköylü, N., 1991. Modern tavuk üretimi. Tekirdağ.
2.Türkoğlu, M. ve M. Sarıca, 2009. Tavukçuluk bilimi: yetiştirme, besleme, hastalıklar. Bey Ofset Matbaacılık, Ankara.
3.North, M. O. and D. Bell, 1990. Commercial chicken production manual. Avi Book, New York.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
The presentation of the application program, the learning outcomes
Week 1 - Practice
Introduction to class.
Week 2 - Theoretical
Introduction to poultry facilities, to provide information about the conducted work
Week 2 - Practice
company types in the poultry industry
Week 3 - Theoretical
Structural features of poultry
Week 3 - Practice
poultry breeds and Used hybrids in the production
Week 4 - Practice
Poultry breeding methods
Week 4 - Preparation Work
Introduction of structural features on the sample in poultry
Week 5 - Theoretical
Introducing of hatching eggs properties
Week 5 - Practice
Structural characteristics of poultry
Week 6 - Theoretical
Fertility control and evaluate the results of incubation
Week 6 - Practice
Obtain hatching eggs and hatchery
Week 7 - Theoretical
Beak cutting and fecal control and vaccination
Week 7 - Practice
Broiler chicks and growth
Week 8 - Theoretical & Practice
Introduction to Other poultry (turkey, duck, goose, quail, et al.)
Week 9 - Practice
Chicks and chickens sorting
Week 9 - Preparation Work
Chicks and chickens sorting
Week 10 - Theoretical
Maintenance and management in broiler breeding
Week 10 - Practice
Litter management, coccidiosis control and slaughter
Week 11 - Theoretical
Alternative rearing systems
Week 11 - Practice
The capture and transportation
Week 12 - Theoretical
Maintenance and management in laying breeding
Week 12 - Practice
record keeping and evaluation in Poultry
Week 13 - Theoretical
Production turkey, water fowl and game birds in the world and in Turkey
Week 13 - Practice
Maintenance and management in broiler breeders
Week 14 - Theoretical
evaluation of flock uniformity
Week 14 - Practice
Important poultry diseases and health protection measures
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Lecture - Practice141128
Midterm Examination120121
Final Examination125126
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)103
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
OÇ-1
OÇ-2
4
4
4
4
4
OÇ-3
OÇ-4
OÇ-5
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2026