Information Package / Course Catalogue
| Course Code | : VHB573 |
| Course Type | : Area Elective |
| Couse Group | : Second Cycle (Master's Degree) |
| Education Language | : Turkish |
| Work Placement | : N/A |
| Theory | : 3 |
| Prt. | : 1 |
| Credit | : 4 |
| Lab | : 0 |
| ECTS | : 6 |
The teaching of principles about laying hen nutrition. Adopting basic issues about laying hen nutrition with theoretical and practice sessions. Teaching basic information about poultry diseases. Teaching basic nutrition principles and feeding techniques about laying hens. Adopting of importance of proper nutrition for production, health, and quality of product for economic livestock farming. The teaching of the relation between nutrition and the quality of animal products.
Nutrient requirements of laying hens. Nutrition of chicks, chicken, conventional laying hens and brood. Feeding practice. Diseases of chickens, immunizations, egg quality, hatchery yield, relation of environmental factors and nutrition. Most common feeds for poultry nutrition and practical ration samples.
| Prof. Ahmet Gökhan ÖNOL |
| 1. | Had sufficient basic nutritional issues for both scientific and economical broiler nutrition. |
| 2. | Knows that basic principles for laying hen nutrition and advising to farmers. |
| 3. | Prepare economical rations with consideration of basic nutrients requirements for production level, health and quality of product. Can inform growers about practical/correct feeding techniques. |
| 4. | Knows that nutritional diseases of laying hens and how to prepare proper ration for protection from these diseases. |
| 5. | Follows new developments in layin hen sector. |
| 1. | Şenköylü N. (2001) Modern Tavuk Üretimi, Anadolu Matbaası, Tekirdağ. |
| 2. | Heuser, G.F. (2003) Feeding Poultry, Norton Creek Press, Oregon, ABD. |
| 3. | Colo, D.J.A., Haresign, W. (1989) Recent Development in Poultry Nutrition, Anchor Press, England. |
| 4. | North, M.O. (1984) Commercial Chickhen Production Manual, The Avi Publishing, ABD. |
| 5. | Daghir, N.J. (1995) Poultry Production in Hot Climates, CAB Internatioal Press, England. |
| Type of Assessment | Count | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Midterm Examination | 1 | %30 |
| Final Examination | 1 | %70 |
| Activities | Count | Preparation | Time | Total Work Load (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture - Theory | 14 | 2 | 3 | 70 |
| Lecture - Practice | 14 | 1 | 1 | 28 |
| Assignment | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 |
| Reading | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| Midterm Examination | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Final Examination | 1 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) | 153 | |||
PÇ-1 | PÇ-2 | PÇ-3 | PÇ-4 | PÇ-5 | |
OÇ-1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
OÇ-2 | 5 | 5 | |||
OÇ-3 | 5 | 5 | |||
OÇ-4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
OÇ-5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |