Information Package / Course Catalogue
Breeding Animal Selection in Dairy Cattle Production
Course Code: ZZO545
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 2
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 8
Objectives of the Course

Evaluation of the records kept at dairy farms and breeding animal selection depending on genetics and type traits

Course Content

Importance of cattle production in the world and in Turkey, records kept in dairy cattle production, Important production traits of dairy cattle, Linear and non-linear type traits of dairy cattle, Breeding value and Estimated Relative Producing Ability, Progeny testing in dairy cattle, Individual genes affecting milk production, Selection indexes used in some countries

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