Information Package / Course Catalogue
Lamb Rearing and Fattening
Course Code: VZO523
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 1
Prt.: 2
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

The aim of the course is to teach the methods of lamb rearing and fattening, which constitute a considerable portion of income produced from sheep breeding and significantly affect the quantity and quality in the production of lamb meat

Course Content

Rearing with mother’s milk, rearing on the pasture, early weaning, rearing without the mother (rearing with milk replacement), the nursling lamb fattening, intensive lamb fattening, lamb fattening on pasture, yearling fattening

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Mehmet Kenan TÜRKYILMAZ
Learning Outcomes
1.to learn lamb rearing methods
2.to learn and could apply lamb fattening methods
3.to learn management procedures required in the rearing of lambs
4.to could successfully carried out the lamb production for slaughter
5.to could plan lamb meat production in the sheep farms through their available information
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Akçapınar, H. (1994): Koyun Yetiştiriciliği. Medisan Yayınevi, Ankara
2.Tekin, M.E. (2009): Kasaplık Kuzu Üretimi. Selçuk Üniversitesi Basımevi, İzmir.
3.Akman, N., Emiroğlu, M., Tavmen, A. (2001): Koyunculuk. Çamlıca Kültür ve Yardım Vakfı, İstanbul
4.Crean, D., Bastian, G. (1997): Sheep Management and Wool Production. Inkata Press, Australia.
5.Lawrence, T.L.J., Fowler, V.R. (1997): Growth of Farm Animals. CAB International, Wallingford, UK.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Basic principles of the lamb rearing
Week 1 - Practice
Farm application
Week 2 - Theoretical
Lamb rearing methods
Week 2 - Practice
Farm application
Week 3 - Theoretical
Natural rearing (suckling in normal time)
Week 3 - Practice
Farm application
Week 4 - Theoretical
Rearing of breeder lambs
Week 4 - Practice
Farm application
Week 5 - Theoretical
Limited natural rearing
Week 5 - Practice
Farm application
Week 6 - Theoretical
Rearing without the mother (rearing with milk replacement)
Week 6 - Practice
Farm application
Week 7 - Theoretical
Early weaning and its importance
Week 7 - Practice
Farm application
Week 8 - Theoretical & Practice
(Midterm exam) The factors of affecting lamb fattening and lamb fattening methods
Week 9 - Theoretical
The nursling lamb fattening
Week 9 - Practice
Farm application
Week 10 - Theoretical
Intensive lamb fattening
Week 10 - Practice
Farm application
Week 11 - Theoretical
Fattening of the weaned lambs
Week 11 - Practice
Farm application
Week 12 - Theoretical
Lamb fattening on pasture
Week 12 - Practice
Farm application
Week 13 - Theoretical
Yearling fattening
Week 13 - Practice
Farm application
Week 14 - Theoretical
Lamb production techniques in Turkey
Week 14 - Practice
Farm application
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140114
Lecture - Practice140228
Assignment301030
Reading103030
Midterm Examination110111
Final Examination110111
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)124
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
OÇ-1
2
3
4
OÇ-2
2
3
4
OÇ-3
2
3
4
OÇ-4
2
3
4
OÇ-5
2
3
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026