Information Package / Course Catalogue
Intensive Beef Cattle Production
Course Code: ZZO602
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 8
Objectives of the Course

Meat production from cattle, production of meat and affecting factors, management of beef cattle production, carcass characteristics and meat quality

Course Content

Meat production sector in Turkey and cattle meat production methods, Improvement of cattle meat production sector in Turkey, Advantages and disadvantages of beef production, Factors affecting beef production, Calf, bullock and heifer nutrition, Daily weight gain and fed conversion efficiency in beef production, Beef cattle barns, Feedlot beef production, Cereal, silage and pasture beef production, Beef cattle diseases and parasites, Grading live animals, Slaughtering, carcass and meat quality characteristics

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