It is the objective of this course to enable the graduate students to understand the structure and process of animal breeding plans

1. Course outlines 2. Animal Breeding Organizations 3. International, Nationaland Regional Plans 4. Structures of Administration 5. Planning and Integration at the Farm Level 6. Definition of Breeding Objective 7. Open and Closed Nucleus Breeding Systems, Forming of Nucleus Flocks and Gene Flow 8. Common Usage of Biotechnological Methods 9. Maximization of Genetic Progress 10. Forming of Data Bases 11. Prediction of Breeding Values 12. Crossbreeding Systems 13. Main Statistical Models and Computer Softwares in Animal Breeding 14. Examples of Genetic Improvement Models for Cattle and Sheep in Turkey