Information Package / Course Catalogue
Lactation Biology
Course Code: ZZO628
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 2
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 8
Objectives of the Course

Training the students about mamary structure of farm aninmals and secrition of milk

Course Content

Introduction to lactation biology, milk composition, comparative mammary gland anatomy, mammary gland growth and development, lactogenesis, the neonate and colostrum, factors affecting milk yield and composition, nutritional factors affecting milk yield and composition, galactopoiesis, maintenance of lactation, role of hormones, role of milk removal, milk ejection, mammary gland involution and the dry period, mammary tissue lobules, the mammary alveolus, lactose synthesis, lactose intolerance, milk fat synthesis, mammary cell ultrastructure, milk proteins and protein synthesis, minerals and vitamins, mastitis, antimicrobial proteins in milk

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