Information Package / Course Catalogue
Livestock (four.zero)
Course Code: ZZO600
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

The Technologies facilitating activities of the manufacturer by increasing productivity, profit and quality in agriculture became even smarter with Industry 4.0. The aim of this course is to make economic evaluation and predictions for the future with industrial revolutions and technological developments, knowing that nowadays the use of internet helps in intercommunication for machines, learning or teaching in the digitalized world in livestock farming, the effects of Industry 4.0, the new intelligent and digital systems used in the learning, hence the effect of these systems from farms to animals and obtained products.

Course Content

The Technologies facilitating activities of the manufacturer by increasing productivity, profit and quality in agriculture became even smarter with Industry 4.0. In an increasingly digitalized world, where processes are rationalized, where the use of internet helps machines to intercommunicate, learning and teaching globally becoming digital, all areas of agriculture are influenced by new technologies: land, water, crop and herd management, plant protection, animal health, mechanization ... etc; Intelligent farming practices are used in every field aimed to make farms more efficient, optimize processes, increase efficiency and minimize their impact on the environment. The aim of this course is to learn these systems, in animal breeding, learn the new smart and digital systems used with the effects of Farming 4.0, the effects of these systems on livestock and economy, their importance for our country and for the world, to make predictions about the future especially regarding their usage in this field.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.To possess knowledge about the industrial revolutions and the effects of technological-economic developments in agricultural area,
2.To have knowledge about historical development of industry and the relationship between Farming 4.0 and livestock
3.To be informed about the development and the importance of Farming 4.0 for the country and the world
4.To know what is Farming 4.0 and the importance of intelligent systems and applications used in livestock,
5.Learning new digital and intelligent systems that can be used for bovine, ovine, poultry and other livestock,
6.Awareness that there will be a new field of work and business in the field of livestock and smart farm systems
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Çolak, A., Acar, A.İ., OREL, O. 2016. Tarım@ENDÜSTRİ4.0. 30.Tarımsal Mekanizasyon ve Enerji Kongresi, Tokat
2.Silke de Wilde, STT, Ellen Willemse, Raoul Blankesteijn and Koen Donker van Hee 2016. The Hague the future of technology in agriculture. By the Netherlands Study Centre for Technology Trends is copy¬righted as defined under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 international licence
3.S. Stricker, M. Emmel, J. Pape.2003. Sıtuatıon Of Agrıcultural Informatıon And Communıcatıon Technology (Ict) In Germany. EFITA 2003 Conference. Hungary
4.Smart Livestock Farming Potential of Digitalization for Global Meat Supply.2017. https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/de/Documents/operations/Smart-livestock-farming_Deloitte.pdf
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Industrial Revolutions and Technological-Economic Developments
Week 2 - Theoretical
Industrial revolutions 1,2,3 and its effects in livestock sector
Week 3 - Theoretical
What is Farming 4.0 and what are its effects on livestock
Week 4 - Theoretical
What is Farming 4.0, its importance and some important developments in the world
Week 5 - Theoretical
Livestock farming 4.0.
Week 6 - Theoretical
Importance of intelligent systems and their applications in livestock
Week 7 - Theoretical
Evaluation of digital and intelligent systems applicable in cattle breeding enterprises
Week 8 - Theoretical
Livestock farming 4.0.
Week 9 - Theoretical
Evaluation of digital and intelligent systems applicable in small ruminant enterprises
Week 10 - Theoretical
Evaluation of digital and intelligent systems applicable in poultry production and reproduction
Week 11 - Theoretical
Evaluation of digital and intelligent systems applicable in other livestock
Week 12 - Theoretical
Impact of digitalization on animal products and its economic importance
Week 13 - Theoretical
Assessments and predictions of intelligent technological needs of livestock for the future
Week 14 - Theoretical
Evaluation of smart technology for animal husbandry in Turkey
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142370
Assignment410248
Midterm Examination135237
Final Examination140242
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)197
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
3
OÇ-2
3
3
OÇ-3
5
2
5
4
5
5
OÇ-4
3
2
5
4
5
5
OÇ-5
3
2
5
4
5
5
OÇ-6
3
5
4
5
5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026