Information Package / Course Catalogue
Cattle Breeding and Production
Course Code: VZO601
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 2
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

To teach; Introducing cattle breeds in order to productive traits, care and feeding of cattle, main practical applications in farms, different production models.

Course Content

Cattle breeds of the World and Turkey, care and feeding programs of dairy and beef cattle, cattle farm management, care of calves, heifers, lactating and dry cows, production controls, breeding animal selection.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Know the dairy and beef cattle breeds.
2.Know caring and management of calves.
3.Know caring and management of cattle on lactation and dry periods.
4.Monitor different production models to cattle farms.
5.to administrate of cattle enterprises
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Alpan, O. (1994): Sığır Yetiştiriciliği ve Besiciliği. Şahin Matbaası, Ankara.
2.Arpacık, R. (1995): Entansif Sığır Besiciliği. Şahin Matbaası, Ankara.
3.Özder, M. (Ed) (2006): Sığırcılık. Bilge Kültür Sanat, İstanbul
4.Haskell, R.R.S. (2008): Blackwell’s Fife Minute Veterinary Consult: Ruminant Wiley-Blackwell.
5.Battaglia, R.A. (2001): Handbook of Livestock Management. Prentice-Hall International Ltd, London.
6.Homan, J.E., Wattiaux, M.A. (2006): Laktasyon ve Sağım. Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi Yayın no: 29
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
General information about cattle production in Turkey and over the World
Week 1 - Practice
Visual presentation
Week 2 - Theoretical
Dairy cattle breeds
Week 2 - Practice
Visual presentation
Week 3 - Theoretical
Beef cattle breeds
Week 3 - Practice
Visual presentation
Week 4 - Theoretical
Care and feeding of calves
Week 4 - Practice
Farm application
Week 5 - Theoretical
Care and feeding of heifers
Week 5 - Practice
Farm application
Week 6 - Theoretical
Management of beef cattle enterprises
Week 6 - Practice
Farm application
Week 7 - Theoretical
Management of dairy cattle enterprises
Week 7 - Practice
Farm application
Week 8 - Theoretical & Practice
(Midterm exam) Care and feeding of cows in lactation
Week 9 - Theoretical
Care and feeding of cows in lactation
Week 9 - Practice
Farm application
Week 10 - Theoretical
Care and feeding of cows in dry
Week 10 - Practice
Farm application
Week 11 - Theoretical
Production controls of cattle enterprises
Week 11 - Practice
Farm application
Week 12 - Theoretical
Choosing breeder animals
Week 12 - Practice
Farm application
Week 13 - Theoretical
Culling in the herds
Week 13 - Practice
Farm application
Week 14 - Theoretical
Production models
Week 14 - Practice
Farm application
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Quiz1%5
Verbal Examination1%5
Midterm Examination1%20
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Lecture - Practice140228
Assignment30515
Reading202040
Midterm Examination1516
Final Examination110111
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)128
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
4
5
2
2
3
2
OÇ-2
5
4
5
2
3
OÇ-3
4
4
4
2
2
2
OÇ-4
5
5
5
3
OÇ-5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026