Information Package / Course Catalogue
Poultry Breeding
Course Code: VZO626
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 1
Prt.: 2
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

Giving breeding mean, breeder production systems, production parameters of broiler and layer breeders, process during breeder rearing period, process during laying period, feeding and live weight controlling programs, vaccination programs, lightning programs, production standards and records

Course Content

The breeder poultry, producing breeders, main points of rearing and laying periods of breeders, breeder production standards, production controls and records

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Know production and management of broiler breeders
2.Know production and management of layer breeders
3.Know controlling production standards in breeder houses
4.Know managemental base of a breeder enterprise
5.Know hatching egg processes
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Aksoy, F.T. (1994): Tavuk Yetiştiriciliği, Ankara Üniversitesi Matbaası, Ankara.
2.Erensayın, C. (2000): Bilimsel-Teknik-Pratik Tavukçuluk. Cilt:3. Nobel Yayın Dağıtım, Ankara.
3.Muir, W.M. Aggrey S.E. (2003): Poultry Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology. CABI Publishing, UK.
4.Şenköylü, N. (2001): Modern Tavuk Üretimi. Anadolu Matbaası, İstanbul.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Breeder mean
Week 1 - Practice
Farm application
Week 2 - Theoretical
Having breeder breeds
Week 2 - Practice
Farm application
Week 3 - Theoretical
Grand grand parent flocks
Week 3 - Practice
Farm application
Week 4 - Theoretical
Grand parent flocks
Week 4 - Practice
Farm application
Week 5 - Theoretical
Breeder flocks
Week 5 - Practice
Farm application
Week 6 - Theoretical
Rearing period on breeder flocks
Week 6 - Practice
Farm application
Week 7 - Theoretical
Laying period on breeder flocks
Week 7 - Practice
Farm application
Week 8 - Theoretical & Practice
(Midterm exam) Feeding programs on breeder flocks
Week 9 - Theoretical
Feeding programs on breeder flocks
Week 9 - Practice
Farm application
Week 10 - Theoretical
Vaccination programs on breeder flocks
Week 10 - Practice
Farm application
Week 11 - Theoretical
Lighting programs on breeder flocks
Week 11 - Practice
Farm application
Week 12 - Theoretical
Production standards of breeder flocks
Week 12 - Practice
Farm application
Week 13 - Theoretical
Management of hatch egg
Week 13 - Practice
Farm application
Week 14 - Theoretical
Records on breeder flocks and hygiene practices
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 - Theory140114
Lecture - Practice140228
Assignment30515
Reading102626
Midterm Examination1516
Final Examination110111
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)100
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
4
4
5
3
5
2
OÇ-2
4
4
5
4
5
2
OÇ-3
4
3
5
2
5
2
OÇ-4
4
4
5
4
5
2
OÇ-5
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