Information Package / Course Catalogue
Beef Cattle Husbandry
Course Code: VZO629
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

General information about fedlot cattle, fedlot methods and techniques, fedlot time, fedlot performance and performance affecting factors, care and management of beef cattles, slaughter and carcass traits, the factors afeecting carcass traits, grading of beef cattles

Course Content

The importance of beef cattle rearing, fedlot methods, fedlot period, fedlot performance, slaughter and carcass traits, degreeing carcass

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Know the general view of beef cattle production
2.Know fedlot methods
3.Determine proper fedlot periods
4.Graduate beef cattles
5.to predict optimum feeding time for maximum profitability
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.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
General information and history of beef cattle production
Week 1 - Practice
Farm application
Week 2 - Theoretical
Feedlot methods
Week 2 - Practice
Farm application
Week 3 - Theoretical
Feedlot period
Week 3 - Practice
Farm application
Week 4 - Theoretical
The factors affecting feedlot performance
Week 4 - Practice
Farm application
Week 5 - Theoretical
The factors affecting feedlot performance
Week 5 - Practice
Farm application
Week 6 - Theoretical
The factors affecting feedlot performance
Week 6 - Practice
Farm application
Week 7 - Theoretical
Body condition on beff cattle
Week 7 - Practice
Farm application
Week 8 - Theoretical & Practice
(Midterm exam) Selection of feedlot material
Week 9 - Theoretical
Selection of feedlot material
Week 9 - Practice
Farm application
Week 10 - Theoretical
Slaughter and its traits
Week 10 - Practice
Farm application
Week 11 - Theoretical
Carcass
Week 11 - Practice
Farm application
Week 12 - Theoretical
Fragmentation of beef carcasses
Week 12 - Practice
Farm application
Week 13 - Theoretical
Carcass classification
Week 13 - Practice
Farm application
Week 14 - Theoretical
Grading live beef cattle
Week 14 - Practice
Beef cattle market and marketing
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
5
3
5
2
4
2
OÇ-2
4
3
5
2
4
OÇ-3
4
3
5
1
3
OÇ-4
2
2
2
3
OÇ-5
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