Information Package / Course Catalogue
Milking and Milking Machines
Course Code: VZO632
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

Morphological structure of udder, milking methods on cow and sheep, hygiene of milking and post milking, teaching of milking machines and principles of milking machine.

Course Content

Udder and development of udder tissue, structure of udder, starting of milking, basics of milking by hands, mechanical milking, milking parlors and equipments, udder rubbers, udder hygiene

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Know udder physiology and morphology of farm animals
2.Milking by hand
3.Know basics of machine milking
4.Manage milking parlor
5.Know milking hygiene
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Alpan, O. (1994): Sığır Yetiştiriciliği ve Besiciliği. Şahin matbaası, Ankara.
2.Homan, J.E., Wattiaux, M.A. (2006): Laktasyon ve Sağım. Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi Yayın no: 29
3.Wing, M.J. (1963): Dairy cattle Management principles and Aplications. Reinhold Publishing Corporation, New York.
4.Hogeveen, H. (2005): Mastitis in Dairy Production. Wageningen Academic Publishers, The Netherlands.
5.Haskell, R.R.S. (2008): Blackwell’s Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Ruminant. Wiley-Blackwell.
6.Battoglia, R.A. (2001): Handbook of, Livestock Management. Prentice-Hall International (UK)Limited, London
7.Aland, A., Madec, F. (2009): Sustainable Animal Production. Wageningen Academic Publishers, The Netherlands.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Udder morphology
Week 1 - Practice
Visual presentation
Week 2 - Theoretical
Milking methods of cows
Week 2 - Practice
Farm application
Week 3 - Theoretical
Milking methods of sheep
Week 3 - Practice
Farm application
Week 4 - Theoretical
Neuro-hormonal mechanism of milking
Week 4 - Practice
Farm application
Week 5 - Theoretical
Important subjets on milking
Week 5 - Practice
Farm application
Week 6 - Theoretical
Milking hygiene
Week 6 - Practice
Farm application
Week 7 - Theoretical
Hand and machine milking
Week 7 - Practice
Farm application
Week 8 - Theoretical & Practice
(Midterm exam) Milking management
Week 9 - Theoretical
Milking management
Week 9 - Practice
Farm application
Week 10 - Theoretical
Milking parlors
Week 10 - Practice
Farm application
Week 11 - Theoretical
Milking parlors II
Week 11 - Practice
Farm application
Week 12 - Theoretical
Milking equipments
Week 12 - Practice
Farm application
Week 13 - Theoretical
Milking equipments II
Week 13 - Practice
Farm application
Week 14 - Theoretical
Milking machines and mechanism
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
2
5
1
1
3
OÇ-2
1
1
4
1
1
OÇ-3
1
1
4
1
1
OÇ-4
2
3
1
2
5
OÇ-5
2
2
2
2
5
3
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