Information Package / Course Catalogue
Breeding Methods in Chickens
Course Code: VZO641
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

Definition of parent stock in poultry, breed, line and families in poultry and its traits, stages of parent, grant parent and grand grand parent and its traits, mating methods, mating reliability, and production standards.

Course Content

Parent stock in poultry production, methods used for parent stock formation, stages of parent, grant parent and grand grand parent and its traits, and commercial flocks.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Knows commercial and breeder hen flocks.
2.Knows how to form parent stocks.
3.Knows selection and mating methods used for the formation of the commercial hen flocks.
4.Knows production standards about chicken breeders.
5.Knows how to form grand parent stocks
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Aksoy, F.T. (1994): Tavuk Yetiştiriciliği, Ankara Üniversitesi Matbaası, Ankara.
2.Türkoğlu, M., Sarıca, M. (ED), (2004): Tavukçuluk Bilimi
3.Erensayın, C. (2000): Bilimsel-Teknik-Pratik Tavukçuluk. Cilt:3. Nobel Yayın Dağıtım, Ankara.
4.Muir, W.M. Aggrey S.E. (2003): Poultry Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology. CABI Publishing, UK.
5.Şenköylü, N. (2001): Modern Tavuk Üretimi. Anadolu Matbaası, İstanbul.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Breeder concept in chicken breeding
Week 2 - Theoretical
Breed, line and family concepts
Week 3 - Theoretical
Basic lines
Week 4 - Theoretical
Grand grand female and male lines
Week 5 - Theoretical
Grand female and male lines
Week 6 - Theoretical
Female and male breeder lines
Week 7 - Theoretical
Breeder chicken breeding
Week 8 - Theoretical
(Midterm exam) Selection methods used to procure breeder
Week 9 - Theoretical
Selection methods used to procure breeder
Week 10 - Theoretical
Selection methods used to procure breeder
Week 11 - Theoretical
Mating reliability
Week 12 - Theoretical
Breeder production standards
Week 13 - Theoretical
Important centers of breeder flock in the World
Week 14 - Theoretical
An economic view to the breeder flock
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
Assignment30515
Reading101515
Midterm Examination1516
Final Examination110111
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)75
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
1
3
1
2
2
OÇ-2
1
5
3
OÇ-3
1
5
OÇ-4
1
2
2
2
OÇ-5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026