Information Package / Course Catalogue
Egg Production Technology
Course Code: VZO642
Course Type: Area Elective
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

To teach the basic principles of commercial layer chicken rearing.

Course Content

General traits of commercial layers, chick nourishing and its importance, the age of sexual maturity, egg production line, factors affecting egg production, vaccination and parasite fighting, egg grading, cage layer fatigue, sustainable egg production, egg marketing, present hybrid layer genotypes and its traits, and practical rearing applications.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Knows commercial layer production.
2.Can manage a commercial layer enterprise.
3.Can achieve egg grading.
4.Knows egg marketing and practical rearing applications.
5.Know the principles of organic egg production
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Aksoy, F.T. (1999): Tavuk Yetiştiriciliği. Şahin matbaası, Ankara
2.Sainsbury, D. (1992): Poultry Health and Management. Blackwell Scientific Publications.
3.Erensayın, C. (2000): Bilimsel-Teknik-Pratik Tavukçuluk. Cilt:1. Nobel Yayın Dağıtım, Ankara.
4.Erensayın, C. (2000): Bilimsel-Teknik-Pratik Tavukçuluk. Cilt:2. Nobel Yayın Dağıtım, Ankara
5.Erensayın, C. (2000): Bilimsel-Teknik-Pratik Tavukçuluk. Cilt:3. Nobel Yayın Dağıtım, Ankara
6.Şenköylü, N. (2001): Modern Tavuk Üretimi. Anadolu Matbaası, İstanbul.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Commercial layer production
Week 2 - Theoretical
Nourishing-management the chicks
Week 3 - Theoretical
Nourishing-management the nestlings
Week 4 - Theoretical
Sexual maturity and transferring to the cage batteries
Week 5 - Theoretical
Factors affecting on egg production
Week 6 - Theoretical
Egg production line
Week 7 - Theoretical
Vaccination and parasitary struggle
Week 8 - Theoretical
(Midterm exam) Pen models
Week 9 - Theoretical
Models of cage
Week 10 - Theoretical
Cage layer fatigue
Week 11 - Theoretical
Sustainable egg production
Week 12 - Theoretical
Egg grading
Week 13 - Theoretical
Marketing
Week 14 - Theoretical
Practical layer production applications
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
2
3
5
3
3
2
OÇ-2
1
2
3
3
5
OÇ-3
2
2
2
3
OÇ-4
2
2
2
4
OÇ-5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026