| Course Title | Code | Semester | L+U Hour | Credits | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poultry and Health Protection | VET205 | 3. Semester | 2 + 2 | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| Prerequisites | None |
| Language of Instruction | Turkish |
| Course Level | Associate |
| Course Type | |
| Mode of delivery | Face to face. |
| Course Coordinator |
Lect. Atakan TEPE |
| Instructors |
Atakan TEPE |
| Assistants | |
| Goals | It is aimed to teach physical and technical equipment for qualified personnel to work in the poultry sector in order to give detailed information about care, feeding, various poultry infections, vaccinations, necropsy and hygienic measures. |
| Course Content | The importance of poultry breeding, classification and characteristics of chickens, rules to be considered in chicken breeding and herd management, poultry houses, technical characteristics and material information, chicken breeds and general characteristics according to their yield aspects, poultry breeder breeding and hygiene, laying hen breeding and hygiene, broiler chicken breeding and hygiene, beak trimming and its importance, lighting program and its importance, forced molting, poultry diseases and its importance. |
| Learning Outcomes |
- To compare the technical characteristics of poultry houses - To recognize the characteristics of laying and broiler chickens - Ability to use the equipment in the coops - Ability to record the necessary data of the poultry - Solving current problems related to training - To be able to analyze the efficiency increasing factors in the growing period - Understanding the importance of the checks of the poultry rearing period - Understanding the importance of the lighting program in poultry breeding - To be able to recognize poultry diseases - Understanding the treatment methods of poultry diseases |
| Week | Topics | Learning Methods |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Week | The importance of poultry in the world and in our country | |
| 2. Week | Classification of chicken breeds | |
| 3. Week | Coops and their technical characteristics | |
| 4. Week | Health protection in breeding chickens | |
| 5. Week | Health protection in laying hens | |
| 6. Week | Health protection in laying hens | |
| 7. Week | Health protection in laying hens | |
| 8. Week | Mid-term | |
| 9. Week | Health protection in broiler chickens | |
| 10. Week | Health protection in broiler chickens | |
| 11. Week | Health protection in broiler chickens | |
| 12. Week | Poultry diseases and treatments | |
| 13. Week | Poultry diseases and treatments | |
| 14. Week | Poultry diseases and treatments |
| Chicken Breeding Prof. Dr. Tahir Aksoy |
| Program Requirements | Contribution Level | DK1 | DK2 | DK3 | DK4 | DK5 | DK6 | DK7 | DK8 | DK9 | DK10 | Measurement Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PY4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| PY5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| PY7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| PY8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| PY9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| PY10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| PY11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course's Level of contribution | None | Very Low | Low | Fair | High | Very High |
| Method of assessment/evaluation | Written exam | Oral Exams | Assignment/Project | Laboratory work | Presentation/Seminar |
| Event | Quantity | Duration (Hour) | Total Workload (Hour) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Midterm 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Final | 1 | 22 | 22 |
| Practice | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Practice End-Of-Term | 14 | 1 | 14 |
| Total Workload | 102 | ||
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 4.0 | ||
