Faculty: Veterinary Medicine
Department:
Zootechny and Animal Nutrition
Code
Name of the course
HYI302
Animal Breeding
Turkish
Course
Language
Required
Category
Not applicable
Prerequisite
Course
Webpage
Local Credit
Theoretical
Practical
Academic Year
2012-2013
31.08.2012
Semester/Year
Spring / Class 3
ECTS Credit
3
Laboratory
Date
Presentation
Project/Field
study
1
Instructor(s)
Assistant
1
Associate Professor Fikret ESEN (fesen@firat.edu.tr ) ext: 3936
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Content of the
course
Basic principles in animal breeding, breeding tasks, Selection, Basic principles in
hybridization
Course Plan
Week
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Theoretical Subjects
The purpose and definition of animal breeding
Qualitative and quantitative characters
Phenotype, genotype and environment
Sources of variation
Sources of variation
Phenotypic variation and heritability
Phenotypic variation and heritability
Selection
Mid term
Selection methods
Selection methods
Selection for more than one characters
Breeding methods
Breeding methods
Hybridization methods
Course notes, Associate Professor Fikret ESEN
Text book(s)
Reference books Animal Breeding, Prof Dr. Naci TÜZEMEN, Mete YANAR, Ömer AKBULUT
Assessment
Mid term
Pop-quiz
Homework
Projects
Term project
Laboratory
Number Contribution to
GPA (%)
1
40
-
Others
Final exam
1
60
Contribution of
the contents
(%)
Medical Sciences
100
Learning
Outcomes
Goals
Learning of application of animal breeding.
The importance of animal breeding for improving animal yields.
1.
Learning of make selection
2.
Learning of selection methods
3.
Assesment ability to phenotype and genotype concept in animal husbandry
Course Format
Visual resources (PPT presentation),
About
assessment
criteria
Relation between the learning and program outcomes
Outputs
1
2
3
1
2
Contribution : 1:None 2:Partially 3:Completely
Prepared by: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fikret ESEN
Date of preparation: 31.08.2012