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| Code | SAFS0023 |
| Name | Feed Intake and Its Control in Farm Animals |
| Term | 2024-2025 Academic Year |
| Term | Fall |
| Duration (T+A) | 3-1 (T-A) (17 Week) |
| ECTS | 6 ECTS |
| National Credit | 3.5 National Credit |
| Teaching Language | İngilizce |
| Level | Doktora Dersi |
| Type | Normal |
| Mode of study | Yüz Yüze Öğretim |
| Catalog Information Coordinator | |
| Course Instructor |
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Course Goal / Objective
The students are expected to be able to understand how to control feed intake in livestock and understand its mecahanisms.In additon the students are explain the principles of digestion and utilization by different livestock animals.
Course Content
Voluntary food intake of farm animals is a complex subject. So, it's can be fully understood and manipulated when it control factors and their mechanism are well known. In this scope it will be focused on main features of eating, methods of measuring feed intake, analysis of meal patterns, and theories of food intake.
Course Precondition
Students who will take this course are required to take undergratuate basic animal nutrition, poultry and ruminant feeding courses or get talk with the instructor.
Resources
The Voluntary Food Intake of Farm Animals (Forbes, J.M., Butterworths, UK).
Notes
Feeds and Feeding
Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | By the end of this course, students will be able to: - what is the voluntary food intake |
| LO02 | how to control feed consumption in farm animals |
| LO03 | Students learn the digestive systems of different farm animal species. |
| LO04 | Learns the basic characteristics of feed consumption in different farm animals. |
| LO05 | In this scope it will be focused on main features of feed, methods of measuring feed intake. |
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
| Order | Type | Program Learning Outcomes | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLO01 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Have theoretical and applied knowledge about the basic principles of Sustainable Agricultural Science (Agroecology) and Food Security. | |
| PLO02 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | Learns national and international certificated agricultural systems and chemical residue-free production. | |
| PLO03 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Gains knowledge of laws and regulations on sustainable agriculture and food security and improve new approaches. | |
| PLO04 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Plans and apply the appropriate crop rotation systems for water and mineral cycle within the ecosystem dynamics. | |
| PLO05 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | It develops healthy plant production materials (seeds, seedlings) and animal products beneficial for human nutrition. | 1 |
| PLO06 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Gain knowledge on environmentally friendly strategies for the protection, development and sustainable use of soil and water resources. | |
| PLO07 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | It develops fertilization programs which ecologically oriented soil and healthy nutrition of the crop for sustainable soil management. | |
| PLO08 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Gains knowledge about the disease factors, harmful weeds, insects, nematodes and mites that cause yield loss in culture plant cultivation. | |
| PLO09 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | It ensures that plant and animal production is carried out with a holistic approach in sustainable agricultural systems. | 1 |
| PLO10 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Learn to create timely and correct mechanization programs. | |
| PLO11 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | On the basis of economic sustainability in agricultural production, it develops approaches that will ensure product acquisition and safe transportation to the consumer. | |
| PLO12 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | It can develop systems that will ensure food safety and food security. | |
| PLO13 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | Knows the agricultural processes and economic analyzes of the produced yields to provide maximum benefit to the producer. | |
| PLO14 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Develop and perform independent or team research and development projects on sustainable agriculture and food safety. | 1 |
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Theories of food intake control | Source reading, web searching | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
| 2 | Μechanoreceptors in stomach and intestines | Source reading, web searching | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
| 3 | Chemoreceptors in stomach and intestines | Source reading, web searching | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
| 4 | Merkezi sinir sisteminin kontrolü | Source reading, web searching | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
| 5 | Effects of physiological state and animal productivity on feed intake | Source reading, web searching | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
| 6 | Dietary factors affecting feed intake | Source reading, web searching | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
| 7 | Enviromental factors affecting feed intake | Source reading, web searching | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
| 8 | Mid - Term Exam | Midterm Exam | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
| 9 | Intake of fresh and conserved grass | Source reading, web searching | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
| 10 | Prediction of voluntary intake | Source reading, web searching | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
| 11 | Manipulation of voluntary intake | Source reading, web searching | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
| 12 | Feeding behaviour | Source reading, web searching | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
| 13 | Measuring food intake of poultry | Source reading, web searching | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
| 14 | Measuring feed intake of ruminants | Source reading, web searching | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
| 15 | New development in animal nutrition | Source reading, web searching | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
| 16 | Term Exams | Final Exam | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
| 17 | Term Exams | Final Exam | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
Student Workload - ECTS
| Works | Number | Time (Hour) | Workload (Hour) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Related Works | |||
| Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) | 14 | 4 | 56 |
| Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) | 14 | 4 | 56 |
| Assesment Related Works | |||
| Homeworks, Projects, Others | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 28 | 28 |
| Total Workload (Hour) | 153 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 (h) | 6,12 | ||
| ECTS | 6 ECTS | ||