Information Package & Course Catalogue
| 1 | Course Title: | HORSE BREEDING AND HEALTH |
| 2 | Course Code: | HYS222 |
| 3 | Type of Course: | Optional |
| 4 | Level of Course: | Short Cycle |
| 5 | Year of Study: | 2 |
| 6 | Semester: | 3 |
| 7 | ECTS Credits Allocated: | 3 |
| 8 | Theoretical (hour/week): | 2 |
| 9 | Practice (hour/week) : | 0 |
| 10 | Laboratory (hour/week) : | 0 |
| 11 | Prerequisites: | - |
| 12 | Recommended optional programme components: | None |
| 13 | Language: | Turkish |
| 14 | Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
| 15 | Course Coordinator: | Öğr. Gör. HASAN BASRİ TEK |
| 16 | Course Lecturers: | Yard. Doç. Dr. Emin Karakaş |
| 17 | Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator: | Yard. Doç. Dr. Emin Karakaş |
| 18 | Website: | |
| 19 | Objective of the Course: | To teach as theoretical morphological and physiological characteristics of the main horse breeds in the World and Turkey, and horse breeding techniques, horse genetic improvement and horse behaviour |
| 20 | Contribution of the Course to Professional Development |
| 21 | Learning Outcomes: |
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| 22 | Course Content: |
| Week | Theoretical | Practical |
| 1 | Introduction and importance of horse breeding and systematic, domestication of horse | |
| 2 | horse breeds in the World and Turkey | |
| 3 | Determination of age in the horses | |
| 4 | Body colours and signs, body colour inheritance of horses | |
| 5 | İnspection and selection of the horse for breeding | |
| 6 | horse racing and racing sports | |
| 7 | Management of foal, mare and stallion | |
| 8 | Repeating courses and midterm exam | |
| 9 | Horse management and horse houses | |
| 10 | Horse behaviors and educations, transporting and keeping of the horses | |
| 11 | Horse behaviors and educations, transporting and keeping of the horses | |
| 12 | Management in horse breeding and pasture | |
| 13 | important horse diseases and disease prevention and control in horse breeding | |
| 14 | Herd health, biosecurity and animal welfare in horse breeding |
| 23 | Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials: |
1. At Yetiştiriciliği, Arpacık R., Ankara, 1996 2. The BHS Complete Manuel of Stable Management, Auty, I., Kenilworth Press, Glasgow, UK, 2002 3. Binicilik I, At Bakım ve Donatım, Temurlenk, Ö., Ankara, 1996 4. At Yetiştiriciliği Ders Notları, Balcı, F., Bursa, 2005 5. Özel Zootekni Ders Notları; Prof.Dr. Halil Özcan, Prof.Dr. Cahit Yalçın 6. the web site on internet |
| 24 | Assesment |
| TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES | NUMBER | PERCENT |
| Midterm Exam | 1 | 40 |
| Quiz | 0 | 0 |
| Homeworks, Performances | 0 | 0 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 60 |
| Total | 2 | 100 |
| Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade | 40 | |
| Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade | 60 | |
| Total | 100 | |
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| 25 | ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE |
| Activites | NUMBER | TIME [Hour] | Total WorkLoad [Hour] |
| Theoretical | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Practicals/Labs | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Self Study and Preparation | 5 | 7 | 35 |
| Homeworks, Performances | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Projects | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field Studies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midtermexams | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| Others | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Final Exams | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Total WorkLoad | 90 | ||
| Total workload/ 30 hr | 3 | ||
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 3 |
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| LO: Learning Objectives | PQ: Program Qualifications |
| Contribution Level: | 1 Very Low | 2 Low | 3 Medium | 4 High | 5 Very High |