COURSE SYLLABUS

SILAGE TECHNOLOGY

1	Course Title:	SILAGE TECHNOLOGY
2	Course Code:	ZOO4413-S
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	4
6	Semester:	7
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	3
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. İsmail FİLYA
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Zootekni Bölümü, Görükle Kampüsü 16059 Bursa/TÜRKİYE ifilya@uludag.edu.tr, 0 224 2941555
18	Website:	http://bilgipaketi.uludag.edu.tr/Ders/Index/1168802
19	Objective of the Course:	To provide students with practical knowledge and skills about silage fermentation, silage production, silage quality, use of silage in animal nutrition and national dissemination.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	Learn about the making and use of silage.

Learning Outcomes:

1	Learns the basic principles of silage fermentation.;
2	Learns about silo types used in silage construction and their effects on silage quality.;
3	Gain information about the plants used in silage production and their chemical and microbiological properties.;
4	Gains information about all stages of silage making such as harvesting, withering, shredding, enrichment with additives, transportation and filling, compaction and capping.;
5	Learns about silage quality, factors affecting silage quality and physical, chemical and microbiological analyzes used to determine silage quality.;
6	Learns about aerobic stability and hygiene in silages.;
7	Gains information about the nutritional value of silages.;
8	Gains information about the use of different silages in ruminant feeding.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	History of silage making, advantages of silage, principles of silage making.
2	Types and properties of silos used in silage production.
3	Plants used in silage production and siloability properties of these plants.
4	Chemical and microbiological properties of plants used in silage production.
5	Stages of silage making, harvesting the plants used in silage making.
6	Withering and fragmentation of plants used in silage making.
7	Additives used in silage fermentation, their properties and their effects on silage fermentation.
8	Transporting the plants to be siled from the field to the silo and filling them into the silos.
9	Compressing the plants to be ensiled in the silos and closing the silos.
10	Aerobic period, fermentation period, fermentation dynamics and stable period dynamics in the silo.
11	Opening of maturing silage and quality of silage.
12	Aerobic stability in silages, the importance and development of aerobic stability, silage hygiene.
13	Nutritional values ??of various silages (naturally fermented, additives used, degraded by airing).
14	Use of silages in ruminant feeding.

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Woolford, M.K. 1984. The Silage Fermentation. Microbiology Series 14. Marcel Dekker Inc., New York. McDonald, P., Henderson, A.R., Heron, S.J.E. 1991. Biochemistry of Silage. Second Edition. Chalcombe Publications. Church Lane, Kingston, Canterbury, Kent, UK. Filya, İ. 2006. Silaj: Yapımı, Teknolojisi ve Kullanımı. Sütaş Süt Hayvancılığı Eğitim Merkezi Yayınları. 2, Bursa. Karabulut, A., Filya, İ. 2020. Yemler Bilgisi ve Yem Teknolojisi. Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Ders Notları. 67, 7. Baskı, Bursa.
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
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course	It is evaluated according to the our university's graduate education and training regulations.
Information	It is evaluated with the letter grade calculated in the student automation system.

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High