COURSE SYLLABUS

LIVESTOCK ECONOMICS

1	Course Title:	LIVESTOCK ECONOMICS
2	Course Code:	VZT 6003
3	Type of Course:	Compulsory
4	Level of Course:	Third Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	1
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	4
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	No
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. Metin Petek
16	Course Lecturers:	Yok
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Uludağ Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi, Bursa petek@uludag.edu.tr, +90 224 2941352
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	The objectives of this course are to stimulate awareness of the socio-economic, political and environmental issues that will affect future livestock development and to provide the tools to analyse the issues confronting producers, their advisers, planners and policy makers.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	Learns; Some basic economy related topics;
2	Policy of economic productivity;
3	Techniques for increase efficiency and cost reduction,;
4	Marketing and marketing systems;
5	Some basic about international trade;
6	Relationship between diseases and economy;
7	Factors affecting economy in animal production;
8	Problems and solitions in animal production;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Introduction about animal production in Turkey and the World
2	General description of some basic economy related topics
3	General description of economy related topics
4	Policy of economic productivity,
5	Techniques for increase efficiency and cost reduction, the principle of opportunity cost,
6	Marketing and marketing systems
7	Marketing model on production of milk, egg, white and red meat.
8	International trade in animals and animal products, international marketing policies and strategies, problems and solutions in foreign trade.
9	Input and support related to animal production, international relations and Common Agricultural Policy in European Union.
10	Business analysis, inventory, valuation, depreciation, amortization calculation methods.
11	Elements of business costs, capital construction and annual operating results based on analysis
12	Relationship between diseases and economy such as mastitis, leg weakness in broiler on production economy.
13	Factors affecting economy in milk, meat, chicken and egg production.
14	Problems and solitions in animal production in Turkey, livestock organizations, professional and trade organizations in the industry

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Petek M (2011) Temel Zootekni. AÖF Ders Kitabı. Petek M : Hayvancılık İşletme Ekonomisi Ders Notları, 2011 (Basılmamış). Taub H (1999) Effective Management and Business Strategy. Mashav Course Note, Shafeim, Israel. Tuncel E (1988) Hayvancılık Organizasyonları ve Projelendirme. Uludağ Üniv. Ziraat Fakültesi Yayınları, No:32, Bursa. Erkuş A, Demirci R (1985) Tarımsal işletmecilik ve Planlama. A.Ü. Ziraat Fakültesi Yayın NO.944, A.Ü. Basımevi, Ankara.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	100
Total	1	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		0
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		100
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
Information

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