Iğdır University Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
0701507100	HORSE HUSBANDRY	Elective	4	7	2

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

At basic information related to horse breeding by solving problems related to the experience

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

1	Knows important horse breeds raised in Turkey and in the world
2	Knows morphological and physiological characters of horse breeds
3	knows reproduction in horses, reproductive performance and horse races
4	Knows husbandry-nutrition of horses
5	Knows insemination methods
6	Knows selection, age determination, breed and parents determination

Mode of Delivery

Daytime Class

Prerequisites and co-requisities

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

The importance of horse breeding, historical development of horse husbandry in Turkey. Horse in zoological system, origin of horses, domestication of horses Horse breeds, light horses and heavy horses, horse breeds raised in Turkey Coat color, patterns and markings, inheritance of coat colors Management and nutrition, importance of manegement and nutrition Managing and feding foals, managing and feeding of mares, oestrus and its detection, pregnancy and foaling management and feeding of stallions, feeding of race horses, abnormalities in way of going Age determination, age determination methods, the importance of body measurements Selection, heritability Improvement of race performance by selection applied samples of heritability problems Inherited defects, inheritance of hereditary defects, Inherited defects observed in horses, elimination of hereditary defects Breed and parent determination, coat color examination, morphological examinations, race performance, blood test Horse races, purpose of horse races. Affecting factors performance of race of horses, race types, doping

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	The importance of horse breeding, historical development of horse husbandry in Turkey. Horse in zoological system, origin of horses, domestication of horses
2	Horse breeds, light horses and heavy horses, horse breeds raised in Turkey
3	Coat color, patterns and markings, inheritance of coat colors
4	Management and nutrition, importance of manegement and nutrition
5	Managing and feding foals, managing and feeding of mares, oestrus and its detection, pregnancy and foaling
6	Management and feeding of stallions, feeding of race horses, abnormalities in way of going
7	Age determination, age determination methods, the importance of body measurements
8	Midterm Exam
9	Selection, heritability
10	Improvement of race performance by selection
11	Applied samples of heritability problems
12	Inherited defects, inheritance of hereditary defects, Inherited defects observed in horses, elimination of hereditary defects
13	Breed and parent determination, coat color examination, morphological examinations, race performance, blood test
14	Horse races, purpose of horse races.
15	Affecting factors performance of race of horses, race types, doping
16	Final Exam

Recommended or Required Reading

Rafet Arpacık. 1996. Horse Husbandry.Şahin matbaası, 2. baskı. Taylor, R.E., and T.G. Field, 2001. Scientific farm Animal Production, An Introduction to Animal Science. New Jersey.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Midterm Examination	1	100
SUM		100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Final Examination	1	100
SUM		100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities		40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities		60
SUM		100

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	1	1
Final Examination	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			3

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PO 1	PO 2	PO 3	PO 4	PO 5	PO 6	PO 7
LO1		4
LO2			3
LO3					4
LO4
LO5				2
LO6						3

* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High