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Course code: BHS10034o11Semester: 2011/2012 winter
Name: HUSBANDRY OF SMALL RUMINANTS
Major: Animal Science
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 5
ECTS points: 7
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 30 / 8
Lecturer: prof. dr hab. Bożena Patkowska-Sokoła
Language of instruction: Polish / English
Learning outcomes: Student will gain practical and theoretical knowledge of identification of various species and breeds of small ruminants, skills of breeding work running in flocks of small ruminants, proper controlling of reproduction and ability of obtaining products from these animals, i.e. meat, milk, skin, wool, in different maintenance systems.
Competences: Completion of the course will enable to take up a work on a managerial position in any enterprise dealing with husbandry of production of small ruminants.
Prerequisites: Animal physiology, genetic, basis of animal feeding
Course content: Exterieur and performance characteristic of small ruminants, rules of breeding work running, genetic and environmental factors influencing the level of production of small ruminants products, technological and environmental conditions of animals maintenance, reproduction methods.
Recommended literature: Podstawy chowu i hodowli owiec. Praca zbiorowa pod red. B. Patkowskiej-Sokoły Wyd. AR Wrocław, 2000 Niżnikowski R., Chów owiec. PWRiL, Warszawa 1994 Hodowla Owiec - pod redakcją prof. Marii Soroczyńskiej - Wydawnictwo - Fundacja „Rozwój SGGW”, 1998
Assessment methods: Completion of practical Written exam Minimum 60% of knowledge to pass
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