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Wersja polska

Course code: BBS20214f12
Semester: 2012/2013 summer
Name: Milk production on specialist farms
Major: Biology
Study Type: second cycle
Course type: optional
Study Semester: 0
ECTS points: 3
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: dr hab. Marian Kuczaj
Language of instruction: Polish


Learning outcomes: After finishing the course student should know the rules of planning, organization and management cow herd on cattle farms; knows which methods use to qualify milk components and quality; be able to make use of the knowledge link with other subjects (architecture, mechanization, economics, prevention) which refer to milk production according to European stipulations.

Competences: Finishing this course will enable student to get a job on specialist farm - dairy cattle husbandry and also in laboratory of milk evaluation.

Prerequisites: General animal husbandry, Cattle breeding and husbandry

Course content: Conditions of milk production in Poland and all over the world; trends in specialization of cattle breeding; breed selection, range and herd improvement trends; forage and production technology planning (herd organization, feeding, housing, care, reproduction, milking); modern building and technological solutions of inventory buildings for dairy cattle;, animals preparation for exhibitions and breeding demonstrations, outgoing practical trainings; course in a range of milk composition and quality assessment completed with a certificate.

Recommended literature: Kuczaj M. (2010): Hodowla bydła – Standardy unijne i krajowe. Wyd. UP Wrocław. Litwińczuk Z., Szulc T.: Hodowla i użytkowanie bydła. PWiRL Warszawa, 2005. Kuczaj M.: Skutki krzyżowania i kojarzenia bydła w Polsce w latach 1946-1997. Monografia XXIII, Wyd. AR Wrocław 2001, ss. 297. Wierzbowski S., Żukowski K.: Rozród bydła, Wyd. KOS – Balice; 2007. Ziajka S.: Mleczarstwo – Zagadnienia wybrane. Wyd. ART. Olsztyn; 1997.

Assessment methods: Completion of practical, minimum 70% of knowledge to pass.

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