ECTS
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Course details
Course code: RRSS10062o12Semester: 2012/2013 winter
Name: Basis of Animal Breeding
Major: Agriculture
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 5
ECTS points: 2
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 15 / 0
Lecturer: prof. dr hab. Edward Pawlina
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: After compliting the course student will be able to implement the knowledge gained during the course in practical animal husbandry (selection, mating, crossbreeding).
Competences: After compliting the course a student will be prepared to breed domesticated animals.
Prerequisites: Statistics, physiology, Genetics.
Course content: The objective of the course is to familiarize students with basics problems related to breeding of farm and domestic animals, particularly with professional nomenclature; criterions of animal classification to breeds and types; basic characteristic of main Polish and world farm animals; types of animal performances; methods of animal identification and evaluation of breeding value; methods of animal breeding; biotechnology used in animal reproduction and genetic improvement.
Recommended literature: Nowicki B., Kosowska B.: Genetyka i podstawy hodowli zwierząt. PWRiL, Warszawa 1996. Nowicki B., Jasek S., Maciejowski J., Nowakowski P., Pawlina E.: Rasy zwierząt gospodarskich. PWN, Warszawa 2001 Pawlina E., Kosowska B., Kruszyński.: Ogólna Hodowla Zwierząt. Przewodnik do ćwiczeń. Wydawnictwo Akademii Rolniczej we Wrocławiu, nr 502, wyd. III Wrocław 2005.
Assessment methods: completion of practical; minimum 60% of knowledge to pass.
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