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Lecturer(s)
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Kosťuková Martina, Ing. Ph.D.
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Zapletal David, prof. Ing. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Lectures no.: 1. - 2. Biological basis of animal growth and production of meat, milk and eggs - fattening performance and carcass value, milk end egg yield, terms; general specifications, basic aspects. 3. - 4. Production of pork - current situation and number of pigs, categories of slaughter pigs, breeds, selection and hybridization, fattening aspects, carcass value and pork quality. 5. - 6. Production of beef and lamb meat - current situation and number of cattle and sheep, categories of slaughter cattle and sheep, beef production under suckler-cow herd system, important endogenous and exogenous factors influence carcass yield and meat quality of cattle and sheep. 7. - 8. Production of poultry meat - current situation and number of poultry, selection and hybridization of meat-type poultry, aspects of poultry fattening, important endogenous and exogenous factors influence carcass value and meat quality of fattened poultry. 9. - 10. Egg production - aspects of laying in gallinaceous poultry, selection and hybridization of laying-type poultry, important endogenous and exogenous factors influence hen egg production. 11. - 12. Production of cow milk - current situation and number of dairy cows, course of lactation, selection and breeding within milked animal populations, important endogenous and exogenous factors influence production and quality of cow milk. 13. - 14. Production of goat and sheep milk - current situation and number of reared small ruminants, specification of their milk production, important endogenous and exogenous factors influence production and quality of goat and sheep milks. Tutorial prior to examination. Practical works no.: 1. - 2. Breeds of dairy and dual-purpose cattle - basic characteristics, production traits and their determination. 3. - 4. Beef cattle breeds - basic characteristics, production traits and their determination. 5. - 6. Breeds of sheep - basic characteristics, production traits and their determination. 7. - 8. Breeds and hybrids of poultry - basic characteristics, production traits and determination of chicken, turkey, ducks and goose. 9. - 12. Field trip to the ŠZP Žabčice - production systems used in beef cattle husbandry and dairy cattle husbandry; aspects of production and wellbeing particular reared categories. 13. - 14. Swine breeds - basic characteristics, production traits and their determination. Awarding of credits.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lectures, Seminars, Laboratory and desk-based work, Non-clinical animal work, Professional excursion
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Learning outcomes
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Biological basis of animal growth. Biological basis of meat production - fattening performance, carcass value, factors, evaluation. Production of pork, beef, poultry meat and rabbit meat - current situation, number of animals, slaughter categories, breeds and types, fattening aspects, carcass value and meat quality. Specifics of meat production of ratites, nutrias and farmed game. Biological basis of milk production - milk composition, lactation, factors. Production of milk of cows, goats and ewes - current situation, number of animals, breeds, aspects affecting their production, utilization of milk. Production of eggs of domestic chickens, Japanese quails and Guinea fowls - current situation, number of poultry, breeds and types, aspects affecting their production, utilization of eggs. Basic principles of selection and breeding in important species of food animals.
Theoretical knowledge The student can: - define factors influencing meat, milk and egg production in important farmed animals, - enumerate and characterize important breeds of cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, and also breeds and commercial crossbreds of poultry, - specify production systems used for beef cattle and sheep, pigs fattening, poultry fattening, milk production of cows, ewes and goats, chicken egg production and understands coherences between the housing technology and their production and health. Practical skills The student can: - recognize important breeds of cattle, small ruminants, pigs, and poultry, - find out fertility and embryonal mortality of incubated poultry eggs, and to recognize a gender of hatched chicks of colour sexing types of domestic chickens. Competences The student is able to: - assess independently the suitability of production system used for important breeds of cattle, sheep, goats, pigs and breeds and commercial crossbreds of poultry.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written exam
Conditions for credit: - active participation in practical works, possibility of 1 absence - compulsory attendance on the field trip - passing the credit test Conditions for the exam - the obtained credit - the successful completion of the written test
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Recommended literature
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Aland, A. and Madec, F. Sustainable animal production. 2009. ISBN 978-90-8686-099-9.
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Flanders, F., Gillespie, J.R. Modern Livestock and Poultry Production. Delmar Cengage Learning, 2015. ISBN 978-1133283508.
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Pond, W.G., Ullrey, D.E., Baer, C.K. Encyclopedia of Animal Science. CRC Press, 2011. ISBN 978-1439809327.
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PORTER, V., Alderson, L., Hall, S., Sponenberg, P. Mason´s World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding.. CABI, 2016. ISBN 9781845934668.
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