POULTRY FARMING
Program Objective
The main objective of the Poultry Farming Program is to train qualified technical personnel equipped with the necessary knowledge, skills, and technological equipment for the healthy, efficient, and sustainable breeding of poultry such as chickens, turkeys, geese, ducks, and similar birds. The program aims to provide theoretical and practical education on animal welfare, hygiene, biosecurity, feeding, shelter management, reproduction, and disease control, thereby producing well-equipped graduates for the industry. Additionally, it aims for students to gain competencies that will enable them to be employed in poultry farming enterprises, feed and pharmaceutical companies, hatcheries, integrated poultry establishments, and public institutions after graduation.
Education Topics
Poultry Anatomy and Physiology
Poultry Breeding Techniques
Poultry Feeding and Feed Technology
Poultry Hygiene and Biosecurity
Poultry Diseases and Prevention Methods
Reproduction and Incubation Techniques
Poultry Meat and Egg Production Technology
Poultry Shelters
Poultry Behavior and Welfare
Poultry Management and Entrepreneurship
Programs and Technologies Offered
Poultry Breeding Techniques
Feed and Feeding Technologies
Incubation and Breeding Management
Animal Health and Protection Practices
Pre- and Post-Slaughter Practices
Shelter Planning and Management of Environmental Conditions
Hygiene, Sanitation, and Biosecurity Measures
Employment Areas
Graduates of the Poultry Farming Program can be employed in a wide range of areas in both the public and private sectors. Graduates can find employment opportunities in the following areas:
Commercial broiler (meat chicken) and laying hen enterprises
Enterprises engaged in alternative poultry farming such as turkeys, ducks, and geese
Feed production companies and feed analysis laboratories
Hatcheries and breeding enterprises
Poultry meat and egg processing facilities
Veterinary clinics and animal health product companies
Provincial/district directorates of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Municipalities, provincial special administrations, and other public institutions
As technical personnel in livestock support and inspection projects
Conducting entrepreneurial activities by establishing their own poultry enterprise
Vertical Transferable Departments
Students who graduate from the Poultry Farming associate degree program can transfer to the following bachelor's programs through the Vertical Transfer Exam (DGS) organized by ÖSYM:
Animal Production and Technologies
Poultry Farming
Veterinary
Zootechnics