| 課程大綱Course Description： |
| 本課程著重於討論禽畜繁殖問題及新近發展之繁殖技術，包括雌雄種畜生殖機能之評估與改善，繁殖管理之新觀念與方法，生殖性狀之選拔，人工授精與體外授精技術之應用，性別選擇，配子和胚之顯微操作及保存，與胚移置技術等，並以有助於解除緊迫環境下禽畜之繁殖困擾者為優先．修習本課程之學生可藉課堂討論與國內外相關文獻之閱讀以掌握繁殖技術之最新發展，提升改善禽畜繁殖效率之能力。 |
| English Outline： |
| The objective of this course is to give the students more confidence in their abilities for improving the reproductive efficiency of the livestock. Dealing with the modern concepts and the recent techniques in livestock reproduction, it consists of the following subjects: evaluation and improving of the reproductive functions of the breeding livestock; reproductive management; selection on the reproductive characteristics; methods of sex selection; applications of artificial insemination and in vitro fertilization; micromanipulation and preservation of the gametes and embryos; the technique of embryo transfer; and so on. The topics being put in the priority are those techniques that are capable of being used for restoring the prevalent reproductive failure of the livestock under the environmental stress. For catching up the new developing concepts. |
| 本科目教學目標Course Objectives： |
| 為提升台灣禽畜產業之競爭力，結合畜產科學與生物科技，培育具備種畜禽遺傳育種改良技術、高效率繁殖生產技術、現代化禽畜舍規劃與飼養管理技術、飼料配方設計與製造技術、安全畜產品開發與利用技術、實驗動物飼養管理技術及永續禽畜場管理技術等專業人才。同時，應用理論與實務並重之課程模組，養成兼具社會道德倫理與多元文化素養之現代化經濟動物生產之技術管理人才，以開拓畜產業之新契機。 |
