INTRODUCTION TO ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
Overview
Pre Requisites
Students should know how to rear pet animals
Objectives
To equip students with the knowledge of livestock/poultry breeds, care and management of different species of livestock, their breeding, selection and reproduction, arrangement of proper housing facilities and balanced feeding for achieving the target of maximum productivity.
Theory
Brief History and Importance of livestock, Livestock population, Livestock and their products, Domestication and Zoological classification, Common terminology, Brief review of principal of livestock Management, Farm records
Livestock of housing, Gross composition of milk of various species, Milk products, Transportation and welfare of farm animals, Poultry industry and its importance, Classes, breeds and varieties of poultry and their characteristics
Selection, care and storage of hatching eggs, Type of incubators and incubation requirements, Type of brooders and brooding requirements, Broiler Management
Layer management, Housing and equipments for poultry birds, Introduction to genetics, Basic concepts and role in animal breeding, Breeds of livestock and Breeds of milch animals , Draught and dual purpose cattle, Breeds of buffalo
Breeds of sheep and goat, Breeding and Breeding season, Reproductive cycle, Age at puberty and Gestation, Fertility, fertility and sterility and artificial breeding, System of breeding and Principle of selection, Biotechnological techniques in animal breeding and genetics, Basic terms in animal nutrition, Common feeds and their classification, Feeding standard and their evaluation, Usefulness and limitations of Nutrients ands their functions , Rumen micro flora and factors affecting digestion of cellulose and urea in ruminants, Basic principle of feeding dry, milking and pregnant animals
Practical
Body points of animals, Identification and application of various management tools, Handling and restraining of animals, Grooming and cleaning of animals
Demonstration of various components of livestock farming, various housing plans
Demonstration of various housing plans, Milk quality analysis, Demonstration of different Breeds of livestock, Selection of hatching Eggs, Handling of incubator
and brooders, Handling of various farm equipments, Various managements practices, Male and female reproductive organs, Exercises on topic related to breeding and selection, Identification of feed samples, Formulation of balanced rations, Visit to livestock shows/ farms
Credit hours/ Marks:- 3 (2-1)
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