Animal Farm Management

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Course Code: 
95436
Course Outline: 

Objectives :

This course examines selected topics on establishment of animal farms, farm animal breeding systems : dairy cattle , sheep and goats , poultry (broilers and layer) , records – keeping and marketing of animal products .

 

Text :

  1. Animal Science and Industry, Duane Acker, Merle Cunningham . Prentice Hall , Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07548, 1998  ISBN 0-13-524901-5 .

 

Topics:                                                                                                                Week

- Cattle farm management :                                                                                1-4

  • Dairy cows management :

 ( milking , feeding , artificial rearing , weaning and technical procedures as foot care , identifation , castration …………

- Sheep and Goats farm management  :                                                       5-9

  • Housing (outdoor and indoor housing) , feeding and watering , uses the veginal sponges , mating , pregnancy and parturition .
  • Artificial rearing for lambs and kids and technical procedures as milking , feeding , shearing , aging , identification and castration .

     - Broilers and layers management :                                                                    10-11

  • Environmental conditions for chickens according to age.
  • Housing , lighting , food and water , collecting eggs and storage
  • Incubation , rearing (brooding) , sexing , identification , handling , , health and transportation .

     - Records and animal farm management :                                                          12-13

  • Types , uses , design , preparing and keeping .

     - Marketing of animal products                                                               14-15

 

- Grading system :

First exam :      25 points

Second exam :   25 points

Final exam :      50 points

 

- Lectures :

Tuesday           9-10

Thursday         9-10