Principles of Animal Production

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Course Code: 
95210
Course Outline: 

 

Course title and number

Principles of Animal Production 95210

Instructor(s) name(s)

Ahmad Ismail za’za’

Contact information

 Khadoory Campus, Room 0020

Tel. 2675893 Ext. 18

Email:Ahmadzaza@najah.edu

Semester/ academic year

First Semester 2011/2012

Compulsory / Elective

Compulsory

Prerequisites

Zoology 95101

Course Contents

(description)

The role of farm animals in providing food and other products to the human being. Animal products (milk, meat, wool, eggs and leathers). Basic terminology common to animal science. Common breeds of farm animals, the basic scientific principles of feeding, reproduction, breeding an management of farm animals

Course Objectives

1.To introduce students to biological animal sciences

2. To identify the Animal industries, Beef and Dairy Cattle, Sheep and goats, poultry and Rabbit.

Intended learning

Outcomes and

Competences

 

At the end of this course students should be able to;

1. Understand the principles of animal production regarding the fields of breeding, nutrition and management.

2. Gain preliminary competences in animal production.

3. Gain simple understanding about reproductive physiology in farm animals and birds.

4. Understand the physiology of digestion in ruminants and birds.

5. Understand the nutritive requirements of farm animals.

6. Identify breeds of farm animals and their type of production 

Textbook and  References

(Online Resources)

Introduction to Animal Science, W. Stephen Damron – 3rd ed.

      Pearson Education, Inc., Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458, 2006. ISBN 0-13-118932-8

Assignment Criteria

Activity

Percent (%)

First Exam

25%

Second Exam

25%

Final Exam

50%

Week

Subject

1

Important types and breeds of farm animals

2

Animal Products

3-4

The Gastrointestinal Tract and Nutrition

5

Feedstuff Classification 

6

Animal Breeding

7-8

Reproduction in mammals and birds

9

Lactation  

10

Animal health

11-12

Dairy Cattle

13

Poultry

14-15

Sheep and goats

16

Rabbit