“Livestock Production and Management” delivers practical and theoretical training in animal husbandry, dairy farming, and poultry production integrated with Indian agriculture. Key areas include economic role of livestock and poultry, Indian livestock census data, indigenous and exotic breeds of cattle, buffaloes, sheep, goats, swine, and poultry, livestock housing design and sanitation, feeding standards (digestible crude protein, total digestible nutrients), silage and haymaking, calf rearing, milking management, clean milk production, and common viral, bacterial, and parasitic animal disease prevention.
Topics Covered
- Significance of Livestock and Poultry in the Indian Rural Economy and National GDP
- Livestock and Poultry Census Data and Production Trends in India
- Systems of Livestock Farming – Extensive, Semi-Intensive, Intensive, and Mixed Farming
- Integrated Farming Systems (IFS) – Crop-Livestock-Poultry-Fishery Combinations
- Classification of Indigenous and Exotic Breeds of Cattle and Dairy Buffaloes
- Important Sheep and Goat Breeds in India – Wool, Meat, and Dual Purpose
- Swine and Poultry Breeds – Broilers, Layers, and Indigenous Fowl Varieties
- Housing Management for Dairy Animals – Loose Housing vs. Conventional Barns
- Feeds and Fodders Classification – Concentrates, Roughages, Legumes, and Non-Legumes
- Nutrient Requirements of Dairy Animals – Digestible Crude Protein (DCP) and TDN
- Conservation of Green Fodder – Silage Making, Pit Silos, and Hay Curing
- Management of Pregnant Animals, Calving Care, and Neonatal Calf Rearing
- Milking Management – Clean Milk Production, Hand Milking vs. Machine Milking
- Poultry Housing and Management – Deep Litter System and Cage System
- Incubation, Hatching, Brooding, and Nutritional Management of Chicks
- Common Bacterial Diseases of Livestock – Anthrax, Haemorrhagic Septicaemia, and Black Quarter
- Viral Diseases – Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD), Rinderpest, and Ranikhet Disease
- Parasitic and Metabolic Disorders – Milk Fever, Ketosis, Bloat, and Mastitis
- Vaccination Schedules and Biosecurity Protocols for Farm Animals
File Details
| Title | Livestock Production and Management |
| File Name | LPM201 – Livestock Production and Management.pdf |
| File Type | PDF Document (.pdf) |
| File Size | 3.94 MB |
| Total Pages | 232 Pages |