Livestock and Poultry Management

LPM 201 is a livestock and poultry management course that covers breeds, housing, feeding, reproduction, species-wise management, disease prevention, hatchery work, and production economics.

Breeds are important because performance in milk, meat, eggs, growth, adaptability, and reproduction depends heavily on the genetic potential and suitability of the breed.

Housing is important because it affects comfort, hygiene, disease control, production efficiency, labour use, and the safety of animals and birds across different weather conditions.

Ration formulation means preparing a balanced feed mixture that supplies animals or birds with the nutrients they need for maintenance, growth, production, reproduction, and health.

Clean milk production is important because hygienic milking and handling reduce contamination, improve milk quality, protect consumer health, and increase market acceptability.

Brooding is the care of young chicks during their early life by providing proper warmth, feed, water, ventilation, and protection so they can survive and grow well.

Feed conversion ratio, or FCR, measures how efficiently birds convert feed into body weight or production output, and a lower FCR generally indicates better feed efficiency.

Vaccination and disease prevention are important because timely health care reduces production losses, mortality, economic risk, and the spread of infectious diseases within and across farms.