Lpm201

Understand how livestock and poultry support farm income, nutrition, soil fertility, and risk reduction in Indian agriculture.

Extensive, semi-intensive, and intensive livestock production systems used under different farm conditions.

Integration of livestock with crops and allied enterprises to improve income, recycling, and resilience.

Meaning of breed and the basis for classifying important cattle and buffalo breeds.

Role of selection, crossbreeding, and artificial insemination in livestock improvement.

Principles of farm layout, site selection, and housing management for dairy animals.

Single-row, double-row, loose, and conventional cattle housing systems with their practical uses.

Learn the immediate care, colostrum feeding, housing, hygiene, and heifer management practices required for healthy calf rearing.

Care & mgt- pregnant.

Definition of milk, principles of clean milking, and common preservatives and adulterants.

Cooling, pasteurization methods, and handling steps used in basic milk processing.

Meaning of nutrition, ration, balanced ration, and desirable characteristics of livestock feed.

Importance of green fodder, carrying capacity, and forage-cycle planning in livestock feeding.

Major classification of viral, bacterial, metabolic, and parasitic diseases with general control principles.

Key features of FMD, anthrax, haemorrhagic septicemia, black quarter, and major metabolic disorders.

Classification, transmission, and importance of zoonotic diseases shared between animals and humans.

Breeds, utility, and farm-level importance of sheep and goat enterprises in mixed agriculture.

Rearing systems, housing design, and space requirements for sheep and goats.

Feeding, breeding-season care, and routine management of ram, ewe, and lamb.

Management, feeding, and flushing practices for breeding bucks, does, and young kids.

Major diseases and health problems affecting sheep and goats with basic preventive care.

Breeds, housing, and management principles followed in scientific pig farming.

Routine care, feeding, and breeding management of sows, boars, and piglets.

Classification of poultry into layer, broiler, and dual-purpose groups with breed nomenclature.

Brooder preparation, temperature control, and early management of day-old chicks.

Free-range, semi-intensive, deep-litter, and cage-based housing systems used in poultry farming.

Raised-platform and cage-housing designs, dimensions, and practical use in poultry units.

Feeding, space requirement, and routine care practices for laying birds.

Broiler feeding, growth management, and routine flock care for meat production.

Nutrient needs, feed ingredients, and ration principles used in poultry feeding.

Meaning of FCR and the basics of egg grading, marketing, and distribution.

Study the main groups of poultry diseases, the role of vaccination, and practical flock health operations used in disease prevention.

Important bacterial poultry diseases and coccidiosis with their symptoms and control basics.