A Text Book of Livestock Production and Management

Utilization for agriculture-based livestock production, animal science is usually a highly interested topic for student due to their inherently curious nature. They want to know how and why about the animal husbandry. Science capitalizes on student inquisitiveness to know more about the world around them. Each time they explore a scientific concept even if they don't realize that's what they're doing — they increase their knowledge and appreciation of that world.By this book student get a comprehensive, science-based approach to building livestock and poultry management systems for food, fiber, and recreation. It effectively integrates the scientific disciplines that support livestock and poultry production with detailed information about the primary livestock species, appropriate management protocols. The book caters the need of undergraduate students of agriculture science on AVET 221 course. The contents includes : l Importance of Livestock in Indian Economy l Different Breeds of Livestock l Housing for Different Categories of Livestock l Care and Management of Livestock l Feeding for Different Categories of Livestock l Selection and Breeding of Livestock and Different Breeding Systems l Clean Milk Production and Different Methods of Milking l Infectious and Contagious Diseases of Livestock and Preventive & Control Measures l Economical Units of Livestock & Cost of Milk Production l Poultry Production : Important Indian and Foreign Breeds of Poultr l Housing of Poultry Birds l Breeding of Poultry & Management of Chick, Grower and Layer.

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