Livestock Production

The course is divided into three main sections. The first section introduces the types and breeds of livestock, terminology, methods, management systems, techniques of animal production and consumer impact. The second section introduces students to the modern management practices required for the production of economically beneficial avian species including domestic chickens, turkeys, water fowls, game birds and others. The third section discusses the nature of economic diseases in domestic animals and avian species and the regulations of the World Trade Organization in the import and export of animals, including rules that prevent the trans-boundary transmission of microbes causing economic diseases.