POULTRY MANAGEMENT II

Recent developments in the poultry industry, worldwide as well as regional (trends in poultry nutrition, breeding, health, housing and marketing). Practical poultry feeding: Nutrient requirements of poultry and deficiency diseases. Common feedstuffs for poultry feeding; evaluation of unconventional feedstuffs; least-cost poultry ration formulation, mixing and packaging; principles of restricted and ad libitum feeding.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      OBJECTIVE:

•  To transform scientific knowledge acquired from the basic science courses, namely Animal nutrition, Animal physiology, Biochemistry, and Genetics, plus courses in Production Economics and Marketing; into practical skills required for proper management of poultry so that the final year BSc. students are able to clearly understand the nutritional and production concepts that are specific and unique to poultry.