Poultry Production Poultry Production. 4 Units

 (2 Lec. + 4 Prac.)

Definition of poultry ? classification ? poultry production ? Hatchability and fertility ? Brooding and rearing ? Broilers production ? Egg production ? Poultry housing and management ? Broiler breeder production.

Poultry Production Poultry Nutrition (A).  4 Units

(2 Lec. + 4 Prac.)

Importance of poultry ? Nutritional theories ? Conventional and non conventional feedstuffs ? Nutritional value of feedstuffs ? Feed conversion values ? Digestion trails in chicks ? Metabolizable energy values in poultry rations.

Poultry Production Poultry Nutrition (B). 4 Units

 (2 Lec. + 4 Prac.)

Rations formulation ? Nutrition of chicken; Broilers, Laying hens, Breeders? Nutrition of Turkey ? Nutrition of water fowl: Ducks,  Guse ? Nutrition of Rabbits ? Economic Poultry Rations.

Poultry Production: Poultry Husbandry. 4 Units

(2 Lec. + 4 Prac.)

Classification ? Egg formation ? Egg structure ? Fertility and hatchability ? Factors affecting fertility and hatchability ? Brooding and rearing ? Broilers production ? Egg production.

Poultry Production Feedstuff Industry. 4 Units

(2 Lec. + 4 Prac.)

Feed plants ? Feed processing procedures ? Sector of feed plant [Receiving, pelting, packing and distribution sector] ? Processing of feedstuffs ? Quality control of poultry feeds.

Poultry Production Poultry Breeding (A). 4 Units

(2 Lec. + 4 Prac.)

Brief history of poultry breeding ? Sex desemesterination and definition? Sex linked characters ? inheritance of some economic characters ? Quantitative characters in poultry ? Selection and mating ? Improving some economic characters in poultry.

Poultry Production Poultry Breeding (B). 4 Units

(2 Lec. + 4 Prac.)

Mendelian genetics in poultry ? Using some major and marker genes in poultry production ? Commercial methods of poultry breeding ? Breeding programs ? Genetic improvement in poultry production.

Poultry Production Poultry Physiology. 4 Units (2 lec. +  4 prac.)

Systemic physiology of birds with special reference to the role of nervous system in the regulating of body function - A comparative study between broils and nammals.

Poultry Production: Physiology Poultry Production. 4 Units

(2 Lec. +  4 Prac.)

Reproduction in birds and the relationship between the endocrine system and poultry production - Artificial insemination in birds and rabbits are also considered.

Poultry Production Poultry Technology. 4 Units

(2 lec. + 4 prac.)

Poultry products ? Poultry By-products ? Egg quality measurements ? Eggshell quality ? Preservation of egg quality ?Poultry meat technology? Meat processing ? Poultry meat quality.

Poultry Production Economic of Poultry Production. 4 Units         

(3 Lec. + 2 Prac.)

Economic roles for foundation of poultry houses ? Poultry farm budget ? Farm income analysis ? Project analysis ? Estimated total costs of production ? types of poultry enterprises.

Poultry Production 3 Units

(6 Lec.)

Supervised individual laboratory  or field research. A written report of work accomplished will be required.