CERTIFICATE COURSE IN SCIENTIFIC DAIRY FARMING
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The complete course is divided into 12 individual modules covering various subjects considered essential in the management of dairy animals. The course includes lectures on Indian cows, cross-bred cows and buffaloes.
Course Content
- 1. Selection of the Best Dairy Animals (Total 33 Lectures)
From understanding the different breeds, their potential, different criteria such as body condition score, lactation stages, age etc to where to buy animals from and even how to care for animals while transporting, this course teaches you all the practical skills used in selecting the best dairy animals.
2. Housing for Dairy Animals (Total 27 Lectures)
This course which has been shot in actual dairy farms will provide you insights into the different kinds of housing systems and will offer you 10 types of housing designs. Whether it is a dairy farm of 20, 100, 200 or 500 animals, you will get deep insights into every corner of a smart dairy housing design.
3. How to prepare Silage (Total 18 Lectures)
This course teaches in detail about how to produce silage for dairy animals.
4. Basics of Dairy Nutrition (Total 26 Lectures)
This course explains basic principles of feeding dairy animals. It discusses latest technologies in fodder production.
5. Advanced Course on Dairy Nutrition (Total 20 Lectures)
This course teaches how to create diet formulations for different age groups of dairy animals on your own.
- 6. Clean Milk Production (Total 16 Lectures)
This course teaches how to produce milk that is free from residues such as antibiotics, aflatoxins and adulterants. It also explains how to improve animal health and milk production by controlling the sources of residues.
7. Calf & Heifer Management (Total 34 Lectures)
This course focuses on getting zero mortality of calves in farms. It helps to achieve optimum growth rate of heifers and timely sexual maturity.
8. Breeding & Reproductive Problems (Total 41 Lectures)
This course focuses on creating a strong next generation of animals through breeding. It provides practical insights for preventing and overcoming reproductive problems in dairy animals.
9. Animal Health & Disease Management (Total 30 Lectures)
This course focuses on identification of symptoms and prevention of diseases in dairy animals.
10. Diagnostics and Laboratory Procedures (Total 15 Lectures)
This course gives insights on various types of tests that help reduce the incidence of diseases and prevent their recurrence. The course teaches when to go for these tests and how to carry samples to the laboratory.
11. Embryo Transfer Technology (Total 13 Lectures)
This course teaches in detail about Good Animal Breeding Techniques using ETT technology.
12. Business Planning for Dairy Farms (Total 14 Lectures)
This course teaches the economics and marketing involved for making a dairy business successful.
