Introduction
Poulry farming in India was mostly a backyard venture till
1960s. Indigenous chicken constituted the major share. Their
productivity was around 60-70 eggs per bird per year. During the
past three decades the poultry scenario in the country has changed
dramatically. Today poultry farming has transformed itself into an
organized industry. It plays a major role in the fight against
malnutrition and poverty among the rural masses of our country. The
importance of poultry sector in solving the problems of
unemployment and under-employment is well-conceived by planners and
personnel in the developmental programmes. Among the livestock
vocations poultry farming requires only less capital investment and
it is same time has in added advancing ensuring quick returns.
Objectives
After reading this course you will be able to:
Know about poultry production in India.
Know the fowl, its classification and principle behind poultry
breeding.
Understand the management of chicks, growers, layers.
Understand the poultry nutrition and feeding of poultry , etc
disease and the centres of disease.
To develope entrepreniual skills in poultry farming.
Job Oppurtunities
1. Self employment: As owner of poultry farm 2. Wage employment:
As a worker in poultry farm.
Entry Qualification
10th/metric passed with Science Background.
Level : Senior Secondary Course
Course Duration
One Year.
Scheme of study
Theory - 40%, Practical - 60%
Passing Criteria
Sr. Secondary: 33% seperatelly in Theory and Practical.
Course Content
Poultry Farming - I
Poultry Production in India, Biology of Fowl, Classification of
Poultry Breeding, Principle of Poultry Breeding, Incubation
Practices, Systems of Rearing Poultry, Housing and Equipments,
Management of Chicks, Management of Growers, Management of
Layer.
Poultry Farming - II
Management of Breeding stock, Management of Broilers,
Fundamentals of Poultry Nutrition, Feeding of Poultry, Processing
and Preservation of eggs, Processing and Preservation of Poultry
Meat, Diseases of Poultry, Prevention and Control and Poultry
Diseases, Commercial Poultry Operation.