An introductory course designed to cover the biology of the domestic fowl with emphasis on its application to poultry production. Poultry Production. 5 hours. Three lectures and two lab periods. Commercial Poultry Management. A detailed study of the management practices and principles used in the business of producing eggs and poultry meat.
Emphasis is placed on the factors influencing costs and returns in poultry operations.
Poultry Breeding. 5 hours. Four lectures and one lab period. A consideration of the inheritance of morphological and physiological characters. Emphasis is placed on the development of criteria for selection and the development of genetically sound poultry breeding programs. The application of the principles of nutrition to the avian species.