ANNU-7123: NUTRITION OF DAIRY ANIMALS

DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL SCIENCES

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COURSE OUTLINE                                                                                         SPRING 2020

Course Title:                    NUTRITION OF DAIRY ANIMALS

Course Code:   ANNU-7123

Credit Hours:              3(2-1)

Instructor:                   Dr. Nasir Ali Tauqir

Email:                          [email protected]

DESCRIPTION & OBJECTIVES

This post-graduate level course is aimed at nutrition of dairy animals for better milk production and health. It focuses on milk production problems related to nutrition and process of ingestion, digestion and metabolism of different essential nutrients in dairy animals. To apprise students about nutritional requirement and nutritional management of dairy animals

INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
Students will be able to explain the physiology of udder and mechanisms of milk production.
Students will understand the role of nutrients requirements for milk production.
Nutritional management of breeding bulls, dairy cows at different physiological stages
Metabolic Health related aspects of dairy animals.
COURSE CONTENTS

Theory: Digestive physiology: Digestion and absorption; Factors affecting digestion; Feed resources: Fodders, crop residues and concentrates; Nutritional requirements of different classes of dairy animals; Requirements for maintenance, growth, production, and reproduction; Feeding systems: Feeding on complete feed, fodder plus supplementation, silage, haylage and hay; Feed formulation for calves, heifers, dry, pregnant and lactating cows; Nutritional management of breeding bulls; Minerals and reproduction in dairy. Feeding of high yielding cows; Bypass proteins, lipids and feeding frequency; Feeding management of dairy animals under tropical conditions; Nutritional disorders and deficiency diseases; Nutrition and milk quality. Feed additives and feed supplements; efficient usage of urea and other NPN sources in dairy feeding.

PRACTICAL

Digestion trials; Measurement of digestion kinetics; Digestibility through indicator methods; computerized feed formulation for different classes of animals; Hay and silage preparation.

READING
Sarwar, M. and S.A. Chaudhary. 2000. The Rumen: Digestive Physiology and Feeding Management. Friends Science Publishers, Faisalabad.
Etgen, W.M. and P.M. Reaves. 1992. Dairy Cattle Feeding and Management. John Wiley & Sons, New York, USA.
Minson, D.J. 1990. Forage in Ruminant Nutrition. Harcourt Brae Jovanovich Publishers, New York, USA.
Ensminger, M.E., J.E. Oldfield and W.W. Heinemann. 1990. Feed and Nutrition Digest. The Ensminger Publishing Company, Clovis, CA, USA.
Gupta, L. and A.L. Taparia. 2012. Startegic Livestock Feeding for Sustainable Production. Narendra Publishing House, India.
Pond, W.G. and D.C. Church. 2005. Basic Animal Nutrition and Feeding. Wiley, India.
Alderman, G. 1993. Energy and Protein Requirements of Ruminants. CAB International, Wallingford, Oxon, U.K.

COURSE SCHEDULE

WEEKS	TOPICS AND READINGS	BOOK WITH PAGE NUMBERS	DATES
	Digestive physiology: Digestion and absorption; Factors affecting digestion (Practical Digestion trials	Applied Animal Nutrition (Feeds and Feeding) by Peter R. Cheeke ( Page 201-224)	2-5 March 2020
2	Digestive physiology: Digestion and absorption; Factors affecting digestion (Practical) Digestion trials	Manual of Animal Nutrition by Mathut and N. Arora (page 74-88) Nutrient Metabolism in Ruminant by Sarwar (Page 211-90, 299-373) The Ruminant animal digestive physiology and Nutrition by D.C Church (313-325)	9-12 March 2020
3	Feed resources: Fodders, crop residues and concentrates; (Practical) Measurement of digestion kinetics.	Animal Nutrition (7th edition) by McDonald (page 70-77)	16-19 March 2020
4	Nutritional requirements of different classes of dairy animals; Requirements for maintenance, growth, production, and reproduction; (Practical) Measurement of digestion kinetics.	Nutrient Metabolism in Ruminant by Sarwar (Page 211-90, 299-373)	23-26 March 2020
5	Nutritional requirements of different classes of dairy animals; Requirements for maintenance, growth, production, and reproduction; (Practical) Measurement of digestion kinetics	Animal Nutrition (7th edition) by McDonald (page 70-77)	30 March 2 April 2020
6	Nutritional requirements of different classes of dairy animals; Requirements for maintenance, growth, production, and reproduction; (Practical) Digestibility experiments	Applied Animal Nutrition (Feeds and Feeding) by Peter R. Cheeke ( Page 201-224)	6-9 April 2020
7	Feeding systems: Feeding on complete feed, fodder plus supplementation (Practical) Demonstration of analytical techniques for mineral ( Iron )	Nutrient Metabolism in Ruminant by Sarwar (Page 211-90, 299-373)	13-16 April 2020
8	Feeding systems: Feeding on complete feed, fodder plus supplementation (Practical) Digestibility through indicator methods	Applied Animal Nutrition (Feeds and Feeding) by Peter R Cheeke ( Page 201-224) Manual of Animal Nutrition by Mathut and N. Arora (page 74-88) Animal Nutrition (7th edition) by McDonald (page 70-77)	20-23 April 2020
9	Mid Test		27-30 April 2020
10	silage, haylage and hay (Practical) Digestibility through indicator methods	The Ruminant animal digestive physiology and Nutrition by D.C Church (313-325)	4-7 May 2020
11	Feed formulation for calves, heifers, dry, pregnant and lactating cows; (Practical) computerized feed formulation for different classes of animals	Animal Nutrition (7th edition) by McDonald (page 70-377)	11-14 May 2020
12	Nutritional management of breeding bulls; Minerals and reproduction in dairy (Practical) computerized feed formulation for different classes of animals	The Ruminant animal digestive physiology and Nutrition by D.C Church (313-325)	18-21 May 2020
13	Feeding of high yielding cows (Practical) Feed formulation for different classes of animals	Nutrient Metabolism in Ruminant by Sarwar (Page 211-90, 299-373)	25-28 May 2020
14	Bypass proteins, lipids and feeding frequency (Practical) computerized feed formulation for different classes of animals	Animal Nutrition (7th edition) by McDonald (page 70-377)	1-4 June 2020
15	Nutritional disorders and deficiency diseases Practical) Hay and silage preparation	The Ruminant animal digestive physiology and Nutrition by D.C Church (313-325)	8-11 June 2020
16	Nutrition and milk quality. Feed additives and feed supplements; efficient usage of urea and other NPN sources in dairy feeding. Practical) Hay and silage preparation	The Ruminant animal digestive physiology and Nutrition by D.C Church (313-325)	15-18 June 2020
17	Revision		22-25 June 2020
18	Final term		29-30 June 2020

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Sessional: 04

Mid-term: 06

Final Exam: 10

Practical: 20

RUELS AND REGULATIONS

Following items are mandatory:

80% class attendance.
Maintenance of Practical Copy.
Participation in all practical performances or class activities.
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