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Fundamentals of Animal Production

Course Description: An introduction to the importance of animal production globally and in the Kingdom specifically – problems of animal production in the Kingdom – breeds of farm animals and poultry and their classification – care of farm animals and poultry – establishment of farm and poultry farms – principles of nutrition, physiology, and breeding of farm animals and poultry – milk, meat, and egg production – daily and seasonal operations on animal production farms – programs for developing animal production in the Kingdom.
Credit hours: 3
Prerequisites: ZOOL101
Objectives of the course :

. Providing students with knowledge related to livestock production problems in the Kingdom and ways to solve them.
. To equip students with the foundations of care, nutrition, and reproduction for livestock and poultry production.
. Providing the student with the fundamentals of establishing livestock and poultry farms.

Course outputs :

. Students' ability to differentiate between cattle, sheep, goat, and poultry breeds.
. Students' ability to understand the processes involved in livestock and poultry production farms.
. Students' ability to become familiar with the fundamentals of education, nutrition, care, and reproduction.

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  • Last updated: 2026-06-17

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