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Practical guide to Animal handling and care

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 TABLE OF CONTENT
Manual 1 – Monogastrics (Poultry, Rabbits and Swine) Practicals

Practical Class 1: Identificatiojn of the Body Parts of the Chicken 13

Practical Class 2: Some Terms in the Poultry Industry 16
Practical Class 3: Classification of Major Breeds of Chicken 18
Practical Class 4: Identification of Modern Strains of Chicken 22
Practical Class 5: Handling and Restraining Chicken 25
Practical Class 6: Management of Ecto-parasites 27
Practical Class 7: Hygiene and Cleanliness 30
Practical Class 8: Control of Vice-Habits I 31
Practical Class 9: Control of Vice-Habits II 35
Practical Class 10: Control of Vice-Habits III 41
Practical Class 11: Enhancing Chicken Performance 1 43
Practical Class 12: Estimating Chicken Body Weight and Flock Uniformity 45
Practical Class 13: Homogenous Mixing of Flock in a deep litter House 47
Practical Class 14: Preventing Smouldering of Chickens on the Deep Litter 49
Practical Class 15: Enhancing Chicken Performance 2 50
Practical Class 16: Rearing Skills 1 51
Practical Class 17: Rearing Skills 2 52
Practical Class 18: Management Skills 1 55
Practical Class 19: Management Skills 2 57
Practical Class 20: Management Skills 3 59
Practical Class 21: Intricate Management Skills 1 61
Practical Class 22: Intricate Management Skills 2 62
Practical Class 23: Rodent Control 63
Supplement 1: Biosecurity and Health Care of Farm Animals 65
Supplement 2: Simple Biosecurity Measures that can be adopted on Farms
and Around Livestock 75
Practical Class 24: Rabbits 79
Practical Class 25: Technique for Restraining Rabbit and Administering Injection 84
Practical Class 26: Pigs 88
Practical Class 27: Handling Pigs for Research Purpose 91
Practical Class 28: Handling for Lifting/Picking-up Pigs 95
Practical Class 29: Socialization of Pigs 100
Practical Class 30: Managing Stress during Handling of Pigs 102

Manual 2 – Mini-livestock Practicals

Practical Class 31: Guinea Pigs 105
Practical Class 32: Grasscutters (Cane Rats) 107

Manual 3 – Ruminant (Cattle, Sheep and Goats) Practicals

Practical Class 33: Identification of Body parts of Cattle, Sheep and Goats 110
Practical Class 34: Breed Identification of Cattle, Sheep and Goats 112
Practical Class 35: Ruminant Animal Handling 122
Practical Class 36: Animal Identification 127
Practical Class 37: Dentition and Age determination 129
Practical Class 38: Deworming/Drenching 131
Practical Class 39: External parasite Control 133
Practical Class 40: Hoof Trimming 135
Practical Class 41: Castration 137
Practical Class 42: Dehorning/Disbudding 139
Practical Class 43: Hand Milking 141
Practical Class 44: Range Fencing 142
Description of Condition Score of Cattle 145
Description of Condition Score of Sheep and Goats 145

References 146
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