Official NUC CCMAS syllabus
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Start studying ABE 503 free →Production systems: rearing, fattening and milk production systems. Rearing systems: objectives; nomadic, transhumant, sedentary, scavenging and industrial (ranching) – organisation, personnel and infrastructures. Design, construction and equipment for housing for pigs, sheep, goats, domestic fowls, cattle and dairy cattle. Fattening production systems: Grass and intensive fattening. Milk production systems: factors limiting tropical milk production; milking bail; milking parlour: selection, design and types. Environmental requirements for animals. Environmental impact on animal growth and reproduction on their general physiology. Assessment of thermal comfort. Parametres affecting thermal comfort of animals. ASHRAE comfort charts. Ventilation systems: natural and automated. Aerodynamics of animal buildings. Building design methodology. Integrating animals with their environment through building designs. Disease control: Causes, factors favouring transmission. Design of buildings to control diseases. Animal waste management: Characteristics of animal wastes. Objectives of waste treatment; aerobic and anaerobic treatment of waste; manure disposal equipment. Excursion: Visit to a functional biogas plant.
Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study ABE 503.