The Applied Poultry Nutrition course explains the digestive system in birds and the function of each part of it. It also shows the nutrients in terms of their composition, classification, importance, sources, digestion and absorption. It enables the student to determine the nutritional needs of meat birds, laying eggs, turkeys and mothers, and how to form balanced diets for poultry using a computer. It provides a general idea of the technologies of feed mills and the problems related to them.
Bypass successfully this course, the student should be able to:
a. Knowledge and understanding:
- Learn about the parts and components of the digestive system in birds and the function of each.
- Learn about the nutrients in poultry feed in terms of their composition, classification, importance, sources, digestion and absorption.
- Remember the nutritional needs of meat birds, laying hens, turkeys, and broilers.
- Explain how to form balanced relationships using a computer.
- Describe the elements of managing feed mills and related problems.
b. Mental skills:
- Connect the parts and components of the digestive system in birds in the digestion and absorption of various nutrients.
- Compare the different nutrients in terms of their composition, classification, importance, sources, digestion and absorption.
- Compare the nutritional needs of broiler, laying, and turkey broilers.
- Apply computer techniques in forming balanced poultry diets.
- Compare the elements of managing feed mills and the problems related to each of them.
c. Scientific and professional skills:
- Use the functions of the digestive system in birds to raise the efficiency of poultry performance.
- Propos fodder materials provide balanced nutritional elements to feed poultry and meet their needs for various nutrients.
- Determine the nutritional needs of broilers, laying hens, turkeys and broodstock.
- Formulate balanced diets for poultry.
- Coordinate between the elements of the feed mills management for the production of poultry feed.
d. Generic and transferable skills:
- Adhere to the rules of the college and the department.
- Adhere to work ethics.
- Communicate with others within a group work team.
- Solve the problems he faces.
- Use computer technologies and modern scientific media.
