Bypass successfully this course, the student should be able to:
a. Knowledge and understanding:
- Learn about milk production and the most important breeds in Libya and
the world.
- Identify the factors affecting the fertility of dairy cows.
- Review the stages of milk production and the influencing factors.
- Adjust the nutritional needs of cows according to productive status
and age.
- Compare suitable genetic improvement methods for each trait.
b. Mental skills:
- Enumerate the economic importance of raising dairy cattle.
- Links environmental and genetic factors affecting herd fertility.
- Explain the difference between milk production stages and their causes.
- Select the best crops and forages to feed the cows.
- Compare suitable genetic improvement methods for each trait to
address the problems of low production.
c. Scientific and professional skills:
- Design a typical dairy farm.
- Suggest appropriate solutions to treat low fertility.
- Design automatic milking parlors.
- Suggest nutritional additions that increase the quality of the feed.
- Decide whether to use crossbreeding or selection in the herd
according to the target trait.
d. Generic and transferable skills
- Adhere to the time and regulations of the faculty and the department.
- Adhere to university student ethics.
- Communicate with specialists and relevant persons.
- Use computers and the Internet.
