General & Special Zootechnics (Lab)

To provide students of undergraduate studies, theoretical and practical training in subjects related to animal husbandry.

Objectives

Seeking the understanding of the work conducted in cowshed on the tribes kept their living quarters and manipulations involving nutrition and breeding of cows, as well as on the farm about breeds bred and living quarters, with dietary manipulations, the playing, the milking process, vaccinations and shearing for the breeds reared on the farm of TEACHING COURSES. The modus operandi of poultry farms. It also aims at familiarising the student with the body in the cow, sheep and pig and then with the conformation of the head and neck to allow the separation of assets and disadvantages in farm animals. Seeks to familiarize with the postures and movements of animals, as well as with the institutions swmatometrisewn and appreciation of various sizes onto the body of the cow.

Prerequisites

Not required.

Syllabus

The description of the tribes, the pens, the milking area, the manoeuvres on nutrition and the reproduction of cows at the dairy farm of the agricultural University of Athens. The tribes, the Interior and exterior spaces and the manoeuvres involve the separation of animals according to age and sex in the farm of the agricultural University of Athens. The manoeuvres are related to diet, breeding, milking, vaccinations and shearing during a year at the farm of the agricultural University of Athens. The presentation of the types of poultry farms, according to the productive direction. the description of countries (regions) in the body of the cow, sheep and pig and the description of the countries belonging to the anterior part of the body such as the country of the head and neck country. the description of countries (areas) that belong to the anterior part of the body such as Withers, back, chest, sides, the mesoskelo, the area and the thorax, and the countries of the forelimbs. the description of countries (areas) that belong to the rear of the body as the loin and the basin. the description of countries (areas) that belong to the rear of the body such as buttocks, abdomen, kenewnes and breasts. the description of countries (regions) of the hind limbs. The importance of stability of forelimbs in the attitude and the movement of the animal. The importance of stability of the rear limbs when stationary and when the movement of the animal. The different attitudes taken by cows when they stand upright or when lie. The on-site animal movements and gaits. The feasibility of the swmatometrisewn, organs of swmatometrisewn and the way to measure various dimensions in the body of the cow.