DIPLOMA IN ANIMAL HUSBANDRY & DAIRY TRAINING (2 YEAR)
🐄 Diploma in Animal Husbandry & Dairy Training (2 Years)
📚 Syllabus
📘 1st Year
- Introduction to Animal Husbandry and Dairy Science
- Role in Indian economy
- Classification of animals and breeds
- Animal Anatomy and Physiology
- Structure and function of body systems in cattle, buffalo, goat, sheep
- Understanding digestive, reproductive, and circulatory systems
- Livestock Management
- Housing, breeding, feeding, and hygiene
- Care during pregnancy and lactation
- Dairy Management Practices
- Milking methods and milk handling
- Clean milk production and storage
- Animal Nutrition
- Feed types (green, dry, concentrate)
- Balanced ration preparation and feeding schedules
- Basic Animal Health Care and First Aid
- Common livestock diseases and prevention
- Deworming, vaccination schedules, first aid
- Field Visits and Practical Training – I
- Local dairy farms, veterinary clinics, and breeding centers
- Hands-on exposure to daily farm activities
📘 2nd Year
- Animal Breeding and Genetics
- Principles of breeding
- Artificial insemination (AI) and record-keeping
- Advanced Dairy Technology
- Pasteurization, processing, and packaging
- Basics of dairy product preparation (ghee, curd, paneer)
- Poultry and Small Ruminant Management
- Rearing chickens, goats, and sheep
- Feeding, disease control, and farm economics
- Fodder Production and Farm Management
- Growing and storing fodder crops
- Seasonal feeding and cost management
- Extension Education and Communication Skills
- Farmer training, rural outreach
- Record maintenance, communication with vets and cooperatives
- Farm Waste Management and Sustainability
- Bio-gas from animal waste
- Organic manure and compost preparation
- Field Visits and Practical Training – II
- Advanced practice in dairy units, AI centers
- Preparation of project/report for final evaluation