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Instructor (Theory )
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LPRO-2906
Principles of Dairy Production Muhammad Qamer Shahid
Fall, 2023 PhD
Associate Professor

Office : 18, FAPT Ravi Campus

Department of Livestock Management

Department of Livestock Management
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Class Schedule
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At the end of the course students will be able to

Theory : • Set performance benchmarks for each class of dairy animals

Tuesday • Apply and recommend husbandry practices for
Wednesday different stages
Time • Identify risk factors for suboptimal performance

8:00 – 8:50

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Course Contents Course Contents

Topic Lectures Topic Lectures

Overview of dairy Industry 01 Feeding of dairy calves 03

Adaptive traits of dairy animals 02 Weaning of calves 01
Colostrum management 02 Management of dairy Heifers 01
Transition cow management 04
Midterm

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Course Contents Course Contents

Topic Lectures Topic Lectures

Lactation biology 02 Grouping strategies at farm 01

Milking management 02 Dry period management 01
Lactation curve analysis 01 Heat stress management 03
Time budgeting of dairy cows 01 Precision dairy farming 01
Feeding behavior of cows 01 Dairy cattle welfare 01

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Course Policies Reference material

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• Attendance
•Text book
•Will be maintained • Beede, D. H. 2017. Large Dairy Herd Management 3rd Edition. Champaign, IL , USA.
• Dairy Cattle Science 4th Edition by Tyler Howard and M E Ensminger
• Notes
•Will not be provided •Reference website
• https://dairy-cattle.extension.org
• Slides • www.calfnotes .com

•Will only be a note-taking guide •

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Journal of dairy science
Journal of dairy research
• Tropical animal health and production
• Quizzes • Animals, Animal, and others

•Will have a fair share

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Reflective Quiz
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•Enlist any five topics of your interest from

the course contents

•Enlist any topic that you want to be in the

course content

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