UPMSP Intermediate Animal Husbandry - Code 171 case studies
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UPMSP Intermediate Animal Husbandry (Code 171) is a Class 12 elective offered under the Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad intermediate curriculum, usually taken by students in the agriculture stream who want a practical, science-based subject alongside their compulsory papers. It suits candidates aiming at veterinary or dairy diplomas, agriculture degrees, livestock assistant and artificial insemination technician roles, or simply family farming where cattle, buffalo, goats and poultry are part of household income. The UPMSP Intermediate Animal Husbandry - Code 171 case studies are 5 cases and about 3,633 words.
1Ration balancing for a crossbred cow on a smallholder farm
Ramesh keeps three crossbred cows in a village near Etawah. His best cow, in third lactation and 45 days calved, weighs about 450 kg and gives 12 litres a day.
780 words, about 4 min2Mastitis, milk discard and antibiotic residue in a buffalo herd
A farmer in western Uttar Pradesh has eight Murrah buffaloes. One buffalo, six years old and three weeks calved, is off feed and has a hot, swollen left hind quarter.
735 words, about 4 min3Repeat breeding in a crossbred cow with poor body condition
A crossbred cow in her third lactation calved 150 days ago and has not conceived after four artificial inseminations. Her heat cycles are regular at about 21 days, heat lasts 10–12 hours, and cervical mucus is clear and copious with no pus.
715 words, about 4 min4Egg drop, soft shells and cannibalism in a layer flock
An 800-bird layer flock in a deep-litter house is 42 weeks old. Egg production has fallen from 85% to 68% in 10 days.
726 words, about 4 min5Choosing a milk marketing channel for a producer group
Forty smallholders in a block form a milk producer group. Together they produce about 600 litres a day, mostly buffalo milk.
677 words, about 3 min