B.Sc. (Animal Husbandry)

What is B.Sc. in Animal Husbandry?

In simple terms, animal husbandry is a discipline that deals with aspects such as animal care, breeding and raising of livestock. The main aim of this discipline is to care, breed and raise animals that provide us with meat, fibre, milk, eggs, or other useful products.

        Animal husbandry brings with it many challenges such as – nutrition, diseases, shelter management, sustainable farming, lack of resources, lack of suitable climate etc. The discipline puts to use various techniques and knowledge to find solutions to these problems.

Dairy science deals with aspects such as – milk production, dairy products, storage and preservation, marketing etc. This discipline uses concepts of biology and chemistry to boost milk production in cattle. It also deals with management of their shelter, food, and nutrition.

 B.Sc. Animal Husbandry and Dairying is an undergraduate level course. Technically, it is a bachelor’s degree course. The academic program is 3 years long. Each academic year is divided into two semesters. Each semester is six months long. The entire program consists of six such semesters.

Why do you study animal husbandry?

The course helps those who want to go for a further higher degree and have good academic records. They should have the capacity of caring for animals, could understand their problems as they cannot speak and to some extent risk-taker (as some animals become risky and hit the caretakers).

Scope of the Course:

• Candidates can get jobs in private as well as public sectors in dairy farms, cooperatives, dairy product manufacturing and processing industries and quality control departments. 
• Besides people having a biology background also have job opportunities in dairy industries for tasks like breeding, production, pasteurization, processing, etc.
• Those having management backgrounds have job prospects in marketing and distribution etc.  
• The course also helps those who want to go in the field of dairy technology should not mind living away from cities in rural areas without basic comforts and should be comfortable working in cattle fields.

B.Sc. Animal Husbandry and Dairying Employment Areas

• Academic Institutes
• Agriculture Sector
• Animal Research Centers
• Dairy Products companies
• Milk Plants
• Veterinary Hospitals

B.Sc. Animal Husbandry and Dairying Job Types

• Assistant Sales Manager
• Dairy Sales Executive
• Institutional Sales/Business Development Manager
• Junior Logistics Officer
• Market Development Manager
• Quality Control Head
• Veterinary Officer

Syllabus of the Course:

Syllabus of Animal Husbandry and Dairying as prescribed by various Universities and Colleges.

ELIGIBILITY:

Aspiring students should have completed 10+2 examination with Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, and English or Physics, Chemistry, Biology or Agriculture with a minimum aggregate of 50 % marks.