BEEF PRODUCTION AND RANGE MANGEMENT

Principles and practices of beef cattle management; routine management of beef cattle, effects of environment on productivity of beef cattle, Applied Beef cattle nutrition; principal nutrition requirements of different classes of beef cattle, voluntary intake and factors controlling it, grazing management of beef cattle with emphasis on grass/legume swards, feedlot feeding systems, agro-forestry systems specific for rangelands/pastoral systems, Breeding control; implanting, pasture breeding, bull selection, pedigree bulls, Beef cattle animal health management and welfare; guidelines in control of animal diseases, role of quarantine, disease free zones, zoonotic diseases and diseases of economic importance Beef industry in Uganda; cattle population dynamics in Uganda .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  objectives: 

• To introduce students to the basic principles and concepts of beef cattle and rangeland management
• To Provide students with skills in rangeland management and sustainable production of beef animals
• To provide students with skills for monitoring and evaluation of the condition of rangelands and designing appropriate measures for restoring degraded rangelands