SMALL RUMINANT PRODUCTION SYSTEMS: | Makerere University Courses

Course Code:

ANS 4205

Course Credit Units:

3

Semester:

Semester 2

Year of Study:

Year 4

Undergraduate or Graduate Level:

Undergraduate Level

Academic Programs:

Bachelor Of Science In Agriculture

College:

College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

School:

School of Agricultural Sciences

Department:

Agribusiness & Natural Resource Economics

Course Discipline:

Agriculture

Course Description & Objectives:

General introduction: importance of small ruminants; major production systems in Uganda; traditional types of livestock production systems. Management of small ruminants: Special features of small ruminants; Small ruminants as sources of meat and milk; Constraints to increased productivity. Reproduction: brief review of physiology of reproduction; basic concepts of reproduction; reproductive performance . objective:

To impart technical and practical skills to students that are necessary for efficient and sustainable production of small ruminants.

Learning Outcomes:

equip students with competences for delivery of services to practitioners engaged in small ruminants production,
equip students with knowledge and skills of assessing cultural, social-economic and environmental issues affecting sustainable small ruminant production.