Fundamentals of animal management and production: nutrition; feeds and feeding; reproduction and breeding; animal welfare and health; housing and equipment; animal-environment interactions. Introduction to farm animal industries, their products and by-products: matching production of quality and safe food with protection and care of the environment. Fundamental skills of animal husbandry: rationing; weighing and tagging; usage of preventive and diagnostic equipment; animal's environment; evaluation of body condition score; performance records. Animal behaviour. Animal housing evaluation. Principles of agronomy. Crop-environment interactions. Crop physiology. Crop propagation. Cropping systems. Agrometeorology. Field operations and techniques in crop production. Applications of management principles to farm production activities.
Faculty
Department
FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE
Combination of APS & AFS
Contact Details
Administrative assistant: Mr. ABEELUCK Yajyushsingh
Telephone: 4037400
Email: aofoa-exam@uom.ac.mu
