Department of Food Production

LEVEL: II

SEMESTER: 2 

COURSE TITLE: ANIMAL HEALTH AND MANAGEMENT

NUMBER OF CREDITS: 3

PRE-REQUISITES: AGLS 1001

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Health and disease; public health, veterinary medicine and food security; losses caused by diseases; the environment and management and animal diseases; epidemiology ,public health and zoonosis, elements of milk and meat hygiene; predisposition to disease; causes of disease; body defences and immunity; immunity and inflammation, bio security and disease surveillance, prophylaxis and vaccinations, bio diagnosis of disease; clinical examination; disease prevention and control; control of helminth diseases; diseases of newborn/neonate; chagas’ disease; trichomoniasis; coccidiosis, cryptosporidiosis, toxoplasmosis, babesiosis, anaplasmosis, fascioliasis,, paramphistomosis, Moniezia, taeniasis, haemonchosis, dictyocaulosis, oesophagostomosis, stephanurosis, bunostomosis, metastrongylosis, ascariasis, trichinellosis, screwworm, ticks, vampire bats, foot-and-mouth disease/aftosa, swine fever/hog cholera; rabies; heartwater; cowdrosis; Newcastle disease; fowl pox; chronic respiratory disease, aspergillosis, pullorum; mastitis; Johne’s disease/paratuberculosis; pasteurellolsis; brucellosis; tuberculosis; anthrax; type D enterotoxaemia; blackleg; tetanus; footrot; dermatophilosis; neonatal diseases; parturient paresis; hypomagnesaemic tetany; pregnancy toxaemia; neonatal diseases and breeding for disease resistance; milk and meat hygiene.

ASSESSMENT: Coursework 40% Final Examination 60%