LIVESTOCK HEALTH I (introduction to livestock health)

Introduction.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:



To differentiate between health and disease.
To explain importance of keeping animals healthy.

Q/A: Health and disease; and their economic importance.

KLB BK II Pg 115-6

LIVESTOCK HEALTH I (introduction to livestock health)

Signs of good health.
Predisposing factors of animal diseases. Causes of animal diseases.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To explain signs that help to identify a healthy animal.
To identify and explain predisposing factors of animal diseases.

To describe causes of animal diseases.

Discussion: Physical appearance, physiological body functions and morphological conditions of the animal body.


Q/A & Detailed discussion.


Detailed description of nutritional causes, physical causes and chemical causes.

different animals
charts

KLB BK II Pg 116-8
KLB BK II Pg 119-120

LIVESTOCK HEALTH I (introduction to livestock health)

Bacterial animal diseases.
Viral animal diseases. Protozoan diseases.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To identify bacterial diseases of livestock.

Detailed discussion of bacterial diseases and their control.

Chart: Bacterial diseases, causal organism and animals affected.
Chart: Viral diseases, causal organism and animals affected.
Chart: protozoan diseases, causal organism and animals affected.

KLB BK II Pg 122-124

LIVESTOCK HEALTH I (introduction to livestock health)

Management of diseases.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To explain general methods of diseases control.

Q/A: Control of nutritional diseases.
Discussion: Importance of proper housing, isolation / slaughtering of sick animals, imposition of quarantine, prophylaxis, vaccination, vector control, e.t.c.

student book

KLB BK II Pg 125-8

LIVESTOCK HEALTH I (introduction to livestock health)
LIVESTOCK HEALTH II (PARASITES)

Handling livestock.
Keds, fleas and lice.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To describe appropriate methods of handling livestock.

Q/A: Handling of animals during treatment, milking, inspecting, e.t.c.
Discussion: Other activities necessitating proper handling of animals, i.e. drenching, injecting, controlling mastitis, hand spraying.
Q/A: Sites that should be sprayed with acarides.

student booK
illustrative diagrams of parasites

KLB BK II Pg 129-131

LIVESTOCK HEALTH II (PARASITES)

Ticks. One-host tick.
Two-host tick. Three-host tick. Tick control.
The tapeworm (Taenia spp).

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To list down effects of ticks on livestock.

To describe the life cycle of one-host tick.

To describe the life cycle of two-host tick.

To describe the life cycle of twice-host tick.

To explain measures of controlling ticks.

Q/A: Harmful effects of ticks.


Exposition
Explanations
Exposition and explanations.
Represent the life cycles diagrammatically.


Detailed discussion
Assignment.

Chart-Life cycle oF one-host tick.  illustrative diagrams of parasites
Chart-Life cycles of ticks.  illustrative diagrams of parasites
illustrative diagrams of parasites

KLB BK II Pg 138-140
KLB BK II Pg 141-3

LIVESTOCK HEALTH II (PARASITES)

Lifecycle of a tapeworm.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To describe the lifecycle of a tapeworm.
To state control measures of tapeworms in livestock.

Exposition and explanations of the life cycle.
Q/A and brief discussion.

Chart- Life cycle of a pork tapeworm.

KLB BK II Pg 147-8

LIVESTOCK HEALTH II (PARASITES)
LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION (NUTRITION)

Roundworms (Ascaris spp).
Liver fluke.
Food components.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To identify symptoms of attack by roundworms.
To describe the life cycle of a roundworm.
To explain measures of controlling roundworm.

To identify the components of food in animal feeds.

To state functions of water in an animal.
To state functions of carbohydrates, proteins, fats, oils, vitamins, in an animal body.

Q/A and brief discussion.

Detailed discussion of life cycle.
Q/A: Measures of control.
Use a flow chart to show food components.

Q/A and brief discussion


Q/A and detailed discussion; sources, deficiency, symptoms

illustrative diagrams of parasites
illustrative diagrams of  liver fluke.
illustrative chart of Components of food.



Seed cakes, fish meal, bone meal,
Lucerne.

KLB BK II Pg 148-151
KLB BK II Pg 158-64

LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION (NUTRITION)

Minerals.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To identify important minerals for livestock.

Discussion: Types of minerals, their sources and deficiency symptoms.

student book

KLB BK II Pg 165-169

LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION (NUTRITION)

Feeds and Feedstuffs.
Feed additives.
To concept of rationing. Maintenance ration Production ration.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To differentiate between a feed and a feedstuff.
To describe the composition of dry and succulent roughages.
To state and explain the composition of energy concentrates and protein concentrates.


To define food ration; balanced ration.

To define maintenance ration.
To state factors affecting maintenance ration.
To explain characteristics of a balanced ration.

Exposition, discussion and giving relevant examples.
Detailed discussion.

&

Probing questions.

 pictures of roughages and concentrates.
student book

KLB BK II Pg 169-171
KLB BK II Pg 172-3

LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION (NUTRITION)

Feed digestibility Feed nutritive values.
Computation of animal feeds. Trial and error method. Pearson?s Square method.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To define feed digestibility.
To calculate % digestibility of a feed.
To explain factors affecting food digestibility.
To define terms used to express feed value.

Exposition of new concepts.
Problem solving discussion. Exposition and discussion of other terms used to express feed value: calorific value, dry matter, starch equivalent, TDN, CP, DCP and CF.

Chart- Nutritive values of some feeds.
Calculators..

KLB BK II Pg 173-4

LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION (NUTRITION)

General process of digestion.
Digestion in non-ruminants.
Digestion in Ruminants.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To describe the general process of digestion.
To identify the components of the stomach.
To state the functions of each compartment.
To state differences and similarities between digestive systems of ruminants and non-ruminants.

Detailed discuss ion of digestion in the mouth, stomach, small intestines and colon.

Students observe the four compartments of a ruminant?s stomach.
Discussion: Structure and functions of each compartment.
Q/A: Students highlight differences and similarities between ruminants and non-ruminants.

illustrative diagram of General digestive system.
illustrative diagrams  of Specific digestive
systems.
diagram digestive system of a cow,
Pieces of stomach compartments of a cow.

KLB BK II Pg 179-185
KLB BK II Pg 187-8