Biostatistics is the application of statistical principles to questions and problems in medicine, public health,  biology or agriculture.

The main aim of the module is to provide tools and techniques for collecting agricurtural  data and then summarizing, analyzing, and interpreting them.

This module introduces   biostatistics basic concepts, logistic regression, chi-square distribution & the analysis of frequencies.

This is a practical course/field work where students will be taken through the cases that are presented:

To captivate understanding of common Veterinary conditions and factors associated with diseases and conditions affecting livestock in the field

To build a sense of research and scientific presentation of research findings,

To apply theoretical knowledge to practice thereby exploring the cause-disease interaction through the pathogenesis

To develop ability to work with farmers and enhance social skills.

To gain skills of planning a treatment schedule for each disease with regard to type of drug, effective dose and time of dosing.

To build capacity of students in order to monitor and evaluate cases of diseases and herd health.

To build rapport with neighbouring farmers and enhance  effective reporting and Communication (Feedback)

This course in Protozoology introduces the protozoal parasites of veterinary importance to students in second year of the BVM program. The main focus is on identification and description of each of the parasites, including epidemiological significance, and helping the students to have meaningful practical experience and to express their own findings from group discussions.

This module will allow students to demonstrate and to highlight how gender issues impede social and economic development of the country. In addition, to have a holistic view of the development with knowledge of social, cultural and economic development issues. Understand the importance of development endeavors

This module will help students to understand challenges and possible solutions for agricultural development and to understand concepts and theories of extension and existing agricultural policies

GENDER MAINSTREAMING is a component of RURAL SOCIOLOGY Module and is taught to students of level 5 in the department of veterinary medicine.  The aim of this course is to give students ability to understand the rationale of gender in agriculture, to identify the approaches to integrate gender and to analyze the gender mainstreaming in agricultural sector.

Aim: The main objective of this course is to become familiar with edapho-climatic conditions suitable for each crop, propagation method, recommended package of practices of producing main root and tuber crops in Rwanda as it was recommended by RAB (Rwanda Agriculture Board), cultural practices, critical period of weed control and pests and diseases control, indicators of crop maturity as well as harvest and post-harvest handling, future prospects in Rwanda; constraints; objectives; strategies; activities.

Content: origin and distribution of crop, botanical feature and taxonomy, important and uses of the crops, sowing method and time of sowing, methods of propagation effect of moisture stress on crop growth and produce, cultural practices, management requirements and harvesting methods and storage.

Expected Outcomes

Having successfully completed the module, students should be able to:

1. Differentiate botanical features and classify the crops, origin and center of introduction;
2. Define edopho-climatic requirement for most root and tuber crops (Irish potatoe, Sweet potatoes and cassava);
3. Understand the important of root an tuber crops;
4. Understand crop husband of cereal (from sowing to harvest); vegetative cycle of crop (Irish potatoe, Sweet potatoes and cassava) and recommended package of practices as well;
5. Having knowledge on root and tuber (Irish potatoe, Sweet potatoes and cassava) varieties avail in Rwanda, growing season and sowing method;
6. Describe most popular pests and diseases used to attach the above mentioned crops , harvest, post-harvest and processing.

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Chapter one: The meaning of agricultural policy and related concepts

1.Understanding the meaning of a policy

The aim of this module is to provide studentsw with the following skills:

Origin of soils

Evolution of soils

Degradation of soils

Management of soils

Brief description of aims and content

This course is designed primarily to introduce students to Pharmacology as a basic science in the practice of Veterinary Medicine. It provides a balance of instruction correlating the science of pharmacology with pharmacotherapeutics.  Scientific information, therapeutic effects, clinical usage, mechanism(s) of drug action, side effects, and toxicity are discussed for each class of drugs presented in the course.  This course reviews the effects of drugs on the major systems. Drugs that affect the cardiovascular, renal, gastrointestinal tract, endocrine, respiratory, musculoskeletal and integument as well as the haematopoietic systems are presented with emphasis on their mechanism of action, pharmacological effects, clinical uses and adverse effects.

In this module, organisms that can hamper the life of the plants will be studied, as organisms and in their interactions with plants. 

The aims of the course is to help the students to be acquainted with crop husbandry, and ecological 

Crop husbandry is a sub-discipline of Crop Science that covers different aspects of crop value chain.

At the end of the module