Trimester 1

Dear Students,

Welcome to the course (Introduction to animal anatomy and physiology). This course contains Three components: Anatomy (7 Credits); Physiology (7 Credits); Embryology & Histology (6 credits) of farm animals.  We wish you all the best in the this course and if you have any problem, please contact Lecturer in charge. This module will be taught by Dr Mwabonimana Marie-Francoise and Dr Joshua Katusime.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Welcome message to the online teaching of the Module” Forage production and pasture management"

Dear Students,

Greetings and welcome to the Module of "Forage production and pasture management"This module intends to equip you with knowledge and skills in forage production, management, utilization, and conservation for animal feeding . You are all requested to read the available teaching materials, try to interact in order to understand well the course. It is our sincere hope that you will find the module interesting and very useful for you as future Animal Scientists. We wish you success in your studies and your future

1.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE MODULE

The module of "Forage production and pasture management “ was designed to be taught in Bachelors of Science with Honours in Animal Production to Year 2 students

The module has 15 credits and it is divided into 2 components/units. It intended to cover different areas related to Pasture production and Management (Unit 1=7credits) and Range management(Unit 2=8 credits)

2. MODULE LEARNING OUTCOMES

 After successful completion of this module, student will be able to:

1. Define and classify of forages or fodder plant species available in Rwanda

2. Establish an Agrostological garden/forage demonstration farm.

3. Illustrate the methods of pasture management and the methods of pasture improvement

4. Discuss techniques of range exploitation and management

5. Predict the dynamism of the Rangeland and pastures

6. Interpretation of the data obtained after the determination of the nutritive value of forages and fodder plants in the laboratory

7. Description of the principal tropical natural pasture and the Rwandan natural pastures

8 Describe the methods of forage conservation and the different methods to improve nutritional value of the crop residues used in animal feeding

9. Calculate the productivity of the pastures and its carrying capacity

10. Apply the methods of forage conservation

3. ASSESSMENT PATTERN

The assessment method is summarized below:

4. TEACHING TEAM