DAP2104 Poultry production

This course equips students with knowledge and skills in commercial production of poultry species.

Course Objectives

• To train students in broiler and layer chicken production
• To train students in improvement of indigenous chicken production
• To train students in turkey production

Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course, learners should be able to:

• care for poultry in artificial brooding
• care for and produce broiler chickens
• care for layer chickens and produce table eggs
• produce hatching eggs and incubate them naturally and artificially
• care for breeding chickens
• identify some common diseases of poultry and administer prescribed treatments
• care for turkeys, geese, and quail
• improve the productivity of indigenous backyard poultry