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ANIMAL HUSBANDRY SS2 FIRST TERM
1 Processing of animal products
i. Processing of eggs
ii. Processing of meat
Teacher/Learners Activities
Teacher demonstrates processing of animal products
Students are asked to make a collection of processed animal products
2 i. Processing of meat
ii. Processing of hide and skin
iii. Processing of wool
Teacher/Learners Activities
Teacher demonstrates processing of animal products.
Students are asked to make a collection of processed animal products.
3 Marketing of animal products
i. Definition of marketing
ii. Marketing channels
iii. Advantages and disadvantages of marketing channels
Teacher/Learners Activities
Teacher illustrates and demonstrates marketing channels
Students to participate in marketing of animal products from school farm.
4 Animal nutrition and classes of animal feed
i. Definition of animal nutrition
ii. importance of animal nutrition
iii. Classification of farm animal feeds
Teacher/Learners Activities
Teacher displays charts and pictures
Students are asked to make collection of common animal feeds
5 Sources of animal feed stuff
i. Carbohydrates and their sources
ii. Protein and their sources
iii. Fats and oils and their sources.
Teacher/Learners Activities
Students are asked to make collection of feed stuff and classify them
6 Sources of animal feed stuff
i. Vitamins and their sources
ii. Minerals and their sources
iii. Water and their sources
Teacher/Learners Activities
Teacher displays charts and pictures of various sources of feed stuff
Live specimens to be displayed by the teacher
7 Values and functions of various animal feed stuff
i. Supply of energy
ii. Help in milk production
iii. Help in tissue formation
iv. Repair of worn out tissues
v. Help in temperature regulation.
Teacher/Learners Activities
Teacher leads discussion in the classroom
Students participates in the classroom discussion
8 Values and function of various animal feed stuff
i. Insulates the body
ii. For growth and development
iii. Aid resistance to diseases
iv. Used in acid base balance
v. Essential for digestion of food.
Teacher/Learners Activities
Teacher leads classroom discussion and ensures that
students participate actively in the class
9 Practical on animal products processing
i. Meat processing
ii. Milk processing
iii. Egg processing
vi. Hide and skin processing
Teacher/Learners Activities
i. Teacher demonstrates meat processing stages
ii. Teacher organizes field trip to abbattoir
iii. Teacher provides videos of animal product processing for
students to watch in the laboratory.
10 Practical on animal nutrition
i. Identification and collection of animal feed stuff e.g. cereals, tubers, roughages, domestic waste.
ii. Plant and animal
sources of protein, fats and oils, vitamins etc
iii. Sources of water e.g. feeding sources, drinking sources and metabolic water.
Teacher/Learners Activities
Students to produce their individual feed stuff album
Teacher displays charts and pictures of various sources of feed stuff
11 Practical on animal nutrition

i. Preparation of hay, silage etc
ii. Preparation of poultry feeds
iii. Milling of animal feeds

Teacher/Learners Activities
Teacher demonstrates Preparation of hay, silage etc
Students work in groups to produce hay and silage
12 Revision
13 Examination

ANIMAL HUSBANDERY SS 2 SECOND TERM
1 Livestock rations
i. Definition of animal ration
ii. Types of rations e.g. balanced ration, maintenance ration and production ration
Teacher/Learners Activities
Teacher leads the classroom discussion and ensures that students participate actively
2 i. Distinguish between the various rations
ii. Identify the nutrients that constitute the various types of ration
Teacher/Learners Activities
Teacher leads the classroom discussion and ensures that students participate actively
3 Formulation of livestock ration
i. Methods of ration formulation
ii. Identification of ingredients for ration formulation e.g. blood meal, fish meal, cotton seed meal, bone meal, oyster shell, ground nut cake, maize grain, palm kernel cake etc.
iii. Factors to consider in formulation of animal ration.
Teacher/Learners Activities
i). Students to make collection of various feed ingrefients.
ii). Students to work in group to formulate animal ratio.
4 Malnutrition in livestock production
i. Definition of malnutrition
ii. Symptoms of malnutrition
iii. Causes of malnutrition
iv. Effects of malnutrition on livestock production
Teacher/Learners Activities
i. The teacher provides malnourished farm animals for students to watch.
5 Practical on formulation of livestock ration
i. Formulation of poultry feeds
ii. Preparation of hay, silage and husk
iii. Build an album of various ingredients used for formulation of animal feeds.
Teacher/Learners Activities
i. The teacher guides the students on the
preparation of hay, silage, husk etc
6 Practical on formulation of livestock ration
i. Formulation of ration for pigs, rabbit, sheep and goats
ii. Build an album of different feed stuff used for formulation of feeds for pigs, rabbit, sheep and goats.
Teacher/Learners Activities
The teacher groups the students into projrct groups to formulate rations for different classes of livestock
7 Pasture management practices
i. Meaning of pasture
ii. Meaning of forage crop
iii. Distinguish between pasture and forage crops
Teacher/Learners Activities
The teacher guides classroom discussion and ensure that students participate actively
8 Types of pasture

  • natural pasture
  • artificial pasture

9 Characteristics of pasture grasses legumes
Examples of pasture grasses e.g. guinea grass, elephant grass, bahama grass, northern gamba, giant star grass, spear grass.
Teacher/Learners Activities
The teacher exhibits the different pasture grasses for students to observe and identify them
10 Characteristics of pasture legumes
Examples of pasture legumes e.g. centro, tropical kudzu, stylo, calapo etc.

11. Practical on pasture grasses and legumes
i. Identification of common pasture grasses and their botanical names
ii. Identification of common pasture legumes and their botanical names
Teacher/Learners Activities
i. The students are asked to produce their individual pasture grasses and legume albums
12Revision
13 Examination

ANIMAL HUSBANDERYSS 2 THIRD TERM
1 Range land Definition of range land
Characteristics of range land
Teacher/Learners Activities
The teacher guides classroom discussion
Provides pictures/videos of a typical rangeland
Field trip to a rangeland

2 Importance of range land

Teacher/Learners Activities
State importance of range land e.g.

  • Provides balanced feeds
  • Provides protein needs
  • Source of cheap quality feeds for animals
  • Animals exercise themselves maximally
  • Reduce cost of feeding
  • Prevent soil erosion

3 Methods of range land improvement

  • Reseeding
  • Padlocking
  • Controlled stocking
  • Avoidance of overgrazing
  • Fertilizer application
  • Pest control
  • Controlled burning

Teacher/Learners Activities
The teacher guides classroom discussion
4 Practical Field trip to a rang
land

Collection of common pasture grasses from a range land
Collection of common pasture legumes from a rangeland.
Teacher/Learners Activities
Students exhibit their collections of pasture grasses and legumes in the laboratory
5 Factors affecting production of herbage in a range land

  • Rainfall
  • Grazing pattern
  • Grasses and legumes
  • Weed control
  • Disease and pest control
  • Drought resistance
  • Controlled burning
  • Irrigation

Teacher/Learners Activities
The teacher guides classroom discussion
6 Practical on animal feeds and feeding
Formulation of balanced feeds in the labouratory
Feeding of the school farm animals with the formulated feeds in the laboratory
Teacher/Learners Activities
Teacher demonstrates stages involved in formulation of balanced diet
Students are assigned to feed different farm animals available in the school farm.
7 Practical on animal feeds

Teacher/Learners Activities
Expose students to diet
formulation for different classes of farm animals e.g. Starter, Grower, Finisher
Students to identify different feed ingredients used for diet formulation e.g. Blood meal, Fish meal, Cotton seed, cake, System shell, Groundnut cake, Maize grains e.t.c
The teacher guides classroom discussion
The teacher provides formulated animal diet for students to observe
Students are asked to make a collection of feed ingredients
8 Practical ways of checking malnutrition in animal husbandry

  • Feeding balanced diet
  • Feeding weaker animals separately
  • Deworming of animals
  • Giving supplementary feeds and feeds additives to stimulate appetite
  • Adjust stock rate

Teacher/Learners Activities
The teacher guides discussion in the laboratory
Teacher demonstrates deworming and feeding of weaker animals
9 Practical on processing and marketing of animal products
Slaughtering and dressing of poultry, goat, sheep etc.
Marketing of processed animal products
The teacher demonstrates slaughtering and dressing of farm animals
Provides videos of farm animal processing for students to watch
10 Field trips Visit to a modern abattoir
Visit to meat shops in the market
Visit to cold room where animal products are stored
Teacher/Learners Activities
The teacher organizes a trip
Students are asked to write report on their visits to abattoir
11 Revision
12 Examination
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