This scheme contains week, topics, units, teacher and learners activities to help guide teachers in preparation of lesson note.

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY SS 3 FIRST TERM
1 Animal improvement
i. Definition of animal improvement
ii. Aims/importance of animal improvement
Teacher/Learners Activities
i. Teacher guides the classroom discussion
ii. Students participate actively in the discussion
2 Animal improvement
i. Methods of farm animal improvement
– Introduction, advantages and disadvantages
– Selection, advantages and disadvantages

Teacher/Learners Activities
i. Teacher guides the classroom discussion
ii. Students participate actively in the discussion
3 Animal improvement
i. Methods of farm animal improvement
– Breeding, advantages and disadvantages
– Hybridization, advantages and disadvantages
Teacher/Learners Activities
i. Teacher guides the classroom discussion
ii. Students participate actively in the discussion
4 Artificial insemination
i. Meaning of artificial insemination
ii. Methods of artificial insemination
Artificial vagina
Massage method
Electro-ejaculation
Recovery of semen from vagina after service
Teacher/Learners Activities
i. Teacher guides the classroom discussion
ii. Teacher demonstrates semen collection
5 Practical on artificial insemination
Teacher/Learners Activities
i. The teacher organizes visit to an established farm
ii. The teacher displays artificial insemination equipment/tools.
Teacher/Learners Activities
i. The teacher provides videos of artificial insemination for students to watch
6. Advantages and disadvantages of artificial insemination
i. Advantages of artificial insemination
ii. Disadvantages of artificial insemination
Teacher/Learners Activities
i. Teacher directs classroom discussion
ii. Students participate actively
iii. Teacher displays pictures/charts.
7 Farm animal diseases and agents
i. Define disease
ii. State the disease causing organisms
iii. Discuss factors that predispose farm animals to diseases
iv. Basic symptoms of farm animal diseases.
Teacher/Learners Activities
i. Teacher directs classroom discussion
ii. Students participate actively

iii. Teacher displays pictures/charts.
8 Disease causing agents
Discuss the disease causing agents and their mode of transmission
i. bacteria
ii. virus
iii. fungi
iv. protozoa
Teacher/Learners Activities
i. Teacher directs classroom discussion
ii. Students participate actively
9 Livestock parasites and pests
i. Meaning of livestock parasites/pests
ii. Classes of livestock parasites e.g. ectoparasite, endopararsite
iii. Effects of parasites on farm animals
Teacher/Learners Activities
i. Teacher displays live parasites
ii. Displays pictures of farm animals affected by parasite
10 Practical on farm animal disease
i. Visit to a veterinary clinic to observe live sick farm animals
ii. Observation of and collection of ecto parasites of farm animals
iii. Observation of and collection of endo parasites of farm animals
Teacher/Learners Activities
i. Students to watch videos of sick farm animals
ii. Students to make collection of animal parasites in the laboratory
11 Practical on farm animal disease
i. Visit to an established poultry farm.
ii. Students to observe the school poultry birds for symptoms of disease and write report on them.
iii. The teacher demonstrates control measures of farm animal parasites
12 Revision
13 Examination

ANIMAL HUSBANDERY SS3 SECOND TERM
1 Prevention and control of farm animal diseases

  • I). Methods of disease control Quarantine
  • Vaccination
  • Inoculation
  • Hygiene
  • Good feeding
  • Rotational grazing etc.

Teacher/Learners Activities
I). The teacher directs the classroom discussion
II). The students
participate actively in the class
2 Prevention and control of livestock parasites
i). Methods of parasites control

  • Isolation
  • Hygiene
  • Use of chemicals
  • Rotational grazing

Teacher/Learners Activities
I). The teacher directs the classroom discussion
II). The students participate actively in the class
3 Practical on livestock disease and parasite control
i). Demonstration of various disease and pest control methods in the school farm
ii). Visit to a veterinary clinic to observe the animal health workers
Students are assigned to control disease in the school farm animals
4-12 REVISION/MOCK/WASSCE/SSCE

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