About Course
Course Objective
To provide participants with a basic understanding of the poultry sector in Nigeria while introducing them to the opportunities involved in making poultry farming a good investment alternative.
Course Benefit
At the end of the program participants should be able to;
- Understand the various components of Poultry Farming
- Identify and manage poultry diseases
- Understand the feed components
- Learn to maximize the opportunities the poultry sector holds in Nigeria.
Course description
This introduction to Poultry production course is designed to assist participants in developing their knowledge and understanding of poultry farming and enable them to make reasonable assessments of the poultry enterprise, opportunities, and limitations.
Course Content
Basic introduction to Poultry Farming
- Introduction
- Challenges of Poultry farming
- Current situation in Nigeria
Major components of Poultry Farming
- Selection of stock
- Housing and Equipment
- Poultry Feed Management
- Biosecurity, Hygiene and Health Management
- Egg Production
- Meat Production
- Breeding
- Poultry feed production
- Poultry processing and packaging
- Poultry equipment manufacturing
Poultry Disease and Management
- Introduction
- Common Disease symptoms in Poultry
- Types of Poultry Disease
- How to manage poultry diseases
- Introduction
- Management of Hatchery
- Methods of incubation
- Considerations of incubation
- Introduction
- Types of Feed
- Requirements for Feed Formulation
- Important Tips on Feed Formulation
- Introduction
- Advantages of poultry farming
- Steps to starting a poultry business