Abstract:
The industrial training which is carried out is meant to expose a. student practical skills -in the field énvironmen.t to prove their employment and future studies to gain knowledge and skill in their relevant fields.
During the period of two months that is to say 28th February- 6th May 2022, I conducted my industrial training at Bugiri Municipal Council and Veterinary Doctor under production department being supervised by Dr. Kisige Bumali as the field supervisor,
Bugiri Municipal Council is located in -the Northern part of Bugiri District along Kampala-Tororo highway: It started operating as Municipality in the year 2016. The production department was established with the aim of improving the production and productivity of livestock for example bovines, caprines, ovines, poultry, among others.
The department is headed by the M.P.O, M.V.O, M.A. O Fisheries officer at the Municipality.
To achieve the above aim, I was involved in many field activities such as:
• Meat inspection; this was to ensure-that any meat being sold to public for human consumption is safe to reduce the spread of Zoonotic diseases.
• Training of farmers; this was to encourage them to take farming as a business.
• Livestock Vaccination to prevent some diseases e.g., Newcastle disease in poultry.
• Monitoring of O WC inputs especially was done on cattle and sheep.
• Vaccination to prevent some diseases. like Newcastle in poultry.
• Castration; this was to improve on the quality if' animals and their products.
• Treatment of animals; this was to improve the general health of domestic animals. This was done under different section like; Deworming, Spraying, Diagnosis of disease, FMD and poultry vaccination.
The above activities were carried successfully however among challenges included rigidity of farmers to adopt the-proper modern animal husbandry practices, among others,
Therefore, I concluded that Animal production can be improved- so as to be profitable if fanners follow all the proper management practices such as proper feeding, proper housing, providing adequate water, vaccination, treatment, deworming and: spraying.
