Industrial training report carried out at national animal genetic resources center and data bank P.o. Box,183, Entebe-Kasolwe stock farm-branch, Kamuli district.

Abstract

This report consists of all the activities, skills, challenges, conclusion and recommendation during my industrial training at Kasolwe Stock Farm which started on 28/02/2022 to 06/05/2022.Kasolwe stock Farm is a government farm under the NAGRIC&DB, the farm has six major enterprises like cattle, piggery, poultry, goats, aquaculture, and the feed mill. The farm is aimed at production of the best breeds of livestock and high animal feeds to the country and the world at large. The major objectives of the industrial training were to enable students build confidence in the practical aspect of their profession, gain experience and get exposed to the field. During my industrial training, the following are the activities I carried out, post-mortem, castration, pregnancy diagnosis, disease diagnosis and treatment, deworming, branding and artificial insemination, pond construction, liming and fish stocking, fish identification, sexing and sampling, feed formulation, rationing and mixing, machine processing of feeds, maggot production, feeding of livestock, cattle dipping, spraying of goats, ear tagging. I the course of the training gained skills in post-mortem, pregnancy diagnosis, artificial insemination, disease diagnosis and treatment, management of livestock in terms of feeding, feed formulation rationing and mixing, Machine processing of feeds, maggot production, fish farming and pond construction. I also faced some challenges like long distance from the place of residence to the training station, language barrier with some staff. In conclusion my industrial training went on successfully and it has helped me build confidence in my profession and gain experience, I can now have carried most of the practical activities in the course am pursuing. I recommend the farm to construct a laboratory to enable practical during post-mortem, a cattle shade for the local herd of cattle and also provide meals for students at farm.