The report on industrial training carried out at Mustafa mixed stock farm (MMSF) in Migeera town council in Nakasogola district.

Abstract

Industrial training is one of the course modules done at Busitema University Arapai Campus, aimed at equipping students with practical skills and exposing them to working conditions in specific courses studied. The university sends students to choose their preferred farms in different parts of the country where to conduct their internship. We carried out our industrial training in kyabachwezi village zone Migyera TIC, Nakasongola district 28th Feb to 22nd April 2022. During our internship, we held a lot of activities, vaccination of animals against foot and mouth disease, vaccination of chicks against poultry diseases like Newcastle, infectious bronchitis among others, vaccination of dogs against rabies, spraying of animals with acaricides to control ticks, deworming of animals with both injectable and drench able dewormers of ivermectin and albendazole respectively, blood sample collection om sheep, cattle, goats, cleaning of animal houses, feeding of animals on hay and silage , ear tagging of animals like cattle, sheep, goats, pasture management through slashing and weeding, postmortem of sheep, cattle, treatment of chicken having coccidiosis with amprolium, selection of sheep for slaughter, treatment of a cow with retained placenta, treatment of a cow with milk fever using calcium borogluconate, treatment of abscesses in goats, treatment of goats having orfs disease, meat inspection in the abattoir, treatment of a cow having bloat, poultry discussions, dehorning of cattle, treatment of cattle having trypanosomiasis, heartwater, anaplasmosis, east coast fever , orientation. This training had a lot of positive impact towards our future career plans because of the several skills that we obtained during that time.

During internship I faced several challenges like language barrier, inadequate working equipment's, limited time allocation for internship, heavy rains and sunshine, poor quality animal handling structures, hunger. Chapter one describes the location of kyabachwezi zone and background of industrial training, chapter two describes activities that I conducted. Chapter three explains the challenges faced and skills learnt during the period of internship and chapter four describes conclusions and recommendations.

All in all, my industrial training was successfully carried of the much practical knowledge that I got. However, there is a lot needed to improve in the agricultural sector as there is low production therefore there is needed to greatly improve to modern farming practices and also adoption of sustainable agriculture therefore, I recommend the government of Uganda through agricultural workers to sensitize and teach farmers on ways practice modern farming methods.