Abstract:
The objective of this industrial training is to make students benefit from the skills and knowledge gained from the fields, apply classroom knowledge in the field and build confidence in students
I held my internship at Kasolwe stock farm from 28th FEB to 6th MAY 2022.
Kasolwe stock farm is a government farm with five major enterprises i.e. poultry, piggery, aquaculture, cattle, and feed processing plant. It is aimed at training farmers for producing high quality eggs, chicken, fish, beef, pork, feeds and milk.
I managed to carry out all the activities which were being carried out at the farm like census of the animals of which I managed to do all the work practically with my fellow students i.e. spraying, inspection, verification, treatment, deworming and castration in both cattle and goats, post mortem in goats, P.D in cattle, branding and A.I in cattle, dipping, fish sampling, grading, sexing, pond construction and feed mixing.
The training revealed that some of the theory taught in class slightly differs from what is practically done in the field i.e. few welfare practices are applied in the field. The unique ones that are observed include;
Providing shelter, treating animals.
The training also revealed that production and management in any enterprise are two different broad activities which must move hand in hand for any farm to get the expected profit
Production and management require a lot of hard work, sacrifice and determination.
It's therefore recommended that more animal husbandry officers should be trained to guide and advice farmers who are facing hardships in production and management.
