A report on skills and qualifications attained during industrial training at Agdi dairy farm limited in Kiruhura district Lyantonde town.

Abstract

This report contains and describes the activities implemented, skills and qualifications gained, challenges faced during the industrial training, conclusion of the report and recommendations derived from the challenges faced at AGDI dairy farm. The objective of this industrial training is to make students benefit from the skills and knowledge gained from the fields, apply the knowledge they get from the classroom in the field and build confidence in the students. During internship I was attached to the department of animal production where I implemented the activities such as; castration of bulls for fattening, dehorning and spraying. Pasture conservation, milking, deworming, calf management, crush construction among others. These activities has made me gain a lot of skills and knowledge like; Deworming of goats and cattle, skills in Castration, skills in general management of calves. During in internship, also faced some challenges like; lack of veterinary drugs and equipment at the farm. In conclusion all the activities were implemented and industrial training was carried out successfully. I was able to gain a lot from it. I was exposed on hands on skills and knowledge in line with my career. Much as all were successfully done, there were also some little challenges which hindered the smooth running of the activities making me recommend that veterinary drugs must always be put at the farm so that animals are treated and vaccinated in time.