Livestock production

WEEK5

Topic: Livestock production

Subtitle: Requirement for livestock production and animal husbandry

Learning Objectives: At the end of this  lesson, pupils should be able to:

1. Define livestock and animal husbandry

2. mention the livestock animals

Building Background/connection to prior knowledge: pupils are familiar with the topic in their previous classes.

Content

MEANING OF LIVESTOCK

Livestock is commonly defined as domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting to produce labour and commodities such as meat, eggs, milk, fur, leather, and wool The breeding, maintenance, and slaughter of livestock, is known as animal husbandry.

There are many steps involved in raising farm animals, right from when they are young, till when they are old…