Preamble

The wealth of any Nation is measured by the level of development of her livestock industry. The department of Animal/Fisheries Science Management offers courses which have been designed to develop scientists with a broad knowledge of the fundamentals and applied sciences common to all farm animals and their products, as well as the principles of animal production and fisheries. Graduates of this department are therefore the pillars upon which sustainable national development can be built.

The department caters for the branch of agriculture concerned with the teaching of courses such as:

• ANIMAL NUTRITION
• FEED RESOURCES AND FEED MILL TECHNOLOGY
• ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
• HEALTH AND DISEASE CONTROL
• GENETICS AND ANIMAL BREEDING
• BIOTECHNOLOGY
• ANIMAL & FISH PRODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT
• PASTURE PRODUCTION & RANGE MANAGEMENT
• HYDROBIOLOGY & WATER POLLUTION CONTROL.

Objectives

The overall objectives of the programme is to train students to acquire skill and competence for services as animal scientists and fisheries specialists. Graduates of this programme will serve as a major source of manpower for the following establishments. :

• The Livestock Industry
• Government Ministries and Parastatals.
• International Organizations which emphasize Animal/Fisheries production
• Agricultural Departments of Commercial Banks
• Universities and other Educational and Research Establishment & above all, graduates of the department of Animal / Fisheries Science Management are better equipped to establish their own business.

ACADEMIC STAFF:

SN	NAME	Qualification	Position
1	M.O. Akpa	B.Sc(Ibadan),M.Sc(Nig) Animal Nutrition	Senior Lecturer and Head of Department
2	S.O. Alaku	B.Sc., Ph.D (Fbadan), Environmental Physiology, Animal Production.	Professor
3	B.N. Marire	DVM (Tbadan), M.Sc Therio (ABU),FNCVS. Animal Health and Production	Professor
4	I.J. Chidobem	B.Sc (Nig), M.Sc, Ph.D (Jos) Applied Hydrobiology & Coherics	Professor
5	S.I. Omeje	B.Sc, M.Sc, Ph.D (Nig) Genetics & Animal Breeding	Professor
6	B.I. Odo	DVM (Nig.), M.Sc (ESUT) Animal Health & Production	Senior Lecturerr

STRUCTURE OF PROPOSED NEW CURRICULUM IN AGRICULTURE

A. FIRST SEMESTER- 100 Level

SN	Course Code	Course Title	Credit
1	GST 101	Use of English 1	2
2	GST 102	Nigerian People and Culture	2
3	ICT I11	Chemistry 1	3
4	MAT 111	Mathematics	3
5	PHY111	Physics 1	3
6	BIO 111	Biology 1	3
7	MME 150	Introduction to Engineering Materials	2
8	GST 103	Philosophy and Logic	2
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B. SECOND SEMESTER

SN	Course Code	Course Title	Credit
1	GST 107	Use of English II	2
2	GST 106	Social Sciences	2
3	ICH 121	Chemistry II	3
4	MAT 121	Mathematics II	3
5	PHY 121	Physics II	3
6	BIO 121	Biology II	3
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A. FIRST SEMESTER -200 Level

SN	Course Code	Course Title	Credit
1	SSC 212	Climatology and Biogeography	3
2	AGR 211	General Agriculture	3
3	APF 211	Anatomy and Physiology of Farm Animals	2
4	GSP 211	Crop Anatomy, Taxonomy and Physiology	2
5	SSC 211	Principles of Soil Science	2
6	ABC 211	Principles of Agric. Economics	2
7	CSP 211	Principles of Forestry	2
8	CSE 201	Computer Programming & Language 1	2
9	MEC 211	Engineering Drawing I	2
10	MEC 251	Workshop Processes and Practice I	2
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B. SECOND SEMESTER

SN	Course Code	Course Title	Credit
1	APF 212	Principles of Animal Production	2
2	CSP 213	Principles of Crop Production	2
3	FST 111	Introduction to Food Science & Tech	2
4	APF 222	Introduction Agric. Biochemistry	2
5	FST 231	Introduction to Fisheries & Wildlife	2
6	FST 201	Introduction to Home Economic	2
7	CSE 202	Computer Programming & Lang. 1	2
8	MEC 212	Engineering Drawing II	2
9	MEC 252	Workshop Processes and Practice II	2
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In addition to regular semester courses direct entry students arc-expected to take the following in their first year,

1	GST 102	Nigerian Peoples and Culture
2	GST 101	Use of English I
3	GST 107	Use of English II

A. FIRST SEMESTER - 300 Level

SN	Course Code	Course Title	Credit
1	AGE 371	Introduction to farm machinery	2
2	APF 311	Non-Ruminant animal production	2
3	AEC 312	Introduction to farm Management and Production Economics	2
4	AEC 321	Introduction to Agric. Extension and Rural Sociology	2
5	CSE 333	Application of Computer to Agric. Production (Systems analysis and Design)	3
6	CSP 321	Principles of Crop Protection	2
7	CSP 311	Arable Crop Production	2
8	SSC 319	Soil Pedology and Physics	2
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B. SECOND SEMESTER

SN	Course Code	Course Title	Credit
1	AEC 322	Extension Teaching, Learning Process and Methods	2
2	AEC 313	Statistics and Data Processing	2
3	APF 312	Ruminant animal production	2
4	APF 322	Animal Genetics and Breeding	2
5	APF 332	Agricultural Biochemistry	2
6	CSP 312	Permanent Crop Production	2
7	CSP 313	Crop Genetics and Breeding	2
8	SSC 326	Soil Chemistry and Microbiology	2
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FISHERIES OPTION 300 Level

A. FIRST SEMESTER

SN	Course Code	Course Title	Credit
1	FSH 311	Fish Biology	2
2	FSH 312	Itchyology	2
3	FSH 313	Limnology	2
4	FSH 3 14	Fish Ecology	2
5	FSH 315	Aquaculture	2
6	FSH 316	Aquatic Floraand Fauna or Hydrobiology	2
7	FSH 317	Fish Farming Techniques and Hatchery Mgt	3
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B. SECOND SEMESTER

SN	Course Code	Course Title	Credit
1	FSH 321	Fish Nutrition	2
2	FSH 322	Fish Gear Technology	2
3	FSH 323	Fish Parasites and Diseases	2
4	FSH 324	Elementary Seamanship & Navigation	2
5	FSH 325	Oceanography	2
6	FSH 326	Fish Pond Construction and Management	2
7	APF 332	Agricultural Bio-chemistry	2
8	FSH 332	Agricultural Bio-chemistry	2
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400 LEVEL (PRACTICAL YEAR) - AGRICULTURE

This is the farm practical year which has to be devoted basically for practical farm training for a period of 9-12 months, the training will expose the students to the following and shall carry a minimum of 30 credit units.

SN	Course Title	Credit
1	Crop production Techniques	4
2	Animal Husbandry techniques	3
3	Agricultural Products Processing and Storage	2
4	Crop Product, Pest and Disease Control	2
5	Animal Health Management	2
6	Soil Fertility,, Soil and water Management	2
7	1.Farm design, Farm survey and land use planning records and Farm Accounts	2
8	Farm Management, Farm records & Farm Accounts	2
9	Extension practices	2
10	Workshop practices	2
11	Farm Mechanization practices	2
12	Agricultural meteorology	4
13	Report Writing	3
		30

400 LEVEL (PRACTICAL YEAR) - FISHERIES

SN	Course Title	Credit
1	Fish Gear Use, Design, Production and Maintenance	3
2	Fish Processing, Preservation and Marketing	3
3	Fish Production, Management Techniques and Accounting practices	4
4	Pond Construction and Management	3
5	Fish Hatchery Management, Fingerling & fry production	3
6	Oceanography Techniques	3
7	qAuatic Environmental Survey	2
8	Fish Nutrition and Fish Food Technology	3
9	Fisheries (aquaculture)	2
10	Engineering Report writing	3
		30

FISHERIES OPTION - 500 LEVEL

A. FIRST SEMESTER

SN	Course Code	Course Title	Credit
1	FSH 511	Fish production and Management	2
2	FSH 512	Production of other Marine products	2
3	FSH 513	Ornamental Fisheries and Aquaria Design	2
4	FSH 514	Nigerian Foods and Feeding Stuffs	2
5	FSH 515	Fish Population Dynamics	2
6	FSH 516	Fish Farming Engineering	2
7	FSH 517	Administration and Programming planning in Extension	2
8	FSH 588	Semester	2
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A. SECOND SEMESTER

SN	Course Code	Course Title	Credit
1	FSH 521	Fishery Technology, Processing and Storage	2
2	FSH 522	Advanced Fish Nutrition	2
3	FSH 523	Fisher Economics	2
4	FSH 524	Water quality Management and Pollution Control	2
5	FSH 525	Farm Management and Fishery Business Management	2
6	FSH 526	Fisheries Policy and Legislation	2
7	FSH 527	Electives	2
8	FSH 509	Project	4
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ANIMAL PRODUCTION OPTION - 500-LEVEL

A. FIRST SEMESTER

SN	Course Code	Course Title	Credit
1	AEC 523	Administration and programme planning in Extension - Elective	2
2	AEC 524	Principles of Co-operative practices (Elective)	2
3	APF 511	Poultry, Swine and Rabbit Production	2
4	APF 521	Cattle, Sheep and Goat Production	2
5	APF 531	Applied Animal Breeding	2
6	APF 541	Reproductive physiology and Artificial Insemination	2
7	APF 551	Animal Experimentation and Research Techniques	2
8	APF 561	Nigerian Foods and Feeding Stuffs	2
9	APF 588	Seminar	2
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A. SECOND SEMESTER

SN	Course Code	Course Title	Credit
1	AEC 532	Agric-business Management & Finance	2
2	APF 512	Monogastric Nutrition	2
3	APF 522	Ruminant Nutrition	2
4	APF 532	Animal Production and Handling	2
5	APF 542	Pasture and Range Management	2
6	APF 552	Animal Health and Diseases	2
7	APF 562	Game Production and Utilization (Elective)	2
8	APF 571	Livestock Economics	2
9	APF 599	Project
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