Uniben Animal Science Undergraduate Syllabus

100 LEVEL (FIRST YEAR) COURSES

S/N	Course No.	Course Title	Credit Rms.
1	BOT  111	Diversity of Plants	3        core
2	BOT 122	Plant form & Function	3        core
3	CHM 111	General chemistry I	3        core
4	CHM 122	General chemistry II	3        core
5	CHM 113	Organic chemistry I	3        core
6	CHM 124	Organic chemistry II	3        core
7	MTH 123	Vectors, Geometry & Statistics	3        core
8	PHY 109	Practical Physics	2       core
9	PHY 111	Mechanics, Thermal Physics & Properties of Matter	3          core
10	PHY 113	Vibrations, Waves & Optics	3   elective
11	PHY 124	Electromagnetism &     Modern Physics	4    elective
12	AEB 111	Introductory       Animal     and Environmental Biology	4       core
13	AEB122	Functional Zoology	4       core
14	GST 111	Use of English  I	2         ”
15	GST 112	Philosophy and Logic	2         ”
16	GST 121	Use of English II	2         ”
17	GST 122	History and Culture	2         ”
18	GST 123	The history and philosophy of Science	2         ”
		Total   NUC   Total	51 34 48

200 LEVEL (SECOND YEAR)  COURSES

S/No.	Course No.	Course Title	Credits
1	AGR211	Introduction to Agriculture and Agro Forestry	3 Core
2	AGR 212	Introduction to Statistics	3     core
3	AGR 213	Introduction     to      Agricultural Biochemistry	3     core
4	CRS211	Principles of Crop Production	3     core
5	ANS211	Principles of Animal Production	3     core
6	SOS 211	Introduction to Soil Science	3     core
7	CSC 211	Introduction to Computers	3     core
8	FIS211	Introduction to Fisheries Resources of West Africa	2      core
9	AGR 214	Principles of Home Economics	2      core
10	ANS 221	Anatomy and Physiology of Farm Animals	2      core
11	AEE 221	Introduction   to       Agricultural Economics	3     core
12	AGR 221	Introduction to Climatology and BioGeography	3     core
13	FOW 221	Introduction to Forestry and Wildlife	3     core
14	CRS 221	Crop    Physiology,     Anatomy           and Taxonomy	2      core
15	AGR 222	Principles of Food Science and Technology	3     core
TOTAL			41

300 LEVEL (THIRD YEAR) COURSES

S/N	Course No.	Course Title	Credits
1	AGR 305	Field Study	3           core
2	AGR311	Statistics and Field Experimentation	3               core
3	AEE311	Introduction to Agric. Ext. & Rural Sociology	2                core
4	AEE312	Introduction to Farm Management and Production Economics	2                core
5	ANS311	Ruminant Animal Production	2                 core
6	AGR 3 12	Agricultural Biochemistry and Methods(Metabolism)	3                 core
7	CRS311	Arable Crop Production	2                 core
8	FIS314	Aquaculture	3                 core
9	FOW311	Principles of Silviculture	3                 core
10	SOS 311	Soil Pedology and Physics	2                 core
11	AEE 321	Ext. Teaching, Learning Process and Methods	2                 core
12	ANS 321	Non-Ruminant Animal Production	2                 core
13	CRS 321	Permanent Fruit Crop Production	2                 core
14	CRS 322	Crop Protection	3                 core
15	SOS 321	Soil Chemistry and Microbiology	2                 core
16	AGR 321	Introduction to Farm Machinery	2                 core
17	AGR 322	Agricultural Genetics and Breeding	3                 core
18	CSC 220	Application of Computers to Agriculture	3                 core
TOTAL			44

400 LEVEL (FOURTH YEAR) COURSES

S/No	Course No.	Course Title	Credits
1.	AEE401	Farm Records and Accounting Practices	2            core
2	AEE402	Farm Management Techniques	2            core
3	AEE403	Extension Practices	2            core
4	ANS401	Non- Ruminant Animal Husbandry	2            core
5	ANS402	Ruminant Animal Husbandry	2            core
6	ANS403	Animal Health	2            core
7	CRS401	Permanent Crop Production Techniques	2            core
8	CRS402	Arable Crop Production Techniques	2            core
9	CRS403	Horticultural Crop Production Techniques	2            core
10	CRS404	Crop Protection, Pests and Diseases Control	2            core
11	AGE401	Agricultural Products, Processing and Storage	2            core
12	AGE402	Agricultural Engineering and Workshop Practice	4            core
13	AGR401	Agricultural Meteorology	2            core
14	SOS401	Farm Survey, Design and Land Use	3            core
15	SOS402	Soil Fertility, Soil and Water Management	2            core
16	AGR409	Report Writing	3
17	CED300	Entrepreneurship	2            core
Total			38

500 LEVEL (FIFTH YEAR) COURSES

S/NO	Course No	Title	Credits Remark
1	ANS511	Animal Breeding	3       core
2	ANS512	Foods and Feeding Stuffs	3      core
3	ANS513	Reproductive Physiology of Farm Animals	3           core
4	ANS514	Non-Ruminant   Animal Production II	2           core
5	ANS515	Animal Products and Handling	3           core
6	AGE511	Processing and Storage of   Agricultural Products	3           core
7	ANS521	Monogastric Nutrition	2           core
8	ANS522	Ruminant Nutrition	2           core
9	ANS523	Food Process Technology	3           core
10	ANS524	Animal Health	2           core
11	ANS525	Pasture and Range Management	2           core
12	ANS526	Artificial Insemination in Farm Animals	2           core
13	ANS527	Ruminant Animal Production II	2           core
14	ANS597	Animal Experimentation and Research Techniques	3           core
15	ANS598	Seminar	2           core
16	ANS599	Special Project	6           core
17	AEE515	Administration and Programme Planning in Extension	3  Elective
18	FOW514	Game Production and Utilization	2          core
19	AEE516	Principles of Cooperatives and Agric Marketing	3          core
20	AEE521	Agribusiness Management and Finance	3     mandatory
Total Credits                                                                 =   43 Total Number of courses offered                                =   20 No. of Courses   from the Department                       =   16 No.  outside Departmental courses                             =   4

ANS 511 Animal Breeding (3 Credits)

Improvement of farm animals by the application of genetic principles; breeding systems, selection methods. Gene mutation and lethal genes.  Statistical tools for studying inheritance, genetic variance and covariance, heritability and repeatability.  Determination of genetic parameters.

Prerequisite ANS 321.

ANS 512 Foods and Feeding Stuffs (3 Credits)

Classification of foods, feeding stuffs and feed supplements.  Chemistry and nutritive values of succulent feedings stuffs, concentrate feeds, cereals legumes and oil seeds.  Chemistry and nutritive values of some  Nigerian grasses and legumes species. water requirement and water metabolism of farm animals. Prerequisite: ANS 311 and ANS 321.

ANS 513 Reproductive Physiology of Farm Animals (3 Credits)

Anatomy and histology of the reproductive systems in male and female Animals and the coverage of the endocrinology of reproduction lactation, pregnancy and foetal development; fertility and sterility in animals.

Prerequisites: ANS 221 & AGR 312

ANS 514 Non-Ruminant Animal Production II (2 Credits)

(Poultry, Swine and Rabbit production).  Building equipment; incubation and hatchery.  Management of poultry eggs, turkey, geese, duck and guinea fowl production.  The application of the principles of feeding,  housing, care, breeding and management as basis for successful production.  Carcasses cuts in swine and measures of carcass quality.  Marketing (1 hour of lecture and 3 hours of practicals per week).

Prerequisite: ANS 321.

ANS 515 Animal Products and Handling (3 Credits)

The structure of the Nigerian Livestock and meat industry.  The science of meat, milk and eggs.  Postmortem changes in the muscle, meat quality and grading techniques.  The technology of meat, milk and dairy products manufacture and handling.  Traditional Nigerian and African meat products technology and handling.  Animal by-products technology with particular reference to hides and skins, wool.

AGE511 Processing and Storage of Agricultural Products (3 Credits)

Storage of Agricultural materials, storage and shelflife problems.

Methods of preservation, pasturisation sterilization and blanching.  Drying, freeze-drying, spray-Drying, design and equipment for storage and preservation. 

ANS 521 Monogastric Nutrition (2 Credits)

Principles of monograstric nutrition, elements of human nutrition; Dietary allowance , food surveys, food balance sheets; feeding standards; nutrient  requirements for the various classes of animals, feed additives.  Water in relation of nutrition and water metabolic computation: Ration formulation.  Feed evaluation.  Feed mixing and feed manufacture on a large scale.  The feed industry.

Prerequisite AGR 312 and ANS 321. ( 1 hour of lectures &  3 hours of practicals  per week).

ANS 522 Ruminant Nutrition (2 Credits)

Microbiology of rumen, physiology of rumen actions, Metabolic process and pathways; Non-protein nitrogen utilization determination of digestion coefficients, balance trials; systems for energy evaluation. Scheme for protein values: water in relation to nutrition and water metabolism; requirements and their inter-relationship in nutrition; feed additives, proximate analysis; ration formulation, nutritional disorders  (1 hour of lectures and 3 hours of practical per week).

Prerequisite ANS 311 and AGR 312.

ANS 523 Food Process Technology (3 Credits)

Food fermentation, science and technology, with emphasis on traditional fermented foods, cassava products, seasonings and dairy products.  Biotechnology and application for raw materials development and food products.  Food dehydration technology, food additives colours, flavours, acids stabilizers, emulsifier and vitamins.  Food irradiation technology and effects of processing on nutritive values.

ANS 524 Animal Health (2 Credits)

Environmental factors in relation to animal diseases; principles of quarantine.  Major livestock diseases, causative agents transmission, prevention, control and curative measures, Nutritional and metabolic curative measures.  Notifiable diseases.  Nutritional and metabolic disease of livestock.  Principles of immunity and disease resistance and their practical application.  Animal handling, drug administration, castration, vaccination, deworming.

ANS 525 Pasture and Range Management (2 Credits)

Distribution of natural pastures in Nigeria. Characteristic of grasses, legumes and shrubs for feeding livestock. Introduction, establishment and seed production of pasture plant specials, grazing system . Forage conservation.  

ANS 526 Artificial Insemination in Farm Animals (2 Credits)

Role of artificial insemination in livestock production, advantages and disadvantages; management of male donors; semen collection, evaluation, preservation and storage; sperm physiology and artificial insemination techniques (1 hour of lectures and 3 hours of practicals per week).

Prerequisite: AGR 312.

ANS 527 Ruminant Animal Production II (2 Credits)

(Cattle, sheep and Goat Production).  The beef and dairy industry; feeding and management of cattle, sheep and goats.  Housing and Equipment, calf rearing; growing and finishing operations; milk production, handling and processing.  Animal judging, herd recording, castration and dehorning.  Production and lactation in sheep and goats; marketing milk, Beef, Goat and Sheep production (1 hour of lectures and 3 hours of practicals per week).

Prerequisite ANS 311.

ANS 597 Animal Experimentation and Research Techniques (3 Credits) Two Semesters

Measures of central tendency and dispersion; normal student semisquare, and F distribution, estimation and testing hypothesis, analysis of variance for simple experimental design; regression and correlation, binomial and poison distribution.  Special techniques and procedures in animal experimentation for Ruminants and NonRuminants.

AEE 515 Administration and Programme Planning in Extension (2 Credits)

Concept, theories, Principles and guidelines of administration, organization, supervision as applied to extension.  Principles and concepts of programme planning in agricultural extension.

       FOW 514     Game Production and utilization (2 Credits)

Traditional use of wildlife and wildlife products, wildlife production, harvesting strategies and problems of game cropping, bush meat processing methods.  Hunting techniques.

     AEE 516 Principles of Cooperatives and Agricultural     

     Marketing (2 credits)

History and development of cooperatives, especially farmer, marketing and purchasing cooperative; philosophy, principles and operating techniques, essential for successful cooperatives activity, limitations and possibilities for cooperatives in Nigeria.

    AEE 521 Agribusiness Management and Finance (2 Credits) The scope of agricultural business and management; types of agricultural business; enterprise selection; production scheduling;      public policies affecting agricultural business firm growth and survival; legal organization and tax strategies.  Principles of Agricultural Finance; farm credit ; capital needs of agricultural industries; sources of loan funds and collateral security for loans; government credit policies and credit agencies; approaches to efficient credit management, cash book and cask book analysis. ANS 598 Seminar (2 Credits)

Presentation and discussion of various topics in Animal Science. The student is also expected to prepare and participate in seminars and present a seminar in the final year.

ANS599 Special Project (6 Credits)

Each student in the Animal Science Option class is expected to choose and execute a special project under a supervisor, Duration of the project is two Semesters.