LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION (RABBIT REARING)
SUBJECT: AGRICULTURAL STUDIES
TERM: THIRD TERM
WEEK: WEEK 2
CLASS: PRIMARY 6
DURATION: 40 MINUTES
TITLE: LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION (RABBIT REARING)
Units:
Rabbit Rearing (Male –Buck, Female – Doe)
- Choice Of Rabbit Rearing
- Housing/ Hutches
- Feeding And Drinking Equipment
- Disease Control
- Records
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES
At the end of this Module, Pupils should be able know about:
- Rabbit Rearing (Male –Buck, Female – Doe)
- Choice Of Rabbit Rearing
- Housing/ Hutches
- Feeding And Drinking Equipment
- Disease Control
- Records
TEACHING AND LEARNING MATERIALS
- Whiteboard/ Chalkboard
- Explanatory posters/pictures
- Explanatory videos
TEACHING AND LEARNING METHOD
- Explanation
- Discussion
- Questions and Answers.
REFERENCE MATERIALS
- Universal Basic Education Curriculum.
- NERDC Basic Education Curriculum for Primary Schools.
- Online Materials.
- Lagos State Agricultural Science Scheme of Work
- Agricultural Science for Primary Schools.
MODULE CONTENT
Livestock production is the rearing of animals for profit.
RABBIT REARING
A male rabbit is called buck while a Female rabbit is called Doe.
Before rearing rabbits, we have to consider some things such as.
- Choice of Rabbit for Rearing
The farmer have to know the type of rabbit to use by looking at:
- The Ability of the rabbit to grow rapidly
- A good converter of food into body weight
- Ability to resist diseases(disease resistant)
- Ability to give birth to many young ones in a liter.
- Good quality hides and skin
- Choice of Housing/ Hutches: the farmer will check for a good hutch to keep the rabbits.
- Feeding And Drinking Equipment: Feeding Materials such as; Hays, Grasses, Cereals, Grains, leafy Vegetables, dry bread, pelleted ration, kitchen waste, mineral salt, clean, cool water, and concentrates(groundnut, palm kernel, soybeans and cotton seed).
- Disease control
- Records – Births Dates, Sizes of litters at kidling, Size of litter at weaning.
PRESENTATION
- The Teacher revises the previous terms work.
- The Teacher present the day’s lesson.
- The Teacher explains the lesson in details.
- The Teacher give room for student to ask question.
EVALUATIVE ACTIVITIES
- Explain Rabbit Rearing (Male –Buck, Female – Doe)
- Mention three Choice Of Rabbit Rearing
- List three Feeding Materials for Rabbit rearing
- List three Records for Rabbit rearing.
CONCLUSION: the teacher summarize the lesson.
