Ruminant Animals is a first semester course. It is a year one credit unit diploma course available to all students offering Post Graduate Diploma in Agricultural Extension and Management. It may also be taken by students who wish to know more about Agricultural Extension and Management. The course will consist of sixteen units which consists of Course Guide. Importance of ruminant animals in Nigeria, digestion in ruminants, classes of ruminants, feeding and management of sheep and goats, housing, measures for disease prevention, diseases and parasites of small ruminants and cattle breeds, management of beef and dairy cattle.
