Free Lesson Note on AGRICULTURE for SS3 MS-WORD

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This Agriculture Lesson Note Covers The Following Topics

1. 1. ANIMAL NUTRITION (III)
   2. AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
   3. FISH FARMING
   4. ANIMAL IMPROVEMENT
   5. AGRICULTURAL FINANCING
   6. AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE
   7. IMPORTANCE OF AQUACULTURE

    

   week 1

   Malnutrition in Farm Animals

   This is a condition in which an animal shows evidence of nutritional deficiency. It occurs when a ration does not supply all the essential nutrients in the right proportion and quantities. It results when an animal takes in insufficient food or it eats diet which is deficient of one or more nutrients like protein, vitamins, minerals e.t.c Malnutrition or malnourishment is a condition that results from eating a diet in which nutrients are either not enough or are too much such that the diet causes health problems. It may involve calories, protein, carbohydrates, vitamins or minerals.

   MALNUTRITIONAL DISEASES	CAUSES	SYMPTOMS	CORRECTION
   Rickets and Osteomalacia Perosis	Lack of calcium, phosphorus, Vitamin D, Lack of chlorine, folic acid, calcium in diet	Flexible and curve bones, soft shell eggs, Chickens lie on their kneels	Add fish meal, bone or oyster shell to feed Add vitamins and B-complex
   Pregnancy toxemia	Lack of sufficient energy, ketosis	Loss of appetite	Feed carbohydrate
   Milk fever	Low blood sugar and constipation	Loss of appetite, nervousness	Feed oyster shell or bone meal
   Baby pig anaemia	Low iron in blood	Nervousness, galloping and convulsion	Inject animal Iron dextran
   Night blindness	Lack of Vitamin A	Inability to see clearly at night	Feed with yellow maize
   Scurvy	Lack of vitamin C	Lesion around connective tissues	Feed animals vegetables and fruits
   Beri-Beri	Lack of vitamin B1	Lack of appetite, fatigue and weight loss	Feed animals with yeast, cereals and vegetables

    

   MINERAL	SOURCES	FUNCTIONS	DEFICIENCY SYMPTOMS
   Calcium	Bone meal, oyster shell, limestone, milk	–          Bone and teeth formation –          Egg shell formation –          Blood clotting	–          Rickets –          Osteomalacia –          Soft egg shell –          Retarded growth
   Phosphorus	Bone meal, dicalcium phosphate, fish meal	–          Bone and teeth formation –          Acid – base balance –        Egg shell formation	–          Rickets –          Osteomalacia –          Lack of appetite
   Magnesium	Salk licks, wheat gems, forage, grasses	–          Aids functioning of the nervous system –          Activation of enzymes	–          Hyper – irritability –          Nervous disorder
   Sodium and chlorine	Common salt, salt lick and fish meal	–          Regulates acid base balance –          Maintenance of osmotic pressure –          Improves pleasant taste of feed	–          Reduced growth and weight –          Decline in appetite
   Sulphur	Salt licks, fish meal	Constituents of protein and amino acids like methione	Poor growth
   Iron	Yeast, iron injection and salt lick	Constituent of haemoglobin in red blood cell and of protein called myoglobuline	Anaemia
   Iodine	Iodized salts, fish meal	Constituent of hormone called thyroxine	Goiter
   Copper	Salt licks	Aids formation of haemoglobin and iron absorption	Anaemia
   Fluorine	Salt licks, fluorinated water	Prevents tooth decay	Tooth decay

    

    

   Assessment

   1. Explain Malnutrition
   2. What are the deficiencies of the following
      – Calcium
      – Copper
      – Iodine
      – Iron
      – Sulphur
   3. What are the sources of the minerals mentioned in question 2?

    

    

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