The module Industrial Attachment (CCMIP601) provides students with practical experience by allowing them to apply theoretical knowledge in real workplace environments.

 It helps bridge the gap between academic learning and professional practice while developing practical skills, work ethics, and an understanding of organizational operations.

 This module prepares students for future careers by enhancing their employability and professional competence

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The Management of Veterinary Drugs course equips learners with essential knowledge and practical skills for the safe, effective, and responsible use of veterinary medicines in livestock and companion animal systems. The course covers key areas including drug classification, prescription principles, dosage calculation, storage, handling, withdrawal periods, pharmacovigilance, antimicrobial resistance, and regulatory frameworks applicable in Rwanda. It aims to promote rational drug use to improve animal health and welfare while ensuring food safety, public health, and environmental protection.

Upon completion, learners gain competencies to manage veterinary drugs in compliance with legal and ethical standards and to advise farmers on proper drug use. The course positively impacts students by enhancing professional readiness and employability, supports farmers through improved animal productivity and reduced losses, protects consumers by ensuring safe animal products, and contributes to environmental sustainability by minimizing drug misuse and contamination.

This module aims to equip learners with a practical understanding of animal diseases diagnosis equipment management during and after their use. Learners will acquire skills and knowledge required to prepare preliminary activities for a veterinary clinical assistant, identify tools, material and equipment for animal diseases diagnosis, prepare tools, material and equipment, restrain and handle the animal, perform animal general and systemic examination, perform necropsy, collect and transport samples for analysis and finally analyze samples and interpret results

This module covers the knowledge, skills and attitudes required to APPLY VETERINARY
BIOCHEMISTRY upon completion of this module, the trainee will be able to: Describe
AminoAcid metabolism, Describe Carbohydrate metabolism, Describe Energy metabolism,
Describe lipid metabolism and Describe Metabolic regulation.

Welcome to the Animal Breeding and Genetics Module💡


In this module, you’ll explore how genetics shapes animal performance, health, and productivity.

You’ll learn to use the right tools and materials for breeding work, understand how to study genome structures, and discover how genetic information is used to improve animal health and production.

By the end, you’ll be ready to make smart decisions about Genetic Improvement Strategies for different livestock species.

Purpose statement 
This module describes the skills and knowledge required to prepare preliminary activities for 
veterinary clinical assistant after learning this module he/she will be able to identify and select 
materials, tools and equipments for parasitic diseases diagnosis, identify parasites, describe 
parasitic diseases after he/she can perform treatment and prevention of parasitic diseases.

Module Title: Infectious diseases control

Module code: ANHID601

Sector: Agriculture and food processing

Sub-sector: Animal health.

REQF Level: 6, Year II

Semester: I

Total credits: 12

Academic year: 2025-2026

Purpose statement

This module describes the skills and knowledge required to prepare preliminary activities for a Veterinary Technician Assistant to, identify and select material, tools and equipment, prepare and manipulate material tools and equipment, identify pathogenic microorganisms, describe infectious diseases, perform treatment and prevention of infectious diseases

Infectious diseases constitute a serious threat of animal health and production in many countries especially in developing countries; where veterinary drugs, required infrastructures and skilled workers are not sufficient. Frequent, morbidity and mortality rates are very high, resulting in economic losses thus reducing the production.

As the majority of the population of Rwanda is depending on agriculture, the government, in its priorities, decided to promote agriculture sector and the human resource strengthening is one of important strategies.

The primary objective of this module is to provide the knowledge and skills necessary to veterinary technician(s); this will help her (them) in animal health management for farm animals. This module treats only common infectious diseases caused by different agents including bacteria, viruses and microscopic fungi.

Dear trainee, welcome to this module!

Effective livestock extension begins with a clear understanding of farmers’ needs and the ability to plan, implement, and evaluate appropriate extension activities. In this module, you will develop the skills required to identify gaps in livestock production knowledge and practices, and to use this information to plan and organize effective extension activities.

You will also learn how to evaluate extension activities in order to measure their effectiveness, improve future interventions, and support sustainable livestock development. The competencies gained in this module will enable you to actively support livestock producers through well-structured and evidence-based extension services.

Reflect on the following:

  • Why is it important to identify knowledge and skills gaps before planning extension activities?

  • How does evaluation improve the effectiveness of livestock extension services?