Senior High School Specialized Subject: Animal Production
Animal Production is one of the specialized subjects under the technical-vocational livelihood (TVL) career track. Some examples of the things that you will learn from taking this subject include:
- Personal Entrepreneurial Competencies (PECS)
- Assessment of personal competencies and skills
- Environment and Market
- Key concepts of market
- Players in the market
- Products and services available in the market
- Consumer analysis
- Raising Swine
- Raising Large Ruminant
- Manage the General Herd, Health Program, and Record Keeping
While studying, you will also be asked to demonstrate what you have learned by participating in class activities that may include the following:
- Developing a product / service in raising swine and large ruminants
- Selecting and training boars
- Preparing swine housing
- Breeding sows and gilts
- Performing farrowing activities
- Caring and raising piglets to market age
- Maintaining herd health program
- Recording data
- Selecting and managing breeder cattle and buffaloes
- Providing feed and implement feeding practices
- Managing the general herd
- Providing life support facilities
- Implementing herd health program
- Maintaining and analyze records
These examples only cover the scope of the specialized subjects under the technical-vocational livelihood career track. For the scope of the core and contextualized subjects under the senior high school curriculum, please refer to their respective lists.
