Diploma in Animal Production

Of necessity, contemporary animal agriculture must ensure efficient production of quality products while employing humane and environmentally friendly production systems. This curriculum will impart knowledge on how environment affects productivity, how physiology affects growth and reproduction, and how food quality, production and performance can be improved through animal breeding and carefully considered nutritional and other strategies. Students of this Animal Production diploma will also study animal behaviour, housing and management systems that promote optimal welfare for animals reared in captivity. To tie all this together, this curriculum interrogates sustainable animal agriculture issues in modern times when factors such as climate change and the increasingly discerning consumer, are major influences on how we rear and use animals for food production. This University of Mpumalanga diploma is, therefore, an exciting 21st century Animal Production curriculum designed to empower the graduate to be a life-long learner who can function at the epicentre of contemporary animal agriculture and its attendant challenges.