Terminal Report (BS Arg (An Sci) - Mariano Marcos State University

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
ORTAL, FEBY JANE P. 2019. On-The-Job Training (OJT) in Animal
Science. Terminal Report. College of Agriculture, Food and Sustainable Development
Mariano Marcos State University, City of Batac 2906, Ilocos Norte. 76 pp.
Adviser: Ms. Sharmila DL. Ramchand

On-the-Job Training (OJT) is designed to acquire knowledge and experience
through practical exposures to projects and programs, develop the students' confidence.
and build a healthy competition with others. With this, there were two agencies wherein
the student-trainee was deployed and she rendered a total of 560 hours.
The student-trainee rendered 280 working hours at the Department of
Agriculture-Ilocos Norte Research and Experiment Center (DA-INREC) from January
14 to March 1, 2019. DA-INREC is located in Brgy. Cali, Dingras, Ilocos Norte, and
is engaged in the production of small and large ruminants for research and dispersal
purposes. The student-trainee was able to enhance her knowledge and skills through
hands-on activities in feeding management including mixing of concentrates, feeding
of roughages and concentrates, silage making, health management such as vitamin
supplementation, antibiotic administration, uterex administration, deworming, blood
and fecal sample collection, other husbandry practices such as wool shearing, hoof
trimming, ear tagging, forage establishment and management, and waste management.
On the other hand, the student-trainee also rendered 280 working hours in
Provincial Veterinary Office which is subdivided into three stations namely, Pasuquin Breeding Center, Provincial Veterinary Office, and Animal Quarantine Station. The
student-trainee was able to enhance her knowledge and skills through hands-on
activities in feeding management, breeding management, sow and litter management,
health management such as iron supplementation, hog cholera vaccination,
mycoplasma vaccination, and calcium supplementation, waste management, and
bokashi production. For the poultry production, the student-trainee experienced egg
collection and sorting, incubation process, harvesting newly hatched egg, and
marketing of chicks and eggs. The student-trainee experienced preparation for the
capitol express, blood collection and swabbing, and vaccinate anti-rabies in the
Provincial Veterinary Office.
And at the Animal Quarantine Station, the student-trainee
participated in the inspection all incoming and outgoing meat, meat by products,
processed meat and live animals.
The student-trainee learned to be more punctual especially in feeding. Have the
commitment to do work, having determination. She also learned how to be more
patient, observant, vigilant and honest in socializing with people.