Overview
The technology diploma (DUT) in poultry production trains technicians specialising in poultry farming. Students learn to set up a poultry house, raise broilers and laying hens, and master feeding, incubation, disease prevention and biosecurity.
With short cycles and strong demand, poultry farming offers real job and business creation opportunities.
Objectives
- Design and equip a poultry house.
- Raise broilers and laying hens.
- Prevent diseases through biosecurity and vaccination.
- Manage and market a poultry farm's output.
Target skills
- Prepare the poultry house and successfully start chicks.
- Provide feed suited to each growth stage.
- Apply a vaccination program and biosecurity measures.
- Run incubation and monitor egg laying.
- Calculate production costs and margins.
Curriculum
First year (S1-S2): poultry biology and anatomy, livestock basics, animal feeding, poultry housing and equipment, applied mathematics, computing.
Second year (S3-S4): broiler production, egg production, incubation, poultry diseases and biosecurity, management and marketing, poultry farm internship.
Indicative curriculum: the distribution of courses may change from one academic year to the next.
Career opportunities
- Poultry technician
- Poultry farm manager
- Poultry entrepreneur
- Sales technician for poultry feed and products
Career outcomes also depend on internship experience and each student's career plans.
Interested in this program?
Send your pre-registration or ask the school your questions.