… on a poultry placement
EMS Coordinator Tip: “Try to understand every aspect of the business and not just the day-to-day management of the flock”
- There is a great variety of types of poultry placement e.g. intensive commercial broiler producers, commercial egg units, small specialist poultry breeders
- The placements can be useful in understanding intensive livestock production, integrated systems, population medicine, biosecurity and aspects of human health
… on a specialist placement
e.g. rabbits, exotics, wildlife, zoo
- Naturally these placements will vary considerably, but you can still expect to learn skills similar to those developed in other placements
- Be involved in basic management such as feeding, housing and hygiene
- Handling and restraint of animals
- Management of breeding and rearing of offspring
- If possible, it is useful to practise sexing some species e.g. rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters etc.
- Other tasks specific to your choice of placement
- You can always ask the placement what jobs you can anticipate helping with