This three credit hour introductory course provides students with a general background on livestock production with emphasis on nutrition, reproduction, health, husbandry, management, breeding and adaptation to the environment. The course is designed to enhance students’ knowledge of the interaction between domestic animals, plants and human beings before they undertake livestock production courses. It is divided into two sections: theory and field practices. In theory, basic principles in animal science are taught and used in field practices. Fieldwork includes, but not limited to pasture management, fencing and animal husbandry (ear notching, teeth clipping, administering injections and restraint methods). In the restraint methods rope works (rope tying, roping, and tying of animals to restrain for treatments) and controls in chutes are taught. In addition, tool maintenance, use of disinfectants, identification of livestock (systems and equipment), breeds and record keeping are taught in this course.