Republic of the Philippines

ISABELA STATE UNIVERSITY

San Mateo, Isabela

COMMUNITY IMMERSION ACTIVITY IN APT 52

TERMPAPER

Submitted by:

Jezza Mae C. Valera

BAT 3 Student

Submitted to:

Gilmour T. Valdez
Instructor
I. Introduction

Community immersion is an education and training designed to bridge the gap

between theoretical instruction and the realities of actual works. It is a process of
being with the people in the community. The process helps concretize theoretical
classroom discussion through actual experiences. Furthermore, it also raises the level
of awareness and consciousness of the realities besetting the people in the
communities. It is a situation of give and take- you learn from them and they learn
from you.

Our section conducted a Community Immersion at Cabatuan, Isabela where

we actually put into action all the theories we learned inside the classroom. We
experienced how to castrate cattle and all the precautionary measures before doing so,
deworming goat and also had the chance to mingle and learn from different successful
farmers, staff and local government personnel.

Objectives
Generally, it aims to acquire actual work experience through Community
Immersion activity.
Specifically, it aims to:
1. Enhance the knowledge and skills of the students in large ruminants through
hand on activities.
2. Acquire a professional work ethics through community-based activities.

II. Learnings/Activities

A. Knowledge and skills learned

 Castration
Castration is the removal of the testes from animals. It is done
in order to reduce aggression and subsequent injury and to make it
docile or submissive. Methods of castration are either by blade or
rubber ring.
In our actual activity we used blade to castrate the animals.
Using water and detergent we washed the scrotum to disinfect it.
Antibiotics were also administered with a ratio of 1:10 (1 ml is to 10
kg). We cut the bottom end of the scrotum using a blade (blade should
be new and unused). Squeezed the testicle above the cut end of the
scrotum and it come out. The testicles were put away and a surgical
cord was used to seal the testicular cord. Gusanex is sprayed on the
wound to prevent infection.

 Vitamin Administration
Vitamin is an organic molecule that is an essential
micronutrient that an organism needs in small quantities for the proper
 functioning of its metabolism. It must be administered before
castration. The following are the vitamins administered during the
activity:

a. Biotin. Essential for carbohydrate and fat metabolism and

regulates gene expression.

b. Riboflavin. Helps convert food into energy and also acts as

an antioxidant.

c. Niacin. Role is in cellular signaling, metabolism and DNA

production and repair.

d. Pantothenic acid. Like other B vitamins, pantothenic acid

helps the animal obtain energy from food and is also involved
in hormone and cholesterol production.

e. Pyridoxine. Involved in amino acid metabolism, red blood

cell production and the creation of neurotransmitters.

f. Folic acid. Needed for cell growth, amino acid metabolism,

the formation of red and white blood cells and proper cell
division.

g. Vitamin B12. It helps with red blood cell formation

and anemia prevention and plays a vital role in helping
produce red blood cells.

 Restraining the animal

Some of us restrained the animal to assure that castrating will be
conducted well. A rope was used to bind the animal from neck, body
and hoof to prevent unnecessary movement that may affect the
operation.

 Deworming
Deworming is the giving of an anthelmintic drug to a human or animal
to rid them of helminths parasites, such as roundworm, flukes and
tapeworm.
Volume administered?

Other activities:

B. Interpersonal relationship/Socialization
  With the local government unit personnel

 With the Farmers

 With labourer/staff

 With peers

 With the instructor in-charge

III. Conclusion/Recommendation

IV. Documentation
Materials used:
Restraining of the animal

Washing of scrotum