TV5020:03
Animal Production
| Townsville | HECS Band 3 |
37 hours lectures, 8 hours tutorials, 15 hours practicals, 64 hours field work. Semester 1.
Available to graduate students with a degree in Veterinary Science or Agricultural Science (or equivalent).
Staff: Professor P Summers, Assoc. Professor L Fitzpatrick, Dr E Teleni.
A review of the essential features of ruminant nutrition including pasture production and utilisation, reproductive physiology and animal breeding of food and fibre producing domestic animals. This subject also deals with aspects of animal welfare.
Learning Objectives:
- appreciate the basic concepts in animal nutrition and the application of such concepts in practical animal feeding situations with emphasis on the tropical environment;
- understand the principles of reproductive physiology and animal breeding particularly as applied to food and fibre producing animals in tropical environments;
- understand the nature of the animal industries of northern Australia and the constraints to productivity;
- be cognisant of the importance of animal welfare in animal production systems;
- develop practical skills in the common methods for assessing reproductive status and fertility in ruminants.
Assessment by a two-hour and a one-hour examination (60%); two assignments (40%).