James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2004

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TV3102:03

Animal Disease and Control

Townsville

HECS Band 3

30 hours lectures, 6 hours tutorials, 6 hours practicals. Semester 2.

Available to students enrolled in the BAnimSc program and other students as approved by the subject coordinator/academic adviser.

Staff:

Dr G Burgess.

This subject will provide a broad outline of the aetiology and control of the major diseases of livestock, wildlife animals and farmed fish and prawns. The main topics to be covered include: clinical examination and signs of disease of farm animals and wildlife; recognition of organ system dysfunction; the principal causes of disease in different management systems; an overview of the relationship between wildlife and feral animals and the transmission of infectious disease including exotic diseases of livestock.

Learning Objectives:

develop the skills to recognise illness in animals and to undertake a basic clinical examination of animals;

appreciate the influence of management practice on the diseases of animals and their control;

understand the aetiology and principles of control of the major diseases of livestock, wildlife animals, fish and prawns;

appreciate the role of feral and wildlife animals in the transmission of infectious diseases of livestock.

Assessment by practical attendance and written report (20%); written assignment (2,500 words) (20%); written examination (60%).