TV5020 - Animal Production
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 3 |
| Administered by: | School of Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences (pre 2015) |
Available to graduate students with a degree in Veterinary Science or Agricultural Science (or equivalent).
A review of the essential features of ruminant animal production including nutrition, pasture production and utilisation, reproductive physiology and animal breeding of food and fibre producing domestic animals.
Learning Outcomes
- be cognisant of the importance of animal welfare in animal production systems;
- understand the principles of animal production and management;
- appreciate the basic concepts in animal nutrition and reproduction and the application of such concepts in tropical environments;
- develop ability to find and access information, review it critically and present it in a scientific manner either written or using modern media technologies;
- understand the nature of the animal industries or northern Australia and the constraints to productivity.
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 27-Mar-2014 | |
| Coordinator: | Mr Christopher Gardiner |
| Lecturers: | Mr Christopher Gardiner, Dr Anthony Parker, moet1. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40%); assignments (60%). |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.