Overview
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Offerings
MURDOCH-S1-INT-2018-ONGOING
Requisites
Prerequisite
Exclusion
Enrolment rules
Enrolment in Animal Science major; ANS101 Animal Production Systems I/Introduction to Livestock Science
Students who have successfully completed ANS353 Animal Production Systems III may not enrol in this unit for credit.
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Learning activities
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Learning outcomes
1.
Sheep Industry – a thorough understanding of the Australian sheep industry, including enterprise economics and factors influencing profitability and productivity. An understanding of wool and meat markets to guide production processes, sheep reproduction, genetics, nutrition and disease and parasite management and knowledge of current sheep industry problems and key research directions.
2.
Meat science and technology – an understanding of the basic principles of carcass and meat quality and of the objective assessments of meat quality. You should also have an appreciation of the factors that affect meat quality and the retail value of meat, as well as processes associated with food safety and cooking quality.
3.
Feed intake – overview of the plant, animal and environmental factors controlling appetite and feed intake in farm animals.
4.
Welfare of intensively and extensively managed livestock and live export trade – introduction to topics involving the welfare of farm animals, and an appreciation of the scale and constraints faced by the live export trade in WA.
5.
Dairy industry – an understanding of the basic production principles associated with the dairy industry in Australia, with emphasis on the WA dairy industry.
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Additional information
Unit content:The main approach to learning in this unit is to use practical classes including the lamb feed lot and self-directed learning to build on the learning objectives from the lectures. All practicals are closely linked to the theory from the lectures and are directly relevant to the livestock industries. The students will have an active hands-on role in the feedlot to enhance their learning of animal handling, health, welfare, nutrition, genetics and production. Strong emphasis is placed on developing teamwork and applying critical thinking to production systems that will be further enhanced in ANS337. A number of guest speakers from industry will also assist in putting what is learnt in the lectures and practical classes into context and to highlight the challenges that they face.