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Offerings

MURDOCH-S1-INT-2018-ONGOING

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Learning outcomes

1.

Get a thorough understanding about the main production principles of the beef, pig and poultry industry, including reproduction, genetics, nutrition, cost of production, performance analysis and diagnosis of problems, and contribute to the achievement of best practice.

2.

Interpret pasture growth dynamics in the context of soil fertility and a grazing animal system. From this you will develop the ability to assess animal and pasture productivity and increase the sustainability of the farming system.

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Additional information

Unit content:

The topics covered in ANS230 are:

  1. Beef production – science into practice
  2. Soil fertility, pastures and fertilisers
  3. Pig production – overview, systems, breeding and welfare
  4. Poultry production – overview, systems, breeding and welfare