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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Horticulture : Agriculture

212-432 Intensive Animal Production

Note:

This course can involve the use of animals in experiments. Students should be aware that these experiments are an essential part of the course & exemption from this component is not possible.

Coordinator:

Assoc. Professor P. Hughes

Prerequisite/s:

212-358 Animal Physiology

Timetable:

Semester 2

Contact:

36 hours of lectures and 36 hours of practical work

Objectives:

This course provides those students who wish to specialise in animal science subjects with a detailed understanding of the production systems used in intensive animal agriculture. On completion of this subject students should be aware of all the significant inputs & products of intensive animal production systems, those factors that determine product quality & the effects of changes in the inputs/outputs on the efficiency of the production system. They should be capable of the detailed analysis of a production system. They should also be aware of the ethical issues associated with intensive animal production systems & the alternative production systems available for pigs & poultry.

Content:

Size, distribution & value of the pig, poultry & other intensive animal industries. Breed selection & genetic improvement in intensive animal production. Practical feeding of breeding & growing animals. Optimisation of reproductive output. Environmental effects & the use of buildings in intensive animal production. Management regimes to maintain animal health. Maximisation of product output & quality. Analysis of production systems & consideration of alternatives. Marketing & markets.

Assessment:

A 3-hour end-of-semester written examination; up to three written assignments (up to 4000 words each).

Prescribed Texts:

  • Gardner, Dunkin & Lloyd, Pig Production in Australia
  • Hughes & Varley, Reproduction in the Pig
  • Whittemore & Elsley, Practical Pig Nutrition
  • North & Bell, Commercial Poultry Production
  • Nowland, Poultry Production in Australia
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