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 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 and exemption from this component is not possible.

Credit Points

16

HECS Band

2

Coordinator

Assoc. Professor P. Hughes

Prerequisites

212-358 Animal Physiology.

Semester

2 (view timetable)

Contact

36 hours of lectures and 36 hours of practical work

Subject Description

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. The course includes analysis of the following key issues in intensive livestock production systems: (1) the size, distribution & value of the pig, poultry & other intensive animal industries, (2) breed selection & genetic improvement, (3) practical feeding of breeding & growing animals, (4) optimisation of reproductive output, (5) environmental effects & the use of buildings, (6).management regimes to maintain animal health, (7) maximisation of product output & quality, (8) production system analysis & consideration of alternatives and (9) marketing & markets. 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 and 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 and the alternative production systems available for pigs and poultry.

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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