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793-125 Horse Nutrition | |
Credit Points | 5 |
HECS Band | 2 |
Coordinator | Dr P Cakebread |
Semester | 1, repeat 2 (view timetable) |
Contact | Lectures 20 hours; practical classes 12 hours |
Subject Description | The objective of this subject is to enable students to select and formulate appropriate rations for horses with specific nutritional and feeding requirements. The content includes: Components of feeds, notation and digestion. Nutritive value of horse feeds including; energy, protein, fibre, digestibility, palatability. Feed additives, macro and micro minerals. Nutritive requirements of horses including: brood-mares, foals, stallions, racing and pleasure horses. Manual and computer calculation of balanced ration for horses including: brood-mares, foals, stallions, racing and pleasure horses. Calculations should include horses in various degrees of work maintained in stable and paddock environments. Identification of various feedstuffs, common nutritional ailments. Feeding management. |
Assessment | Internal students - Completion of multimedia education package (100%). External students - Assignments of 3000 words (100%). |
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