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793-231 Dairy Management I | |
Credit Points | 10 |
HECS Band | 2 |
Coordinator | Mr J Nunn |
Prerequisites | Animal Health and Nutrition; Animal Breeding. |
Semester | 1, repeat 2 (view timetable) |
Contact | Lectures 39 hours; tutorials 26 hours |
Subject Description | The objective of this subject is to provide students with skills and knowledge relating to dairy production and management. The content includes: Feeding and nutrition of different classes of stock, condition scoring and production estimation, feed budgeting, grazing strategies and disease management. Calf rearing and replacement heifer rearing, conformation and structural soundness, visual assessment and its importance to a breeding program, the practical application of breeding programs in the dairy industry. Maintaining and comparing milk harvesting and storage equipment. Analysis of dairy shed designs. Dairy farming beyond 2000. |
Assessment | Internal students - Two assignments; three hour examination. External students - Two assignments. |
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