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ANPR211 Animal Production Systems and Products

Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale OUA Session 1 Off Campus
Armidale Trimester 1 Off Campus
Armidale Trimester 1 On Campus
Intensive School(s)
Start Finish Attendance Notes
13 April 2013 16 April 2013 Mandatory
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites None
Co-requisites None
Restrictions ANSC200 or ANSC300
Notes None
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Geoff Hinch (ghinch@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit examines production systems for sheep, beef and dairy cattle, pigs, poultry and emerging animal industries covering elementary aspects of reproduction, lactation, growth and development. As well the unit will examine in some detail the nature and assessment of animal products and their quality, including factors influencing carcass composition and meat quality and wool growth and quality. Students should note that this unit may require animal experimentation and/or dissection during some mandatory practical classes.
Materials No text required
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Assignment 1 15% 1500
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1, 2 GA: 1, 2, 3
Report 10% 500
Assessment Notes
Practical class report
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 2-3 GA: 1, 5
Seminar 10%
Assessment Notes
Oral Seminar Presentation
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-4 GA: 2, 5
Unit Test 20% 1000
Assessment Notes
Mid semester exam
Final Examination 2 hrs 45%
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-4 GA, 1, 3

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. recognise the characteristics of the various products of the livestock industries (including meat, milk, fibre, eggs and draught power) particularly as they relate to consumer demand for the product;
  2. identify the range of production systems that have developed to produce these products in various environments, and the physical and biological constraints to such systems;
  3. understand the nature, structure and size of the major Australian livestock industries, and their relation to world markets; and
  4. identify other animal industries - the opportunities that they present and the constraints that they face.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
Unit content/outcomes taught and assessed in essay and exam format 		True True
2 Communication Skills
Oral seminar is part of assessment of knowledge of a particular livestock industry 		True True True
3 Global Perspectives
Content on international trends and influences covered in lecture material. 		True True
4 Information Literacy
Essay assignment requires detailed use of literature and detailed feedback provided 		True True
5 Life-Long Learning
Building on earlier unit information and searching out new material to highlight knowledge gaps 		True True
8 Team Work
Part of practical component of the unit and also assessed as part of seminar presentation 		True
   

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