ANPR515 Constraints to Animal Production

Updated: 16 January 2013

Unit Information
Additional Information

Credit Points

Offering

Responsible Campus	Teaching Period	Mode of Study
Armidale	Trimester 1	Off Campus
Armidale	Trimester 1	On Campus

Intensive School(s)

Start	Finish	Attendance	Notes
18 April 2013	20 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

candidature in a postgraduate award

Co-requisites

None

Restrictions

ANPR415

Notes

Assumed knowledge of basic undergraduate biochemistry, physiology and animal production

Combined Units

ANPR415 - Constraints to Animal Production

Coordinator(s)

David Cottle (dcottle2@une.edu.au)

Unit Description

This unit covers ruminant and monogastric animals and is designed for both 'generalist' and 'animal science' oriented students. The major constraints to increased animal production posed by environment (nutrition, climate, health and welfare) are considered in an integrated way, ie emphasis is placed on the interactions between factors such as nutrition, climate and disease and includes contemporary social imperatives such as waste management. A purpose-written book is provided. The unit provides sufficient basic scientific information about the major factors that limit animal production to enable students to analyse and advise on animal production problems in widely different practical situations. Students enrolled in ANPR515 will have to complete the requirements for ANPR415 and complete additional guided reading/practical work appropriate to the needs of individual students.

Important Information

Where calculators are permitted in examinations, it must be selected from an approved list, which can be accessed from the Further Information link below.

Further information

Prescribed Material
Mandatory

Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material. Please note that textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.

Lecture Notes for Constraints to Animal Production: ISBN: ARDG03

School of Environmental and Rural Science

Note: Available from the United Campus Bookshops, UNE

Text refers to: Trimester 1 , On Campus

Recommended Material
Optional

Text(s):

Note: Recommended material is held in the University Library - purchase is optional

International Sheep and Wool Handbook: ISBN: 9781904761860

Cottle, D.J. (ed), Australian Wool Innovation 1st ed. 2013

Note: Held in Dixson Library Call No. Q338.1763/I61

Text refers to: Trimester 1 , On and Off Campus

Referenced Material
Optional

Text(s):

Note: Reference material is held in the University Library - purchase is optional

Livestock Diseases in Australia: Diseases of Cattle, Sheep, Goats and Farm Dogs in Australia: ISBN: 0957908636

Brightling, A., C.H. Jerram and Associates Science Publishers 2006

Note: Held in Dixson Library - Call No. On Order

Text refers to: Trimester 1 , On and Off Campus
Stock Diseases: Diseases of Beef Cattle, Sheep, Goats and Farm Dogs in Temperate Australia: ISBN: 9780409304763

Brightling, A., Inkata Press 1994

Note: Held in Dixson Library - Call No. 636.089/B855s

Text refers to: Trimester 1 , On and Off Campus
Veterinary Medicine: A Textbook of the Diseases of Cattle, Horses, Sheep, Pigs and Goats: ISBN: 0702027774

Radostits, O.M., Gay, C.C., Hinchcliff, K.W. and Constable, P.D., Elsevier Saunders 10th ed. 2007

Note: Held in Dixson Library - Call No. Q636.0896/R131v/2007

Text refers to: Trimester 1 , On and Off Campus
Animal Health: Health, Disease, and Welfare of Farm Livestock: ISBN: 9780632038886

Sainsbury, D., Blackwell Science 2nd ed. 1998

Note: Held in Dixson Library - Call No. 636.08944/S132a/1998

Text refers to: Trimester 1 , On and Off Campus
Diseases of Livestock: ISBN: 9780074525630

Hungerford, T.G., McGraw-Hill 9th ed. 1990

Note: Held in Dixson Library - Call No. R636.0896/H936d/1990

Text refers to: Trimester 1 , On and Off Campus
Stress and Animal Welfare: ISBN: 9780412395802

Broom, D.M. and Johnson, K.G., Chapman and Hall 1st ed. 1993

Note: Held in Dixson Library - Call No. 591.188/B873s

Text refers to: Trimester 1 , On and Off Campus
Voluntary Food Intake and Diet Selection in Farm Animals: ISBN: 9780851989082

Forbes, J.M., CAB INternational 1995

Note: Held in Dixson Library - Call No. 636.0852/F693v

Text refers to: Trimester 1 , On and Off Campus
Nutrient Requirements of Domesticated Ruminants: ISBN: 9780643092624

Freer, M., Dove, H. and Nolan, J.V., CSIRO Publishing 2007

Note: Held in Dixson Library - Call No. 636.208/N976/2007

Text refers to: Trimester 1 , On and Off Campus
Matching Ruminant Production Systems with Available Resources in the Tropics and Sub-Tropics: ISBN: 0958829012

Preston, T.R. and Leng, R.A., Penambul Books 1987

Note: Held in Dixson Library - Call No. Q636.0096/P941m/1987

Text refers to: Trimester 1 , On and Off Campus
Stress Physiology in Livestock: ISBN: 0849356687

Yosef, M.K., CRC Press Vol. 2 1984

Note: Held in Dixson Library - Call No. 636.0892/Y82s

Text refers to: Trimester 1 , On and Off Campus
Improvement of Livestock Production in Warm Climates: ISBN: 9780716708254

McDowell, R.E., Freeman 1972

Note: Held in Dixson Library - Call No. 636.00913/M138i

Text refers to: Trimester 1 , On and Off Campus
Environmental Aspects of Housing for Animal Production: ISBN: 9780408106887

Clark, J.A., Butterworths 1981

Note: Held in Dixson Library - Call No. 636.0831/E13E

Text refers to: Trimester 1 , On and Off Campus
Animal Welfare: ISBN: 0851991807

Appleby, M.C. and Hughes, B.O., CAB International 1997

Note: Held in Dixson Library - Call No. 179.3/A5984

Text refers to: Trimester 1 , On and Off Campus
Domestic Animal Behaviour and Welfare: ISBN: 9781845932879

Broom, D.M. and Fraser, A.F., CAB International 4th ed. 2007

Note: Held in Dixson Library - Call No. 636/F841f/2007

Text refers to: Trimester 1 , On and Off Campus
Animal Waste Utilization: Effective Use of Manure as a Soil Resource: ISBN: 9781575040684

Hatfield, J.L. and Stewart, B.A., Ann Arbor Press 1997

Note: Held in Dixson Library - Call No. 631.861/A598

Text refers to: Trimester 1 , On and Off Campus
Animal Stress: ISBN: 9780683061017

Moberg, G.P., American Physiological Society 1985

Note: Held in Dixson Library - Call No. 591.1/M687a

Text refers to: Trimester 1 , On and Off Campus
Ammonia Emissions in Agriculture: ISBN: 9789086860296

Monteny, G. and Hartung, E., Wageningen Academic Publishers 2007

Note: Held in Dixson Library - Call No. 628.7466/A521

Text refers to: Trimester 1 , On and Off Campus
Diseases and Parasites of Livestock in the Tropics: ISBN: 9780582606180

Hall, H.T.B., Longman 1977

Note: Held in Dixson Library - Call No. 636.0896/H176d

Text refers to: Trimester 1 , On and Off Campus
Health and Disease in Farm Animals: ISBN: 9780080259000

Parker, W.H., Pergamon Press 3rd ed. 1980

Note: Held in Dixson Library - Call No. 636.089/P244H/1980

Text refers to: Trimester 1 , On and Off Campus
Animal Nutrition: ISBN: 9780582419063

McDonald, P. and others, Prentice-Hall 6th ed. 2002

Note: Held in Dixson Library - Call No. 636.0852/M135a/2002

Text refers to: Trimester 1 , On and Off Campus
Tropical Animal Health: ISBN: 9780792338215

Seifert, H.S.H., Kluwer Academic Publishers 1996

Note: Held in Dixson Library - Call No. 636.089/S459t

Text refers to: Trimester 1 , On and Off Campus
Livestock Handling and Transport: ISBN: 9780851988559

Grandin, T., CAB International 1993

Note: Held in Dixson Library - Call No. 636.083/L784

Text refers to: Trimester 1 , On and Off Campus

Disclaimer

Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.

Assessment

Title	Exam Length	Weight	No. Words
Assignment 1		10%	1500
Assessment Notes
Topic Essay

Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-5 GA: 1-4, 6, 7
Case Study		10%	1000
Assessment Notes
Consultancy Report

Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-5 GA: 1-4, 6, 7
Case Study 2		10%	1000
Assessment Notes
Critical Review

Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-5 GA: 1-4, 6, 7
Non-Official Examination		15%
Assessment Notes
Mid-semester exam

Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-5 GA: 1-4, 6, 7

Final Examination	2 hrs	55%
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-5 GA: 1, 2, 4

Learning Outcomes (LO)

Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:

describe the environmental constraints to livestock production and provide management strategies that ameliorate these constraints;
recognise the interactions between these constraints;
provide management strategies that ameliorate these constraints;
analyse and advise on animal production problems in widely different practical situations; and
complete a critical review of literature, to postgraduate standard, exhibiting specialisation in one of the areas of constraint.

Graduate Attributes (GA)

	Attribute	Taught	Assessed	Practised
1	Knowledge of a Discipline A book written specifically for this unit provides students with up-to-date theoretical and practical information. Students take part in hands-on practicals (post-mortems, rumen in vitro simulations, analysis of production data, prepare plans for feed-lot heat stress alleviation on site at the University's research feedlot at 'Tullimba'. Case studies are a feature of this unit. Students submit a critical review of literature as part of the assessment.
2	Communication Skills Students prepare and deliver oral reports, write scientific reports and management plans and prepare a critical literature review.
3	Global Perspectives One laboratory session shows greenhouse gas production in an in vitro rumen; attitudes to animal welfare in different countries are discussed. Potential pandemics (avian influenza, mad cow disease) are explained and discussed.
4	Information Literacy Assignment and case study marking schemes for this Unit include marks for 'Quality and scope of literature/ references cited'. Students use the library and internet to obtain relevant information for assessment.
5	Life-Long Learning Generic skills with problem-solving decision-support software, literature (internet) searching and oral and written communication skills are enhanced by activities in this unit.
6	Problem Solving One of the major assignments requires students to prepare a heat-stress management plan.
7	Social Responsibility The social/management module in this unit enhances understanding of these issues.
8	Team Work Students work in groups of 3-4 to develop feeding management plans using commercial software.

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