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ANPR517 Disease in Animal Production

Updated: 18 October 2011
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Trimester 2 Off Campus
Armidale Trimester 2 On Campus
Intensive School(s)
Start Finish Attendance Notes
15 August 2012 18 August 2012 Mandatory
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites ANPR321 or ANSC300 or permission of head of school and candidature in a postgraduate award
Co-requisites None
Restrictions ANPR417
Notes None
Combined Units ANPR417 - Disease in Animal Production
Coordinator(s) Stephen Walkden-Brown (swalkden@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

The unit comprises seven modules. The first introduces students to disease processes, investigation and control principles and regulatory aspects of disease control. The second is on internal parasites of livestock and deals with epidemiology, pathogenesis, grazing management, immunity, chemical control, nutritional modulation, breeding for resistance and applied control principles. The remaining 5 modules deal with the diseases and health management of the sheep, grazing beef, feedlot beef, dairy, poultry and pig industries. The unit has a practical orientation with involvement of industry veterinarians, consultants and researchers where possible.

Materials Text information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment Assessment information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. describe and understand the major animal health problems in each of the major livestock industries;
  2. describe and understand the impact of diseases problems in a biological and economic sense;
  3. describe and understand the integrated control of disease in the different animal industries, and the role of good husbandry in maintaining animal health;
  4. recognise and deal with animal disease problems in an appropriate manner, including, short term through to long term responses; and
  5. demonstrate improved analytical, and communication skills (both written and verbal).

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
Lecture notes, assignments and practical sessions cover various aspects of the epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis and control of the major livestock diseases. All of these aspects are assessed by examination, prac class report, assignment and seminar. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
Detailed guidelines on written and oral communication are provided in the study guide for unit and discussed in the introductory session. Two written and one oral presentation are assessed. 		True True True
3 Global Perspectives
Some use of international animal disease examples and models. Not a strong focus. 		True True
4 Information Literacy
Detailed guidelines on information literacy are presented in the study guide for unit and discussed. Examples of key sources of information are provided. Both written assignments are assessed on the literature accessed and used in their compilation. 		True True
5 Life-Long Learning
Students are instructed in and practice learning skills that will be useful to them beyond the unit of learning. 		True True
6 Problem Solving
The post mortem prac is a problem solving prac requiring students to work in groups to arrive at a diagnosis for a given carcass. The lecture notes contain scenarios for the students to solve and revision questions at the end of the lectures. The 3rd assignment requires design of a spreadsheet model to predict disease and is a significant problem solving challenge. 		True True True
7 Social Responsibility
The ethical, social and economic implications of correct disease control are identified in the lecture notes and there is a section on the current legislative framework. 		True True
8 Team Work
The post mortem prac requires students to work in groups to investigate and arrive at a diagnosis for a given sheep carcass. The student seminars are interactive sessions in which audience involvement is a key element. 		True
   

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