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305330 (v.1) Grazing Animal Production Systems 502


Area: Muresk Institute
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 5.0
 
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
 
Lecture: 3 x 1 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Fieldwork: 4 x 1 Days Monthly
Prerequisite(s): 303294 (v.2) Food and Fibre Production 101 or any previous version
AND
303297 (v.2) Animal Science 102 or any previous version
 
Syllabus: Animal production systems that utilise grazing strategies. Factors influencing productivity in grazing animal systems of production. Grazing management options available and the advantages and disadvantages of those options. The individual characteristics that influence production from pastoral, agricultural and rangeland regions. The application of the principles of applied reproduction, population genetics to the development of breeding programs for grazing animals. Development of animal production plans for grazing animals.
 
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
 
Field of Education: 50100 Agriculture (Narrow Grouping)
Funding Cluster: 10 - Agriculture
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Supplemental
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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