312376 (v.2) Equine Health 202
| Area: | Department of Environment and Agriculture |
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| Credits: | 25.0 |
| Contact Hours: | 5.0 |
| Tuition Patterns: | The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline. |
| Laboratory: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
| Seminar: | 1 x 3 Hours Weekly |
| Prerequisite(s): |
309734 (v.3)
Principles of Plant and Animal Production 101
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| Syllabus: | The unit aims to provide a broad understanding of equine health, how it can be measured and the impact of disease on a healthy animal. Topics covered include: effects of management and training factors on the occurrence of various diseases, aspects of feeding that can contribute to disease, common dental abnormalities and diseases in the horse, common parasitic (worm) disorders of the horse, recognition of lameness in the horse and the means by which lameness can be investigated, equine therapeutics, first aid and preventative medicine. |
| Unit references, texts, outcomes and assessment details | The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline. |
| Field of Education: | 050105 Animal Husbandry |
| Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Partially Online Internal | Area External | Central External | Fully Online |
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| 2012 | Northam Campus | Semester 2 | Y |
Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
