Intensive Animal Health and Production
VETS4235
This course covers three intensive animal industries: pigs, chickens (broiler and layer operations) and aquaculture.This unit of study will provide students with an understanding of the major factors driving the profitability and sustainability of these industries. The emphasis is on epidemiology, management and preventive medicine, with consideration given to welfare aspects of intensively housed animals. Students will be provided with the basic skills to resolve production and profit-limiting problems on farms. Diagnosis and treatment of common conditions affecting fisheries and aquaculture species will be presented. Practical classes are designed to provide students with the opportunity to observe and participate in specialized husbandry and diagnostic practices undertaken on farms. They will gain experience handling representatives of the common fish species and performing common clinical procedures. Poultry pathology post mortems will be practiced.
Unit of study details
Unit of study level: Honours
Credit points: 6
Commencing semesters: 2
Further unit of study information
Unit of study handbook: VETS4235
Costs and scholarships information: Costs and Scholarships
Final dates to withdraw from units of study: Census Dates
Available for study abroad and exchange: No