Course Description
Principles and practices concerned with the evaluation of type in dairy cattle, with special emphasis on show ring judging.
Athena Title
DY CATTLE EVAL
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
To learn about dairy animal evaluation, the PDCA Scorecard, Linear Evaluation, Dairy Breeds & Records. Learn to communicate effectively through speech.
Topical Outline
Dairy Judging is Life - An Introduction PDCA Score Card Parts of Cow Frame, Body Capacity, Feet and Legs Mammary System and Dairy Character Starting to Place Dairy Cattle and Beginning Reasons Justifying Your Placings: Organization, Terminology Dairy Cattle Judging - Placings and Justifying with Reasons Dairy Cattle Judging - More Reasons! Judging and Evaluating Heifers Heifer Judging Lab, Height & Heart Girth Scoring Placings, Breed Characteristics & Defects Trip to dairy Hoards’ Dairyman Dairy Judging Hoards’ Dairyman Dairy Judging Contest Making Good Reasons Better Judging Contest Trip to dairy Type, Classification & Linear Evaluation Linear Evaluation Lab Fitting and Showing Dairy Cattle Fitting and Showing Lab Sire & Daughter Selection Dairy Record Evaluation and PCDart Body Condition and Locomotion Scoring Other Ways to Evaluate Dairy Cattle Lab
Syllabus