Course Description
Care and techniques of farm animal management, handling, movement, restraint, and facilities needed for efficient and profitable animal production.
Athena Title
ANIMAL PRACTICUM
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall and spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
1. Learn and practice animal behavior, handling and movement Flight zones/predator-prey responses Driving, herding Approaching, catching 2. Learn and practice restraint techniques Psychological Sensory diminishment Confinement chutes, alleys and barriers Tools and physical force Chemical sedation or immobilization 3. Learn and practice animal management practices/animal care Animal husbandry Veterinary examination/health care Development of animal management schedules
Topical Outline
ANIMALS/SKILLS 1. Beef/injection techniques/movement/restraint/haltering 2. Beef heifers/hip heights/weights/vaccinations/tattooing 3. Ewes/ultrasound-pregnancy/deworming 4. Mares/Stallions/deworm/vaccinate 5. Yearlings/vaccinate/deworm/blood samples 6. Dairy calves/restraint/dehorning/castration/deworming 7. Dairy cows/movement/restraint in stanchions/milking/CMT/veterinary physical exam 8. Ewes & Lambs/lambing/tail docking/castration 9. Stock dogs/movement/herding? 10. Sows & piglets/farrowing/piglet processing/I.D./teeth/tail docking/iron injections 11. Sows & piglets/piglet processing/castration/vaccination 12. Dairy cows/restraint/pregnancy check/Lutalyse/Kmars? 13. Beef cattle/castration/vaccination 14. Horses-yearlings/haltering/saddling/deworming/vaccination? 15. Mares & Foals/handling babies/trimming feet
Syllabus