Permission of instructor required. The role of genetic and enviromental variation in the selection and genetic improvement of livestock and poultry for economically important traits. Topics include problems of measuring hereditary variation, quantitating selection, predicting selection responses, aids to selectionand an evaluation of breeding systems. The current structure of the animal breeding industries is presented and the unique problems of each are discussed. An in-depth study of the function and regulation of the different organ systems in the body.
Emphasis is placed upon the application of physiologic knowledge to animals and humans.
The presentation of gross anatomy and the relationship between structure and organ physiology, with emphasis on functional regulations and their application to animals and humans. An in-depth study of the basic metabolic frnctions and interactions of nutrients in the body with emphasis on the comparative aspects of monogastric and ruminant animals. This course emphasizes the quantitative aspects of nutrient requirements and the subsequent secelopment of practical feeding programs for different domesticated animal specied. Students select domesticated animal species to emphasize in lab exercises. Current computer technology is used to aid in ration development.