A study of nutrition fundamentals and proper livestock management, including balancing rations and field maps to provide information and techniques of formulating feeds advised for production needs of the community. A continuation of ANSC 1220. Completion of ANSC 1220. A study of the principles of genetics and their application to livestock and crop production. Applications of reproduction, selection, inbreeding, and crossbreeding in livestock production are studied.
Students plan and evaluate an improvement program designed to direct genetic changes in livestock.
The course introduces students to methods of manipulating reproduction within livestock management systems. A lecturelaboratory course which introduces students to basic veterinary principles, including sanitation, disease prevention, animal restraints, vaccination procedures, preconditioning of livestock, and other health practices essential to the proper management of livestock. Course content covers individual bacteria and viruses, herd animal health and anatomy of cardiovascular, respiratory, hemiclymphatic, digestive, reproductive, and urinary systems.