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Pathway: Animal Systems
Code | Topic | Course | Knowledge and Skill | Performance Element | Measurement Criteria
AGPC01.01 | Animal Systems | #2: Introduction to Animal Science                                       #7: Orientation to Animal Science                                       #9: Animal Anatomy and Physiology | Apply knowledge of anatomy and physiology to produce and/or manage animals in a domesticated or natural environment. | Use classification systems to explain basic functions of animal anatomy and physiology. | Describe functional differences in animal structures and body systems.
 |  | Course content of this K & S also reflected in courses of specialization: |  |  | Classify animals according to anatomy and physiology.
 |  | #4: Small Animal Specialization   #5: Equine Science                     #6: Biotechnology and Agricultural Science Research |  | Recognize the anatomy of animal species to understand how the body structures interact and affect animal health. | Identify selected animal parts from a diagram or on a real animal.
 |  |  |  |  | Identify ways that an animal’s health can be affected by anatomy/physiology problems.
 |  |  |  | Analyze a subject animal to determine the nature of its health status. | Perform simple procedures in evaluating an animal’s health status.
 |  |  |  |  | Identify symptoms of diseases, illnesses, parasites, and other health-related problems.
 |  |  |  |  | Diagnose animal ailments.
 |  |  |  |  | Implement disease prevention and health improvement program.
 |  |  |  |  | Identify and implement (i.e., treat) treatment options.
Code | Topic | Course | Knowledge and Skill | Performance Element | Measurement Criteria
AGPC01.02 | Animal Systems | #2: Introduction to Animal Science                                       #3: Advanced Animal Science   #10: Working with Animals | Recognize animal behaviors to facilitate working with animals safely. | Develop a safety plan for working with a specific animal. | Explain factors which serve to stimulate or discourage given types of animal behavior.
 |  |  |  |  | Recognize the normality curve of animal behavior.
 |  |  |  |  | Perform safe handling procedures when working with animals.
 |  |  |  |  | Identify strengths and weaknesses of an animal safety handling plan.
 |  |  |  |  | Operate animal facilities to insure safety of animals.
AGPC01.03 | Animal Systems | #2: Introduction to Animal Science                                                                         #3: Advanced Animal Science                                                 #5: [NAME] | Provide proper nutrition to maintain animal performance. | Examine animal developmental stages to comprehend why nutrient requirements are different throughout an animal’s life cycle. | Recognize the different phases of an animal’s life cycle.
 |  |  |  |  | Select diets which provide the appropriate quantity of nutrients for each animal developmental stage.
 |  |  |  | Analyze a feed ration to determine whether or not it fulfills a given animal’s nutrient requirements. | Identify the differences between good and poor quality feedstuffs.
 |  |  |  |  | Create a balanced ration for a given animal.
 |  |  |  | Record and compare feed variations to assess whether the nutritional requirements of a given animal are being met. | Use different types of feedstuffs (e.g., roughage, concentrates) to create a feed ration containing the appropriate amounts of required nutrients.
 |  |  |  |  | Use different forms of feedstuffs (e.g., pellets, cracked, rolled, ground) to create a diet that meets the needs of a specific animal.
Code | Topic | Course | Knowledge and Skill | Performance Element | Measurement Criteria
[NAME] | Animal Systems | #3: Advanced Animal Science   #9: Animal Anatomy and Physiology | Know the factors that influence an animal’s reproductive cycle to explain species response. | Analyze elements in the reproductive cycle to explain differences between male and female reproductive systems. | Identify the parts of male and female reproductive tracts on example animals.
 |  |  |  |  | Analyze the reproductive cycle of a given animal.
 |  |  |  |  | Evaluate animal readiness for breeding.
 |  |  |  | Discuss reproductive cycles to show how they differ from species to species. | Discuss the pros and cons of breeding through natural cover and artificial insemination.
 |  |  |  |  | Discuss the implications of genetic variation.
 |  |  |  |  | Describe techniques of artificial insemination.
 |  |  |  |  | Identify reproduction management practices (e.g., male to female ratios, age and weight for breeding, fertility and soundness for breeding, heat synchronization, flushing).
 |  |  |  | Evaluate an animal to determine its breeding soundness. | Describe the procedure for determining an animal’s breeding readiness.
 |  |  |  |  | Identify and prevent problems associated with reproduction.
 |  |  |  |  | Select animals based on breeding soundness.
Code | Topic | Course | Knowledge and Skill | Performance Element | Measurement Criteria
AGPC01.05 | Animal Systems | #3: Advanced Animal Science   #8: Survey or the Animal Industry                                       #10: Working with Animals         #11: Livestock Management | Identify environmental factors that affect an animal’s performance. | Recognize optimum performance for a given animal species. | Identify good performance for a given animal species.
 |  |  |  |  | Identify reasons why some animals perform better than others.
 |  |  |  | Create a program to develop an animal to its highest potential performance. | Identify factors that can be manipulated to control a given animal’s performance.
 |  |  |  |  | Generate ways to increase an animal’s performance.
 |  |  |  | Assess an animal to determine if it has reached its optimum performance level. | Make appropriate changes in an animal’s environment in order to achieve optimum performance.
 |  |  |  |  | Use appropriate tools in manipulating animal performance.
 |  |  |  | Develop efficient procedures to produce consistently high-quality animals, well-suited for their intended purpose. | Identify a given species’ desirable production numbers (e.g., birth weight, rate of gain, age of maturity, age of sexual maturity).
 |  |  |  |  | Evaluate desired traits (e.g., production) of animals.
 |  |  |  |  | Evaluate the role that economics plays in animal production.
 |  |  |  |  | Design facilities appropriate for the production of a given species of animal.
 |  |  |  |  | Make decisions on using new techniques and methods in the production facility so that both profit and animal safety are maximized.