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(CLF3000)  Advanced Core Cluster:  ANIMAL SCIENCE

  (CLF3150)  Unit Title:  NUTRITION AND FEEDS


          UNIT DIRECTORY:

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          Code       Topic Title                         Hours      Year(s)
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          (CLF3151)  Feed Identification and 
                     Nutrient Evaluation                   2         3 / 4

          (CLF3152)  Feed additives                        2         3 / 4

          (CLF3153)  Hormones                              1         3 / 4 

          (CLF3154)  Developing Rations                    4         3 / 4 

          (CLF3155)  Vitamin and Amino Acid Requirements   2         3 / 4 

          (CLF3156)  Nutritional Diseases                  2         3 / 4 

          (CLF3157)  Feeding Regime                        2         3 / 4 

          (CLF3158)  Cost Efficiency of Production         4         3 / 4 

          (CLF3199)  Unit Test Exam                        1         3 / 4 

                                    TOTAL TIME FOR UNIT = 20
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UNIT GOAL:  Students shall develop an advanced understanding of the
            principles involved in animal nutrition and feeds.
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UNIT OBJECTIVES:  Upon completion of this unit students will be able to:

1.  Identify three common roughages and four concentrates available in your
    area and discuss which feeds have the highest content (percentage) of
    nitrogen, energy, protein, calcium, and phosphorus.

2.  Identify the major feed additives on the market, explain how each 
    additive affects production, and review governmental regulations 
    pertaining to the use of each.
           
3.  Explain how hormones are used as growth regulators and list the animals
    on which those hormones are used.


4.  Develop a low cost (specifying actual cost) feed ration for one species 
    of livestock for maintenance, growth and lactation using concentrates
    and roughages available locally. 

5.  List vitamins and amino acids not synthesized by livestock species and 
    identify feeds high in these specific nutrients.

6.  Describe the symptoms of five common nutritional diseases caused by
    vitamin or mineral deficiencies or toxicity and explain the treatment
    and prevention of these diseases.

7.  Explain the importance of a consistent feeding regime and list possible
    metabolic disease problems which may occur due to sudden changes in the 
    ration.

8.  Define "creep-feeding" and explain its value in an animal's feeding 
    regime.

9.  Given specific data, calculate the rate of gain and cost of feed per
    pound of gain per day for three livestock species.

10. Feed and maintain an animal through a full production cycle.

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REFERENCES:

Bundy and Diggins. (1968).  LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY PRODUCTION (3rd ed.). 
    New Jersey:  Prentice-Hall Inc.

Ensminger, M.E. (1983). THE STOCKMAN'S HANDBOOK (6th ed.). Illinois: 
    Interstate Printers and Publishers.

Fridline, Clarance R. (1979). LIVESTOCK NUTRITION AND FEEDING. Ohio:  Ag.
    Ed. Curriculum Materials Service.

Gillespie, James R. (1981). MODERN LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY PRODUCTION. New 
    York:  Delmar Publishers.

Maynard, Leonard A. (1979). ANIMAL NUTRITION (7th ed.). New York:  McGraw-
    Hill Book Co.

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RESOURCES:

CALIFORNIA FARMER MAGAZINE, the "Marketing Decisions" section of each issue.

VEP filmstrips, "Basic Beef Cattle Nutrition", "The Livestock Feedstuff
    Series", and "Swine Nutrition", VEP Productions, Cal Poly State 
    University, San Luis Obispo, CA.


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