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(CLF3000)  Advanced Core Curriculum:  ANIMAL SCIENCE

  (CLF3200)  Unit Title:  ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY


          UNIT DIRECTORY:

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          Code       Topic Title                          Hours      Year(s)
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          (CLF3201)  The Digestive Process                  3         3 / 4    
 

          (CLF3202)  Respiration                            1         3 / 4    
 

          (CLF3203)  The Endocrine System                   3         3 / 4    
 

          (CLF3249)  Unit Exam                              1         3 / 4    
 

                                      TOTAL TIME FOR UNIT = 8
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UNIT GOAL:  Students shall learn the structure, function, and maintenance of
            the major organ systems of an animal (e.g. respiratory,
            excretory, endocrine, and digestive), their interrelationships,
            and their role in maintaining homeostasis.

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UNIT OBJECTIVES:  Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:

1.  Demonstrate an understanding of the structure and function of the
    digestive system by tracing the pathways of food through the four types 
    of livestock digestive systems, with emphasis on function of organs in 
    the digestive process.

2.  Briefly explain the process of respiration, utilizing a diagram of the
    lungs.

3.  Describe the function of the endocrine system, the location of the
    glands, and list the hormones that affect growth and reproduction.

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REFERENCES:  

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

Cole, H.H. and Ronning, Magnar. (1974). ANIMAL AGRICULTURE. San Francisco:
    W.H. Freeman and Co.



See also references listed in the Basic Core for the unit on Major Mammalian 
Body Systems (CLF240-48).


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RESOURCES:   

California Vocational Agriculture Guidelines, AG PRODUCTION, "Anatomy and 
    Physiology of Farm Animals".


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