- -  AGRICULTURE CORE CURRICULUM  - -

(CLF3000)  Advanced Core Cluster:  ANIMAL SCIENCE

  (CLF3350)  Unit Title:  LIVESTOCK PESTS

UNIT DIRECTORY:

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           Code     Topic Title                           Hours    Year(s)
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          (CLF3351)  Common Internal Parasite Lifecycles    6       3 / 4 

          (CLF3352)  Common External Parasite Lifecycles    4       3 / 4 

          (CLF3399)  Unit Exam                              1       3 / 4

                                     TOTAL TIME FOR UNIT = 11
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UNIT GOAL:  Students shall learn the major internal and external livestock
            pests, their life cycles, and their control.

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

1.  Draw the life cycle of an internal parasite that is specific for each of 
    the following:  horse, swine, cattle, sheep, poultry, and rabbits and 
    show in the life cycle where each internal parasite can best be 
    controlled.

2.  Draw the life cycle of at least three common external parasites
    including the possible hosts and methods to control each parasite.

3.  Develop a one-year worming and vaccination schedule for a student-owned,
    animal-related SOE.

4.  Explain the value of pasture rotation in parasite control.

5.  Describe production problems associated with the housefly, blowfly, 
    botfly, and horsefly and explain two methods in which these can be
    controlled.

6.  Define drenching and demonstrate methods on three livestock species.


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REFERENCES:  

Bundy and Diggins. (1968). LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY PRODUCTION. Englewood 
    Cliffs:  Prentice-Hall, Inc.

Cheeke, Peter R. (1982). RABBIT PRODUCTION (5th ed.). Danville, IL:  The  
    Interstate Printers and Publishers.
             
Ensminger, M.E. (1977). HORSES AND HORSEMANSHIP (5th ed.). Danville, IL: 
    The Interstate Printers and Publishers.
             
Ensminger, M.E. (1983). THE STOCKMAN'S HANDBOOK (6th ed.). Danville, IL: 
    The Interstate Printers and Publishers.

Metcalf, C.L. (1962). DESTRUCTIVE AND USEFUL INSECTS (4th ed.). San 
    Francisco:  McGraw-Hill Book Co.

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RESOURCES:  

Vocational Education Products (VEP), California Polytechnic
    State University, San Luis Obispo, CA   93407.


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