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On completion of this module students should be able to:
Make current practical recommendations on how to manage, feed and produce food animal species efficiently and safely.
Demonstrate an understanding of the basic production systems for dairy, beef, sheep, poultry and pig meat production.
Demonstrate an understanding of the environmental requirements of domestic species and how the animals environment affects its health and production.
Advise on appropriate husbandry for the maintenance of herd or flock health.
Have an awareness of the key animal health issues that form part of routine herd and flock health programmes.
Have a basic understanding of fish production systems, fish husbandry and fish health plans.
Have a good understanding of pig and poultry systems, husbandry and health plans.
Have a basic understanding of the importance of disease prevention and herd health and how this relates to antibiotic usage on farms and the challenge of antimicrobial resistance.
On completion of this module students should be able to:
Make current practical recommendations on how to manage, feed and produce food animal species (cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry and fish) efficiently and safely.
Demonstrate an understanding of basic production methods for beef, sheep, poultry, fish and pig meat production.
Describe the quality standards applied to milk production for human consumption and the management factors that contribute to mastitis in dairy herds.
Demonstrate an understanding of the environmental requirements of domestic species, especially their housing requirements, and how the animal’s environment affects its health and production.
Know how to manipulate the environment to optimise health and production.
Identify environmental and husbandry aspects that predispose to health problems and limit production.
Have a basic understanding of herd health as a concept, as well as basic understanding of important herd health topics including lameness control, mastitis management, infectious disease control in cattle and flock health management.
Be competent in the handling and husbandry of calves, including practical aspects such as disbudding, castration, stomach tubing, colostrum management and basic clinical examination.
Have a basic understanding of bee husbandry and common diseases affecting honey bees.
Have an understanding of the important husbandry requirements of camelids, e.g. alpaca, including dietary requirements, animal handling techniques, and common diseases.
Lectures
Wednesday Lectures: 11am - 1pm Theatre FS-G01 (201) Agriculture & Food Science Building
FS1 FM Calf rearing system / management: colostrum, nutrition of pre-ruminant calf, milk replacer, composition, whole milk, automatic feeding systems.
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FS2 FM Calf housing principals (such as orientation, relative humidity, ventilation, space allocation, feeding arrangements), individual and group housing, Patterson houses etc
Fish Lectures Friday 25th Jan Dr. Susie Mitchell
FS 3 FM Dairy - Rearing replacement dairy heifers
FS4 FM Beef production - conventional calf to 18 months or calf - 24 months system, including calendar of events
FS5 FM Beef production - suckler beef production, including calendar of events.
FS6 FM Beef production - bull beef / cereal beef production - calf to 12/14 months, intensive / winter finishing
FS7 FM Wed 13-02-18 11:00 Dairy cow and beef housing: housing types (slatted floor, straw bedded, sloped floor, cubicles), feeding, manure management, space allocation
FS8 FM Cattle housing continued: Watering arrangements, footbaths, milking parlours layout of parlour / collecting yards; Dairy cow health / husbandry problems associated with inadequate housing, housing of breeding bulls.
FS9 MAC Sheep - Management of lowland sheep
FS10 MAC Sheep - Mid season sheep production system / calendar of events.
FS11 ER Introduction to Herd Health
FS12 ER Introduction to Cattle Mastitis
FS13 EGM Poultry husbandry; qualities of broilers and layers; production cycles, targets, records. Poultry nutrition – layers and broilers.
FS14 EGM Poultry housing; deep litter, battery cages and alternative systems. Environment – ventilation, temperature, humidity; lighting programmes
FS16 EGM Pig husbandry- dry sow/farming sow management.
FS16 EGM Pig husbandry - weaning stage
FS18 EGM Pig husbandry: finishing management
FS18 ER Introduction to Cattle Lameness
FS19 MAC Sheep - Early lamb production. Hill sheep - Finishing of store lambs.
FS20 MAC Sheep housing - types, layout, ancillary facilities, costs, and problems.
FS21 ER Introduction to infectious diseases of cattle
FS22 ER Infectious diseases of cattle continued
FS23 ER Introduction to flock health
Honey Bees and their Husbandry Lecture - Friday (1 hour)
Camelid husbandry and health - Lecture Friday (1 hour)
FS24 FM Economic analysis of food producing animal husbandry
Practicals (1/4 class) Lyons Estate
FP1 FM Thursday Lyons Estate Calf husbandry, colostrum feeding, housing, Calf dehorning, castration, stomach tubing
Tutorials
FT1 ER: Beef Cattle Health and Production Tutorial
FP2 EGM: Pigs / Pig records Tutorial
FT2 MAC: Sheep Tutorials
Sheep problem solving - Evaluation of sheep production systems - economics, reproduction, genetics, nutrition, welfare. (2h x2)
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 28 |
Tutorial | 6 |
Practical | 4 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 66 |
Total | 104 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Examination: Summer written examination under the supervision of invigilators. Mix of MCQ, matching set, short answer questions and longer written questions across the main farm animal species. | 2 hour End of Trimester Exam | No | Alternative non-linear conversion grade scale 50% | No | 80 |
Multiple Choice Questionnaire: First half of the module - MCQ questions will be based on lecture content, tutorials and practicals in Lyons. | Week 7 | n/a | Other | No | 10 |
Multiple Choice Questionnaire: MCQ questions covering the second half of the module only - MCQ questions based on lecture content, tutorials and practicals in Lyons Estate. | End of trimester MCQ | n/a | Other | No | 10 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Autumn | Yes - 2 Hour |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
Following each MCQ assessment, particularly the mid-semester MCQ assessment, students will be given formative feedback on their progress, particularly if their performance has been below par. If students are progressing well this will be through Brightspace. For individual students that do not appear to be progressing satisfactorily, face-to-face feedback and help will be given. In addition, the students will be informed that I will be available to discuss any matters of relevance to the module or otherwise throughout the semester and my email will be available to all students on Brightspace.
Name | Role |
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Professor Mark Crowe | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Dr Emmet Kelly | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Professor Finbar Mulligan | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Mr Finnian Logan | Tutor |
Miss Vicki Rhodes | Tutor |
Tutorial | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 22, 23, 24, 26 | Fri 11:00 - 12:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 26 | Fri 14:00 - 15:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31 | Thurs 09:00 - 10:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 30, 32, 33 | Thurs 09:00 - 10:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 33 | Thurs 11:00 - 12:50 |
Practical | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 31 | Thurs 11:00 - 13:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 31, 32 | Thurs 14:00 - 15:50 |
External & School Exams | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 33 | Wed 08:00 - 08:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 25 | Wed 09:00 - 09:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Wed 11:00 - 12:50 |