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Course code
Qualifications are made up of courses. Some universities call these papers. Each course is numbered using 6 digits.
- 118771
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Level
The fourth number of the course code shows the level of the course. For example, in course 219206, the fourth number is a 2, so it is a 200-level course (usually studied in the second year of full-time study).
- 700-level
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Credits
Each course is worth a number of credits. You combine courses (credits) to meet the total number of credits needed for your qualification.
- 15
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Subject
- Veterinary Science
Course planning information
Course notes
This course is available for practising veterinarians throughout the world to study by distance as a single course or as a component of a part-time Master of Veterinary Medicine or Postgraduate Diploma in Veterinary Science.
All assessments are compulsory and students must achieve at least 50% in the final examination.
Expected prior learning
This course is available for practising veterinarians throughout the world.
Restrictions
You cannot enrol in this course if you have passed (or are enrolled in) any of the course(s) above as these courses have similar content or content at a higher level.
General progression requirements
You may enrol in a postgraduate course (that is a 700-, 800- or 900-level course) if you meet the prerequisites for that course and have been admitted to a qualification which lists the course in its schedule.Learning outcomes
What you will learn. Knowledge, skills and attitudes you’ll be able to show as a result of successfully finishing this course.
- 1 Critically appraise practices of livestock feeding in the context of relevant production systems feeding values of forages (legumes, herbs and grasses, temperate and tropical forages) and non-forage feeds.
- 2 Describe the fermentation of forages by rumen micro-organisms, including the digestion of carbohydrate, protein and lipid and the production of fermentation gases. Appraise the utilisation of the end products of digestion by tissues of the ruminant animal.
- 3 Effectively locate relevant literature, critically review and synthesise its contents to inform report writing, client communication and personal practice.
- 4 Describe the pathogenesis, prevention and treatment (where relevant) of metabolic diseases (including health and reproduction) of ruminants.
- 5 Evaluate the modes of action of production modifiers of ruminants and evaluate the effect of these on ruminants.
- 6 Proficiently calculate energy, protein and mineral requirements of ruminant animals in various productive states, and formulate appropriate diets with due regard to the economic value of feed resources.
Learning outcomes can change before the start of the semester you are studying the course in.
Textbooks needed
There are no set texts for this course.