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Animal Production Systems: Applications (VETS90140)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 2
Overview
| Availability | Semester 2 |
|---|---|
| Fees | Look up fees |
During placements in animal production industry, animal welfare and zoo settings, students acquire skills in animal handling and observe and participate in a range of animal management practices. Integrating knowledge and understanding derived from other subjects in their course, students evaluate issues relating to animal health, welfare and production (and conduct critical analysis of data provided to them). Using case studies and experience in placements, students will develop skills analysing and interpreting problems relating to productivity, profitability, and sustainability in these systems, and will link theory to practice by analysing observed practices with critical appraisal of the literature.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Apply an understanding of the principal determinants of animal health in reflective and critical analysis of personal industry-based experiences in order to evaluate the relevant animal production system
- Explain the roles of veterinarians in contributing to public health through their involvement in animal production and management, food safety management, humane slaughter of livestock for food, and disease outbreak investigations
- Apply principles of animal behaviour and risk assessment in order to recommend how to safely handle and restrain the common domesticated animal species and determine where suboptimal handling could result in reduced health or welfare
- Interpret data acquired from animal production industry case scenarios, and apply understanding of the determinants of productivity, probability, and sustainability in order to analyse and interpret problems related to these systems
Generic skills
On completion of this subject, students should:
- Have a broad knowledge of science across a range of fields, with an in-depth understanding in one scientific discipline
- Understand the scientific method, and the history and evolution of scientific concepts
- Be intellectually curious and apply a rigorous, critical and logical approach to enquiry
- Be able to communicate ideas effectively in both written and verbal formats to both specialists and non-specialists
- Reach a high level of achievement in writing, generic research activities, problem-solving and communication
- Be efficient managers of information
- Be able to apply technology to the analysis of biological problems.
Last updated: 12 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
| Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| VETS90133 | Animal Production Systems: Epidemiology | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Corequisites
All students are to enrol into the following corequisite subject, unless directed by the Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences:
| Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| VETS90135 | Vet Bioscience: Reproduction | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
Non-allowed subjects
| Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| VETS90098 | Production, Herd and Public Health B | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 12 November 2022
Assessment
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Up to 8 online quizzes (each equally weighted) 15 minutes (each) 2 hours (total) (2,000 words equivalence)
| Throughout the semester | 50% |
Written exam (1,000 words equivalence)
| During the examination period | 50% |
6 weeks of extramural placements, to be completed during non-teaching periods over the first and second years of the course
| By the end of Week 12 | N/A |
Written extramural placement reports (500 words each - Up to 3,000 words equivalence) (total)
| By the end of Week 12 | N/A |
Aggregate Mark Hurdle requirement: Students must pass the subject on aggregate mark. | N/A |
Last updated: 12 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Andrew Fisher Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 72 hours of lectures, workshops, practical classes and case studies (+ 12 weeks of extramural placements to be completed during non-teaching periods over the first two years of the DVM course) Total time commitment 204 hours Teaching period 25 July 2022 to 23 October 2022 Last self-enrol date 5 August 2022 Census date 31 August 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 23 September 2022 Assessment period ends 18 November 2022 Semester 2 contact information
Time commitment details
170 (+ 60 days of extramural placements to be completed during non‐teaching periods over the first two years of the DVM course)
Last updated: 12 November 2022
Further information
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Type Name Course Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
Last updated: 12 November 2022