Note: Active immunization against tetanus (available through Student
Health Services) is a prerequisite for registration in any laboratory course
in agriculture and for any student employment on the University Farm.
Note: Cost to the student of extended field trips varies each semester depend
ing upon itinerary. The student should ask the course instructor.
Animal Husbandry (AH)
1. Animal Science (3)
Types and breeds of farm animals and poultry in the United States; world
distribution, adaptation, production methods; foods and products from farm
animals, their use by humans. (2 lecture, 3 lab hours)
2. Livestock Selection (3)
A beginning courses in judging market and breeding classes of beef cattle,
swine, sheep, and horses. (1 lecture, 3 lab hours)
3. Livestock Judging (2)
Prerequisite: AH 1,2. Follows AH 1 and 2 in judging market and breeding
classes of beef cattle, sheep, swine, and horses.(1 lecture, 3 lab hours)
10. Slaughtering and Meat Cutting (3)
Prerequisite: AH 1. Slaughtering of farm meat animals; cutting of carcasses
into wholesale and retail cuts; related meats material. (2 lecture, 3 lab
hours)
22. Beef Husbandry (3)
Prerequisite: AH1. Management of purebred and commercial beef herds; selection
of breeding stock; management practices in fattening cattle; marketing slaughter
and purebred cattle. (2 lecture, 3 lab hours)
25. Fitting and Showing Livestock (3)
Prerequisite: AH 1. Techniques in slecting, fitting, and showing livestock;
classification and entrance requirements for shows; rules, regulations,
fair management, sales organization. (2 lecture, 3 lab hours)
30. Swine Husbandry (3)
Prerequisite: AH 1. Principles and practices of purebred and commercial
swine husbandry; breeding, feeding, and management program. (2 lecture,
3 lab hours)
40. Sheep Husbandry (3)
Prerequisite: AH 1. Breeding, feeding management, and marketing of commercial
and purebred sheep; breeds, setting up a program of breeding, housing, and
equipment requirements; feeding and care of ewes and lambs; docking, castrating,
shearing, tying, sacking, storing wool. (2 lecture, 3 lab hours)
50. Horse Husbandry (3)
Prerequisite: AH 1. Breeds, selection, care, and feeding of light horses;
their use and place in California agriculture. (2 lecture, 3 lab hours)
71. Feeds and Feeding (3)
Prerequisite: AH 1, Chem 2A, Biol 1A or B. Composition and nutritive value
of livestock feeds and their utilization by the farm animal body; processes
of digestion and assimilation; feeding standards and basic pronciples of
feeding farm animals.
73. Feed Mill Management (2)
Prerequisite: AH 71 or PH 32. Operation and maintenance of feed mills;
compiling rations; mixing, buying and selling of feeds; participation in
management and operation of college feed mill.
103. Advanced Livestock Judging (2)
Prerequisite: AH 2, 3, or permission of instructor. Livestock judging preparing
individuals to better select animals according to breed types and characteristics.Trips
to intercollegiate judging contests. (1 lecture, 3 lab hours, field trips)
106. Animal Breeding (Same as DS 106)
Prerequisite: Biol 120, AH 1 or DS 11A. Principles of physiology and
heredity as applied to the breeding of farm animals; application of genetics
to a livestock breeding program.
115. Anatomy and Physiology of Farm Animals (3)
Prerequisite; Zool 1, Chem 8. General structures of farm animals and .physiological
functions of organs of the animal body.
122. Advanced Beef Husbandry (3)
Prerequisite: AH 22. Study of research material in breeding, nutrition,
diseases and management; records of performance, pedigrees, purebred sales,
show herd management. (2 lecture, 3 lab hours; i weekend field trip)
133. Market Swine Production (3)
Prerequisite: AH 1, 30. Types, market classes, and grades of swine;
food demands, building and equipment requirements, marketing methods, and
management problems in swine market production. (2 lecture, 3 lab hours)
143. Advanced Sheep and Wool Technology (3)
Prerequisite: AH 40, Chem 2A-B, 8. Research material in breeding, nutrition,
diseases, progeny and performance testing; carcass quality improvement and
economics of sheep industry; testing techniques in woool technology, grade
and other physical measurements, properties and characteristics determining
value; role of wool in world trade.(2 lecture, 3 lab hours; 2 field trips)
150. Advanced Horse Husbandry (3)
Prerequisite: AH 1, 50. Advanced principles of horse husbandry; management
of horse breeding farms, breeding systems, training and selling horses,
western equitation. (1 lecture, 6 lab hours; 1 weekend field trip)
161. Animal Science Technology (3)
Prerequisite: junior standing or permission of instructor. Techniques used
in applying theories and principles of the disciplines encountered in the
animal sciences.
170. Animal Husbandry Seminar
Open to seniors majoring in animal husbandry. Latest developments in
research; assigned research papers in animal husbandry to be presented in
both oral and written form.
172. Animal Nutrition (3)
Prerequisite: AH 71, Chem 8 or permission of instructor. Principles of animal
nutrition; nutritive requirements for growth, fattening, reproduction, lactation
and other body functions of farm animals; relationship of malnutirition
and deficiency diseases to livestock production.
175. Grading and Marketing Livestock (3)
Prerequisite: AH 1,2.. Grading live and dressed carcasses; determining cut-out
values for sheep, beef and swine. (2 lecture, 3 lab hours; field trips to
central markets)
190. Independent Study (1-3; max see reference)
See Regulations and Procedures - Independent Study.
Animal Science (A Sci)
160T. Topics in Animal Science
Prerequisite: junior standing; permission of instructor. Topics in animal
science; anatomy, phsiology, pathology, nutrition, genetics, economics.
Dairy Science (DS)
11A-B. Dairying (3-3)
Growth and development of dairying. (a) Principles and practices in the
production of milk; basic feeding, management, and disease control practices.
(B) Basic principles of dairy industry practices; common dairy tests; general
survey of all important branches of the dairy industry. (2 lecture, 3 lab
hours)
53. Market Milk (3)
Prerequisite: DS11A-B or permission of instructor. Principles of market
milk production, processing, and distribution; modem processing methods
and equipment. (2 lectures, 3 lab hours)
55. Dairy Cattle Judging (2)
Prerequisite: DS11A. Judging dairy cattle on type and conformation;
comparitive judging of dairy cattle on type and conformation; comparative
judging of cattle in college herd and outstanding dairy herds in the San
Joaquin Valley. (1 lecture, 3 lab hours)
56. Dairy Cattle Selection (3)
Correlation of production and pedigree records with type classifications
in evaluating dairy cattle; techniques in selecting, fitting, and showing
dairy cattle. (2 lecture, 3 lab hours)
58. Judging Dairy Products (2)
Prerequisite: DS 11A-B. Practice in scoring and grading dairy products,
methods of control and defects. (1 lecture, 3 lab hours)
73. Dairy Plant Practice (3)
Open only to dairy industry majors. Prerequisite: DS 11A-B or permission
of instructor. Six weeks of practical experience or its equivalent in an
approved dairy processing plant. Written reports required.
102. Dairy Farm Management
Prerequisite: DS 11A-B, 55, 56, Econ 1A. Problems in management of a
dairy farm; marketing problems and factors in controlling milk secretion.
(2 lecture, 3 lab hours)
103. Butter Making (3)
Prerequisite: DS 53 or permission of instructor. Production, grading, and
marketing of cream for butter; manufacture and marketing of butter; modern
equipment used in manufacturing and packaging. (2 lecture, 3 lab hours)
104. Cheese Making (3)
Prerequisite: DS 53 or permission of instructor. Methods of manufacturing
common varieties of cheese; types of cheese conunon to the San Joaquin Valley.
(2 lecture, 3 lab hours)
105. Advanced Dairy Cattle Judging (2)
Prerequisite: DS 55, 56. Advanced practice in comparative judging and
selection of dairy cattle; detailed scoring of cattle and practice in justifying
comparative placing. Trips to intercollegiate competitions.
106. Animal Breeding (3)
(See AH 106)
107. Ice Cream Making (3)
Open only to juniors and seniors. Prerequisite: DS 53 or permission
of instructor. Basic principles of formulating ice crcam mixes; freezing
and storage of ice cream, sherbets, and ices; modern freezing, packaging,
and storage facilities in the Joaquin Valley. (2 lecture, 3 lab hours)
108. Selecting, Fitting and Showing Dairy Cattle (2)
Prerequisite: DS11A-B, 55. Techniques in selecting and fitting dairy
cattle for shows and sales; entrance requirements for dairy cattle in California
fairs and shows.
110. Artificial Insemination (2)
Prerequisite: DS 11A, Biol. 120, AH 115. Basic principles of artificial
insemination of dairy cattle; semen collection, processing, evaluation and
use.
151. Dairy Bacteriology (3)
Prerequisite: Mcrb 20. Bacteria, yeasts, and molds in manufacture of dairy
products. (2 lecture, 3 lab hours)
154. Dairy Plant Management (3)
Prerequisite: DS111, 112, Acct 1A or permission of instructor. Application
and principles of management to dairy manufacturing plants; cost accounting,
selling, advertising and labor problems, current local problems.
156. Marketing Dairy Products (3)
Prerequisite: DS111, 112, Acct 1A or permission of instructor. Principles
of purchasing and marketing of dairy products; products of the San Joaquin
Valley.
165. Dairy Inspection (3)
Prerequisite: DS11A-B. Methods of scoring and grading dairy farms, milk
plants and creameries; California Agricultural code as it applies to dairies
and dairy plants; tests and their application ot control work
185. Advanced Testing (3)
Prerequisite: Chem 2A-B. Full operation of the Mojonnier Dairy Products
Tester for analyzing all dairy products for fat and total solids. (2 lecture,
3 lab hours)
189. Advanced Dairy Product Judging (2)
Prerequisite: DS58. Product judging, training for participation in judging
contest work. Trips to intercollegiate judging contests.(2 lecture, 3 lab
hours)
Poultry Husbandry (PH)
1. Poultry Production (3)
Poultry production; brooding, rearing, laying flocks, feeding, and housing.
(2 lecture, 3 lab hours)
32. Poultry Feeding (3)
Prerequisite: PH 1. Poultry feeds and application of principles of nutrition
to poultry and turkey feeding. (2 lecture, 3 lab hours)
34. Egg Processing and Marketing (3)
Principles, practices and problems in processing and marketing shell
eggs and egg products. (2 lecture and 3 lab hours)
161. Turkey Management (3)
Prerequisite:PH 32. Principles and practices in commercial production
of turkeys for meat in turkey breeding.
162. Poultry Management (3)
Prerequisite: PH 32. Principles and practices in commercial egg production
for wire-floored and conventional litter-type housing. (2 lecture, 3 lab
hours)
163. Poultry Products and Processing (3)
Prerequisite: PH 1. Grading, processing, preservation and marketing
of poulrty. 92 lecture, 3 lab hours)
164. Hatchery Management (3)
Prerequisite: PH1 . Hatchery operations, including practical work. (2
lecture, 3 lab hours)
181. Poultry Breeding (3)
Prerequisite: Biol 120, PH 1. Selection of poultry breeding flocks and
application of prnciples of genetics to poultry breeding. (2 lecture, 3
lab hours)
182. Poultry Diseases and Sanitation (2)
Prerequisite: PH 1, AH 115. Anatomy and physiology of fowl; poultry
diseases. (1 lecture, 3 lab hours)
190. Independent Study (1-3; max see reference)
See Regulations and Procedures- Independent Study