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 Science (A Sci)
10. 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)
70. Comparative Nutrition (3)
Prerequisite; Chem 2A. Principles of nutrition; nutrients and their metabolism;
comparison of qualitative nutrient requirements of monogastric and ruminant
animals and man; role of animal food products in human nutrition.
80. Undergraduate Research (1-4; max total 4)
Open to freshmen and sophomores with permission of instructor. Exploratory
work on a suitable agricultural problem in animal science.
105. Advanced Animal Science Laboratory (2)
Prerequisite: A Sci 10. Not open to animal science majors. Development of
skills in applying animal science principles and practices; discussion,
demonstration, participation. (2 2-hour lecture-labs; field trips)
106. Animal Enterprise Management: Beef and Sheep (l; max total 4)
Theory and Held application of principles in beef cattle and sheep enterprise
management. Participants in beef sheep project programs must be concurrently
registered in this course.
110. 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.
116. Animal Enterprise Management: Swine (1; max total 4)
Theory and Reid application of research principles in swine science. Participants
in swine project program must be concurrently registered in this course.
120. Livestock Sanitation and Disease (3)
Prerequisite: A Sci 110 permission of instructor. Sanitation practices and
use of disinfectants; cause, symptoms. prevention, and treatment of common
diseases of livestock. (2 lecture, 3 lab hours)
125. Principles of Animal Breeding (3)
Prerequisite: A Sci 10; introductory genetics. Principles of genetics as
applied to domestic animals. Practices and problems commonly encountered
in animal breeding.
130. Feed Mill Management (3)
Prerequisite: A Sci 70. Planning, operating and maintaining feed mills;
mixing, buying and selling feeds; participation in management and operation
of university feed mill; field trips. (2 lecture, 3 lab hours)
140. Behavior of Domestic Animal (3)
Not open to students with credit in this section o1 A Sci 160T, Prerequisite:
A Sci 10. Man's understanding and utilization of the principles of behavior
in confined and free-ranging domestic animals. (2 lecture, 3 lab hours)
145. Horses for Pleasure (3)
Not open to animal science majors or students with credit in A Sci 151 intended
for students who desire a general knowledge of the modem light horse industry;
evaluation and selection, horsemanship principles, training techniques,
diseases, and unsoundness, nutrition, breeding, buildings and equipment.
.
150. Animal Science Seminar (1; max total 2)
Open to seniors majoring in animal science. Latest developments in research;
assigned papers in animal science to be presented in both oral and written
form.
155. Animal Reproduction (3)
Prerequisite: A Sci 10 or 12; A Sci 125 or Biol 120 or concurrent Principles
of reproductive physiology and their application to domestic animals.
160T. Topics in Animal Science (1-4; max total 6 per discipline if
no topic repeated)
Prerequisite: junior standing, permission of instructor. Anatomy, physiology,
pathology, nutrition, genetics, economics. Topics may require lab hours.
170. Applied Animal Nutrition (3)
Prerequisite: A Sci 70; Chem 2A or concurrent. Principles of nutrition and
metabolism; application of nutrients, nutrient sources, and nutrient requirements
to domestic animals.
180. Undergraduate Research (1-4; max total 4)
Open to juniors and seniors. Exploratory work on a suitable agricultural
problem in animal science.
190. Independent Study (1-3; max see reference).
See Academic Placement -- Independent Study.
Animal Husbandry (A Sci)
11. Livestock Selection and Evaluation (3)
Prerequisite: A Sci 10 (or concurrently). Basic factors involved in selection
and evaluation of beef cattle, horses, sheep, and swine; relationships of
live market animal traits to carcass desirability. (2 lecture, 3 lab hours)
21. Beef Husbandry (3)
Prerequisite: A Sci 10 (or concurrently). 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)
31. Swine Husbandry (3)
Prerequisite: A Sci 10 (or concurrently). Principles and practices of purebred
and commercial swine husbandry; breeding, feeding, and management program.
(2 lecture, 3 lab hours)
41. Sheep Husbandry (3)
Prerequisite: A Sci 10 (or concurrently). 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)
51. Horse Husbandry (3)
Prerequisite: A Sci 10 (or concurrently). Not open to students with credit
in A Sci 145. Breeds, selection, care, and feeding of light horses; their
use and place in California agriculture. (2 lecture, 3 lab hours)
101. Livestock Evaluation (2; max total 4)
Prerequisite: A Sci 10, 11. Detailed analysis at various visual and physical
methods of appraising animal body types as related to functional and economic
value of livestock. Written and oral summaries of evaluations. (1 lecture,
3 lab hours; field trips)
111. Advanced Beef Husbandry (3)
Prerequisite: A Sci 21. Management techniques and principles as applied
to beef cattle industry; breeding, nutrition, animal health, and records
of performance. (2 lecture, 3 lab hours)
121. Meats (3)
Prerequisite: A Sci 10. Evaluation of live animals and carcasses; selection
and preparation of meats and meat products; survey of the meat industry
in the United States. (2 lecture, 3 lab hours)
131. Meats and the Consumer (4)
Not open to animal science majors or students with credit in A Sci 121.
Consumer problems in buying meat to include quality and price selection,
identification, nutritive value, storage, processing, preparation for consumption,
and government inspection and standards. (3 lecture, 2 lab hours)
141. Meat Evaluation (3)
Prerequisite: A Sci 10. Evaluation of live animals and carcasses with emphasis
on current grading and evaluation concepts as applied to carcasses, meat
products, and live animals. (2 lecture, 3 lab hours)
151. Advanced Horse Husbandry (3)
Prerequisite: A Sci 51. Advanced principles of horse husbandry; management
of horse breeding farms, breeding systems, training and selling horses,
western equitation. (1 lecture, 6 lab hours)
161. Animal Science Technology (3)
Prerequisite: A Sci 10, or junior standing. Techniques used in applying
theories and principles of the disciplines encountered in the animal sciences.
171. Marketing Livestock and Meat (3)
Prerequisite: junior standing and permission of instructor. Economic principles
in marketing livestock and livestock products; demand, supply, distribution;
markets and marketing procedures; classifying, grading, evaluating livestock
for marketing.
Dairy Husbandry (A Sci)
12. Dairying (3)
Survey of all important branches of the dairy industry; principles and practices
in milk production; basic principles of processing market products. (2 lecture,
3 lab hours)
112. Dairy Farm Management (4)
Prerequisite: A Sci 12. Planning the development and operation of a complete
modern dairy production unit, including all costs and managerial responsibilities
required for a successful operation. (3 lecture, 2 lab hours; field trips)
122. Dairy Cattle Evaluation (3)
Prerequisite: A Sci 12. Classification, judging, fitting, showing, pedigrees
and production records in their application to evaluating the functional
ability of dairy cattle. (2 lecture, 2 lab hours)
152. Applied Reproductive Control (4)
Prerequisite: A Sci 110. Basic principles of reproductive control in all
species of domesticated animals including semen collection and artificial
insemination. (3 lecture, 2 lab hours)
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