Small Ruminants 1

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2009:

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

It is University policy to take all reasonable steps to minimise the impact of disability upon academic study, and reasonable adjustments will be made to enhance a student's participation in the University's programs. Students who feel their disability may impact on meeting the requirements of this subject are encouraged to discuss this matter with a Faculty Student Adviser and Student Equity and Disability Support: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/disability

Students completing this subject should be able to: design a prevention program for diseases and production limiting conditions that commonly affect sheep; suggest a list of differential diagnoses, in descending order of probability, from the history, epidemiology, clinical signs and/or lesions observed in individual sheep or in sheep flocks; submit appropriate samples for laboratory testing and interpret the test results for diseases and production limiting conditions that affect sheep; ascertain if the welfare of sheep is compromised; develop a disease control program that includes a realistic prognosis, treatment advice, consideration of chemical residues, and for commercial flocks an economic appraisal of the program; demonstrate competence in the analysis of farm financial performance and of animal health and production records; develop skills in report writing; and develop skills in verbal presentations.

Topics covered include diseases, preventive medicine and production of sheep, other small ruminants and camelids; clinical examination; infectious, metabolic, nutritional, reproductive and parasitic diseases; and diagnosis, treatment and prevention.

One 2-hour end of semester written examination (95%) and satisfactory performance during the small ruminant and camelid component of the ruminant rotation. Satisfactory performance in tutorials (5%)

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

After completing the subjects Small Ruminants 1 and Small Ruminants 2 students should have developed:

• cognitive, analytic and problem solving skills, involving independent thought, rational enquiry and self-directed learning;

• professional and technical skills; and

• respect for intellectual integrity and professional ethics.