Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2011.
| Credit Points: | 12.50 |
| Level: | 3 (Undergraduate) |
| Dates & Locations: | This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2011: Year Long, Parkville - Taught on campus. | Pre-teaching Period Start | not applicable | | Teaching Period | not applicable | | Assessment Period End | not applicable | | Last date to Self-Enrol | not applicable | | Census Date | not applicable | | Last date to Withdraw without fail | not applicable |
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Timetable can be viewed here. For information about these dates, click here. |
| Time Commitment: | Contact Hours: Lectures: 50 hours. Practicals: 15 hours.
Total Time Commitment: 110 hours |
| Prerequisites: | Successful completion of all subjects in Year 2 of Bachelor of Veterinary Science course. |
| Corequisites: | Students must enrol in the following subjects: Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: |
| Recommended Background Knowledge: | Years 1 and 2 (Semesters 1-4) of the BVSc course. |
| Non Allowed Subjects: | None. |
| Core Participation Requirements: |
Prospective students are advised to familiarise themselves with the Faculty's Academic Requirements Statement http://www.vet.unimelb.edu.au/docs/CoreParticipationReqs.pdf |
| Subject Overview: |
Description:
- Diseases, preventive medicine and production of sheep, goats, deer and camelids;
- clinical examination;
- infectious, metabolic, nutritional, reproductive and parasitic diseases;
- diagnosis, treatment and preventive medicine.
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| Objectives: |
Students completing this subject should be able to:
- ascertain if the welfare of sheep, goats, deer or camelids is compromised;
- suggest a list of differential diagnoses, in descending order of probability, from the history, epidemiology, clinical signs and/or lesions observed in individual sheep, goats, deer or camelids, or in flocks of these animals;
- submit appropriate samples for laboratory testing and interpret the test results for diseases and production limiting conditions that affect sheep, goats, deer and camelids;
- demonstrate competence in the analysis of farm financial performance and of animal health and production records;
- design a prevention program for diseases and production limiting conditions that commonly affect sheep, goats, deer and camelids; and
- 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 proposed program.
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| Assessment: |
- One 500-1000 word assignment to be submitted in the week following the intra-semester break (15%)
- One 2-hour written paper at the end of Semester 1 (40%)
- One 2-hour written paper at the end of Semester 2 (45%)
Students are required to pass the subject on aggregate mark
Satisfactory completion of the assignment is compulsory
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| Prescribed Texts: | None |
| Breadth Options: | This subject is not available as a breadth subject. |
| Fees Information: | Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date |
| Related Course(s): |
Bachelor of Veterinary Science(PV)
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