Small Ruminants

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2014:

Standard

110 hours (minimum)

Successful completion of all subjects in Year 2 of Bachelor of Veterinary Science course.

Years 1 and 2 (Semesters 1-4) of the BVSc course.

None.

Students should be familiar with the Faculty's Academic Requirements Statement http://www.vet.unimelb.edu.au/docs/CoreParticipationReqs.pdf

Description:

• Diseases, preventive medicine and production of small ruminants (sheep, goats, deer and camelids), including infectious, metabolic, nutritional, reproductive and parasitic diseases;
• Clinical examination of individual small ruminants and small ruminant flocks/herds;

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/herds 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;
• develop skills in disease investigation in flocks and herds, including disease diagnosis, treatment, prevention and identification of risk factors for the development of disease.

• 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.

None

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.