Fundamentals of animal management and production: nutrition; feeds and feeding; reproduction and breeding; animal welfare and health; housing and equipment; animal-environment interactions. Introduction to farm animal industries, breeds of animal, their products and by-products: matching production of quality and safe food with protection and care of the environment. Fundamental skills of animal husbandry: rationing; weighing and tagging; usage of preventive and diagnostic equipment; evaluation of body condition score; use and development of performance records. Evaluation of Animal behaviour. Animal housing evaluation.
