Animal Production Tour 1(Summer Tour) Prerequisite(s): ANSC 212 and permission of the instructor.
Introduces students to the diversity of animal agriculture and agri-business. Students will participate in a five day field trip that will cover traditional and exotic livestock production and marketing enterprises as well as food and feed processing facilities. Emphasis will be placed on exposing the student to livestock production conditions over the range of commercial operations found in Saskatchewan. Students will be expected to integrate information gathered from the field-trip into oral presentations and term reports with a goal of providing the student with background information necessary to complete upper year Animal Science courses. A special fee (approximately $300.00) will be assessed to cover expenses.
ANSC 313.3
Animal Breeding and Genetics 2(3L-2P)
Qualitative and quantitative genetics applied to animal improvement. Principles and systems of selecting and breeding domestic animals. Introduction to molecular genetics related to animals.
ANSC 315.3
Animal and Poultry Nutrition 1(3L-2P) Prerequisite(s): BIOC 200, 211; or permission of the instructor.
Lectures cover the principles of nutrition; the processes of digestion and utilization of foods and feeds; and the character, sources, function and requirements of the various nutrients. Laboratory work includes participation in laboratory analysis of feeds and practical nutritional exercises.
ANSC 333.3
Animal Environments 2(3L-1P) Prerequisite(s): ANSC 212; or permission of the instructor.
An integrated approach to the needs of livestock and poultry confined in intensive husbandry systems. The relationship of physiology, behaviour and productivity to temperature, ventilation, light, pen and building layout to be discussed. A project involving the evaluation of animal facilities is required.
ANSC 340.3
Monogastric Animal Production I 2(3L-2P) Prerequisite(s): ANSC 212; or permission of the instructor. ANSC 315 is recommended.
The classification, characteristics and processing of concentrate feeds as well as operating and management applications relating to swine production. Laboratory exercises involve solving feeding and swine management problems. The course will also cover specialty feeds (pet food).
ANSC 410.3
Grazing Animal Production 1(3L-2P) Prerequisite(s): ANSC 212; or permission of the instructor.
Provides senior undergraduate students with an understanding of the management, feeding and productivity of the breeding beef herd and horses. Includes both summer grazing and winter feeding management. Emphasizes the effect of climate on management and feed requirements; environmental impacts of grazing; stocking rates; plant palatability, preference and selection; nutritional behavior; nutrient cycling and energy flow; interactions with wildlife; ingestion of toxic plants.
ANSC 411.3
Behaviour of Domestic Animals 1(3L) Prerequisite(s): ANSC 212.
Provides students with an understanding of the principles of animal behaviour, and how these relate to management of domestic species. Emphasizes the social behaviour of animals and introduces the relationship between animal behaviour and animal welfare.
ANSC 430.3
Intensive Management of Beef Cattle 2(3L-4P) Prerequisite(s): ANSC 212.3; ANSC 315.3 and 340.3 are recommended.
Covers the feeding and management of beef cattle housed under intensive conditions. Topics include the principles of growth and development, carcass quality, feedlot diseases, marketing, feedlot design and environmental concerns with intensive feedlot operations. A brief overview of production using alternative species of ruminants (deer, bison, wapiti) is also provided.
ANSC 440.3
Monogastric Animal Production II 1(3L-2P) Prerequisite(s): ANSC 212; or permission of the instructor. ANSC 315 and 340 are recommended.
Review of poultry production systems with emphasis on breeding, housing and environmental control, feeding, disease prevention, and processing of meat and eggs. Lectures will integrate scientific principles with production techniques, relate management and nutrition to problems in and the economics of industrial production and highlight current issues. Laboratories will include tours of selected poultry facilities as well as projects in artificial incubation and hatching, management techniques for poultry and judging egg quality. Similar, but less extensive coverage, will be provided for Aquaculture production systems.
ANSC 450.3
Equine Studies 2(3L) Prerequisite(s): ANSC 212 or permission of the instructor; VBMS 324 and 325 are recommended.
Provides an overview of the horse industry, basic horse management and welfare issues stressing the unique requirements of the horse and its place in agriculture and society. In-depth study of nutrition, reproductive physiology, genetics, as well as cardio-pulmonary, muscle and bone physiology, with emphasis on the relationship between physiology and management, will be provided.