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ANSC 636

Topics in Advanced Livestock Production

Course overview

Cultivate an advanced knowledge of future sustainable and ethical livestock production systems for ruminants (sheep, beef, dairy, deer and goats) in pastoral agricultural industries.

Course information

Prerequisites and Restrictions You must satisfy the following requirement(s):
  • restriction Advanced Livestock Production, ANSC-635A
  • restriction Advanced Livestock Production, ANSC-635B
  • restriction Advanced Livestock Production, ANSC-609
  • restriction Advanced Livestock Production, ANSC-610
  • restriction Advanced Livestock Production, ANSC-611
  • restriction Advanced Livestock Production, ANSC-611A
  • restriction Advanced Livestock Production, ANSC-611B
  • restriction Advanced Livestock Production, ANSC-612
  • restriction Advanced Livestock Production, ANSC-613
  • restriction Advanced Livestock Production, ANSC-614
  • restriction Advanced Livestock Production, ANSC-615
  • restriction Advanced Livestock Production, ANSC-616
  • restriction Special Topic in Applied Animal Research, ANSC-623
  • restriction Special Topic in Grazing Ecology, ANSC-624
  • restriction ST: Dry Cow Feeding Strategies, ANSC-625
  • restriction Special Topic in Dairy Cattle Reproduction Part A, ANSC-625A
  • restriction Special Topic in Dairy Cattle Reproduction Part B, ANSC-625B
  • restriction Special Topic, ANSC-626
  • restriction Special Topic in Tropical Livestock Health and Production, ANSC-627
  • restriction Special Topic in Dairy Cow Nutrition, ANSC-628
  • restriction Special Topic in Milk Fatty Acids, ANSC-626
  • restriction special topic in Biocontrol Potential of Internal Parasites in Sust Agr, ANSC-626B
  • restriction Special Topic in Advanced Livestock Production, ANSC-629
  • restriction Special Topic in Sustainable Management of Nematode Parasites, ANSC-630
  • restriction Advanced Dairy Production Systems, ANSC-634
  • restriction Wool Production, WOSC-601
  • restriction Wool Production, WOSC-601A
  • restriction Wool Production, WOSC-601B
Available semesters Semester 1 2024 Semester 2 2024
Credits 20
Domestic fees $1,398.00

What you will learn

After successfully completing this course, you’ll be able to:

  1. Understand and critically discuss a broad range of current issues in livestock production.
  2. Develop skills to critically discuss a broad range of topical issues in livestock production.
  3. Use research to present effective scientific arguments in both oral and written forms.
  4. Grasp the importance and value of the scientific, ethical and quality expectations of scientific journals in the field of livestock production.
  5. Appreciate contemporary animal welfare standards and how that impacts on professional practice in livestock production.

Course examiners

Pablo Gregorini

Professor Pablo Gregorini

Head of Lincoln University Centre of Excellence for Designing Future Productive Landscapes

Department of Agricultural Sciences

pablo.gregorini@lincoln.ac.nz