This subject contains a 3 day Compulsory Residential School.
Residential School activities will focus on teaching a hands on approach to theory taught in the DE structure.
This subject extends the knowledge of students in the principles of health and disease in farm production animals and horses. It covers topics such as immunology, epidemiology, parasitology, exotic diseases, stress, pharmacology and animal health economics. Within these topics the subject allows specialisation for either horses or farm animals.
The focus of the subject content is from a herd health perspective which promotes prevention of disease in the herd as well as the individual through sound management and husbandry.
This subject is clearly differentiated from the paired subject, ASC350, in that the learning objectives and assessment clearly reflect the higher level offering appropriate to Master level learning.
* Offering has a residential school. Please view following information for further details.
HD/FL
One session
School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences
Master of Animal Science (articulated set)
ASC350
Common:
Herd health as a concept;
Disease in the individual animal and the disease process;
Immunology, vaccination;
Epidemiology;
Parasitology;
Exotic and Zoonotic diseases;
Applied Pharmocolgy;
Animal Health Economics;
Stress in Animals.
The following table summarises the assessment tasks for the online offering of ASC450 in Session 1 2020. Please note this is a guide only. Assessment tasks are regularly updated and can also differ to suit the mode of study (online or on campus).
This subject contains a 3 day Compulsory Residential School.
Residential School activities will focus on teaching a hands on approach to theory taught in the DE structure.
This subject has a compulsory residential school.
The information contained in the CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: May 2021. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.