ANS251: Agricultural Biochemistry

Biochemistry is essential to understanding production, health, and disease in animals. Topics: the conceptual understanding of DNA and RNA, proteins and protein synthesis, enzymes and enzyme action, and intermediary and energy metabolism in the whole animal system; regulation and integration of intermediary and tissue metabolism; digestion and absorption of nutrients and metabolites by herbivores (e.g., sheep, cattle), and omnivores (e.g., pigs) and the subsequent utilisation of these nutrients in the body; photosynthesis and secondary metabolism in crop and cereal biochemistry.

Points	4
Enrolment Options	Murdoch: S1-internal
Contact Time	Lectures: 4 hours per week; practicals/problem-based workshops: 4 hours per week.
Prerequisites	Enrolment in Bachelor of Animal Science; BIO152 Cell Biology.
Exclusions	Students who have completed BMS261 Human and Comparative Biochemistry cannot undertake this unit for credit.
School	School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Unit Coordinator	Dr Caroline Jacobson Position: Lecturer E-mail: C.Bath@murdoch.edu.au Location: Murdoch Campus Veterinary Biology Room 2.038 Phone: Prefix: +618 9360 2654
Unit Contacts	Contact Phone Prefix: +618 Location Explanation of Location Codes Teaching Period(s) Dr Caroline Jacobson Lecturer (C.Bath@murdoch.edu.au) 9360 2654 Murdoch Campus Veterinary Biology Room 2.038 MURDOCH S1: Internal (15/02/2010 - 11/06/2010)

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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations: APMISIN Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore) CEJTOKYO Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo) JKURASHIKI NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan) KDUPG KDU College (Penang, Malaysia) KDUPJ KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia) SGP-REPOLY Republic Polytechnic (Singapore) SMANUFED Singapore Manufacturing Federation ZHENGZHOU Zhengzhou University (China)