ANS354: Animal Nutrition and Toxicology

This unit provides students with an opportunity to learn about the fundamentals of feeds and feeding, the nutritional biochemistry of vitamins and minerals, the interaction of nutrients, toxins, and anti-nutrients, the evolutionary strategies of poisonous plants, the basic principles of ration formulation for sheep and cattle, and species-specific nutritional principles. The unit will include practical examples of nutrition and toxicology presented by representatives from the feed and livestock industries. Lecture components of this unit will be reinforced by workshops.

Points	4
Enrolment Options	Murdoch: S1-internal
Contact Time	Lectures: 4 hours per week; tutorials/workshops: 2 hours per week.
Prerequisites	Enrolment in Bachelor of Animal Science; ANS251 Agricultural Biochemistry and ANS253 Physiology and Anatomy of Farm Animals.
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)