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Livestock Production

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Goal: To describe the background information on general production practices including terminology, housing, life cycles, and biosecurity measures on all pertinent production classes. This module will consist of information on each production class and will address the following objectives:  (scroll down)

 

Objective 1.1: Recognize common terminology for the various

food-animal production/slaughter classes

 

Objective 1.2: Recognize different housing situations and

biosecurity measures pertaining to specific food-animal production/slaughter classes

 

Objective 1.3: Recognize stages of life for each production class

 

Objective 1.4: Recognize key diseases/illnesses associated with different age groups.  

 

Objective 1.5: Recognize classes of drugs used to treat key diseases for each production class

 

Objective 1.6: Recognize circumstances that may lead to tissue residue violations of drug use

Overview of Module 1:

Basics of Livestock Production