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Small Ruminant Production Full Course Curriculum

Small Ruminant Production Full Course Curriculum

$1,500.00Price
A full semester of curriculum for Small Ruminant Production!
 
Each course package includes:
  • Course Description
  • Student Learning Outcomes
  • Suggested Textbooks
  • Aligned AFNR Standards
  • PowerPoint presentations with relevant pictures & videos
  • Lab Packages with relevant Lab Guides, Lab Worksheets, & Lab Procedure Instructions
  • Supporting Documents, including...
    • Sample course schedule
    • Two midterm exams & a final exam, with instructor keys
    • Small Ruminant Nutrition Problems practice set, with instructor key
    • Barn guidelines for lambing & kidding
    • Student Management Project, a capstone project for students to synthesize information learned over the course of the semester (includes outline, instructions, sample timeline, sample work)
 
By the end of this course, students will be well prepared to operate their own small flock or herd of sheep or goats. This course incorporates hands-on experiences with small ruminants, either owned by a school farm, student, or community member, with each experience highlighting an essential part of small ruminant health & husbandry.
 
Included PowerPoint Presentations
  1. Small Ruminant Handling & Behavior
  2. Small Ruminant Housing & Facilities
  3. Sheep Breeds
  4. Sheep Industry
  5. Wool Production & Shearing
  6. Goat Breeds
  7. Goat Industry
  8. Market & Breeding Evaluation
  9. Reproduction
  10. Lambing & Kidding
  11. Processing Lambs & Kids
  12. Ruminant Anatomy & Intro to Nutrition
  13. Nutritional Needs of Sheep & Goats
  14. Practical Feeding of Small Ruminants
  15. Introduction to Health
  16. Disease I: Neurologic, Respiratory, & Skin
  17. Disease II: GI & Nutritional
  18. Disease III: Parasitism
  19. Appropriate Medication Use in Small Ruminants
  20. Predation
  21. Miscellaneous Topics in Small Ruminant Production: management planning, breeding planning, recordkeeping systems, organic production
 
Included Labs & Lab Packages
  1. Fecal Egg Counts (FEC): Fecal Analysis Lab Guide, Fecal Analysis Lab Procedure, Fecal Egg Count Worksheet
  2. Small Ruminant Handling: Large Animal Restraint Lab Guide, Small Ruminant Handling & Movement SOP, Small Ruminant Restraint Worksheet
  3. Housing & Facilities: Housing & Facilities Worksheet
  4. Lamb Processing: Band Castration SOP, Ear Tagging Lambs SOP, Lamb Tagging - Scrapie Foldover Style SOP, Lamb Tagging - Visual Tags SOP, Tail Docking in Lambs SOP, Lamb Processing Worksheet
  5. Market & Breeding Evaluation: Animal Evaluation Lab Guide, Animal Evaluation Worksheet
  6. Shearing & FAMACHA: Shearing & FAMACHA Lab Guide, FAMACHA SOP, Shearing Lab Class Worksheet
 
See how our curriculum aligns with AFNR Standards here
 
This product is delivered digitally as a Zip file
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