Class Notes for AGRC 112 at University of Saskatchewan (page 2)

Section 1: Role of food animal production in society ( part ii) Nutrition Guidelines Changing - Very strong recommendation of cholesterol and saturated fats because they were deemed to be harmful to your health - There i...

Ag 112 lecture 10 Livestock -9% of total global CO2 - Theres a lot of things that contribute - Deforestation, a main cause of carbon that is realized into the environment, it is unfair to add deforestation into the...

Lecture 14 Alternates: Sow group housing - Pens with floor feeding - Fat one will get fatter and thin ones will get thiner - Its a problem if they get to fat Electronic show feeders - Scan the ta...

Lecture 9 All in, All out system - Total depoluation and disinfection and repopulation rooms within a facility for defined groups of pigs as they move through the production process - You are managing the anim...

Lecture 15 Antibiotic use by sector in animals - Dairy - Only for therapeutic use only - Sub - therapeutic ionophores to improve efficiency of rumen fermentation - There are 3 different safety check to m...

** Know for pigs and calves -Typical number of piglets born alive ** - What typical pregnancy length is - Litters per year - Number of cycles per year - Weight of the pig at slaughter - 110 kg - Phase...

Lecture 13 Domestic animal welfare - Human - animal relationship creates dependence and vulnerability - We have moral responsibility to provide care for animals under our control Animal exploitation - Animals hav...

Lecture 8 Breed and genetic selection - Selection traits are - Fertility - Size - Cow milk production - Growth rate - Adaptability and hardiness - Carcass composition - Bull tr...

Lecture 11 Liquid manure injection - Injected into the subsoil which reduces odour and prevents manure runoff from the land into surface water - The liquid manure you spray onto the top of the soil, but within 24 hou...

Section 1 Animal agriculture in Canada Canadian beef industry - 50 million cattle = 50% of the worlds inventory - India has over 25% of the worlds cattle population - Canada is a new exporter of beef and cattle and the...

Section 1: Role of food animal production in society lecture 2 Global hunger - Sub - Saharan Africa has the largest prevalence of undernourishment relative to its population size - Undernourishment is a growing con...