Agriculture Production A10, B10, A20, B20, A30, B30
AGPR23B
Module 23B: Livestock Nutrition Requirements (Core)
Outcome
Investigate livestock
nutritional
requirements.
Indicators
| (a) | Define feed terminology such as total digestible nutrients, protein content, energy, trace minerals, crude protein, crude fat and feed supplements. |
| (b) | Read and interpret feed labels. |
| (c) | Identify the basic nutritional requirements of various livestock according to breed, age, gender, time of year, reproductive cycle and physical condition. |
| (d) | Explore the importance of calculating dry matter and using a scale to feed animals a specific weight of feed. |
| (e) | Describe the water requirements of livestock, including factors that may affect these requirements (e.g., animal size, growth stage, temperature and humidity). |
| (f) | Explain how feed concentrates, supplements and creep feeding can be used to meet an animal’s unique needs. |
| (g) | Discuss why a salt block is used in livestock nutrition. |
| (h) | Examine the advantages and disadvantages of commercially prepared feeds. |
| (i) | Investigate the proper mixture of prepared food for nutritional value for a specific purpose (e.g., maintenance, growing and fattening). |
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