Department of Animal Sciences

Courses - AS 464

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Instructor Message: Course will meet Tuesday, August 21st 2007 in Clark 147. There will be a lab that day from 2 to 5.



Students study and apply principles of management, nutrition, breeding, behavior, and financial aspects of care and companionship of dogs, cats, fish, horses, birds, rodents, and reptiles kept as companion animals.. They will solve practical problems of care and management of these species.

This course will build on your present background in biology, anatomy, genetics, physiology and nutrition. I expect you to have a working knowledge of the material covered in the prerequisites to this course. The format of this course is designed so that you learn about and solve practical problems using up to date research information presented in class mixed with my own and group practical experience. The primary purpose is so that you obtain a working ability to recognize, analyze and solve problems of animal nutrition now and in the future. The course is designed to help you with what you need to learn, and also with how you need to apply what you have already learned and will learn in future. Therefore, this course is a mix of discussions and labs with a minimum of lectures.

Classes will be a discussion & examination of the topic to give depth of knowledge, not a uni-directional lecture. Therefore, your preparation for the small time we will spend in class is important. Outside references and reading will be from texts, manuals and scientific literature.

It is your responsibility to prepare for class by reading and thinking about the assigned material on time. All of the grade in this class will be based on your performance in classes, laboratories and in assignments. This is a Writing-in-the-Major class so good written communication will be stressed.


Companion Animal Management


Course: AS464 (406) - Companion Animal Management 3 (2-3) Prereq course in nutrition; course in statistics; Biol 102, 106, or 107. Care and management of companion animal species throughout the life cycle, including nutrition, reproduction, exercise and behavior. Cooperative course taught by WSU, open to UI students (AVS 464).

Course not offered during current semester.


COURSE INFORMATION

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AS_464_Concept_Issues_list_Fall_2007.xls 27136
Class_evaluations_AS464_Fall_2006.xls 1111552
Reading _AS464_Fall_2007.doc 49664
Syllabus_AS464_Fall_2007.doc 46080


ASSIGNMENTS

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databasegeneral1.xls 28160
dogfood.kb 29161
endocrinology.xls 18432
Fast_Facts_Energy.doc 37376
Grading_Rubric_464.doc 39424
growthexample.xls 20480
logictest1.xls 17920
Myths_of_Science_what_is_science.doc 24576
Writing_Rubric_AS_464.doc 42496


STUDY GUIDES

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doglectures.doc 22528
Fast_Facts_Energy.doc 37376
Fast_Facts_Horses.doc 33792
fatfeedingandglycogeninhorses.doc 25088
fishesdogscatsnotes.doc 30720
Genetic Problems of Dogs and Cats.doc 22528
geneticproblemsreadinglist.doc 64000
Laboratory Animals and Exotics.doc 29696




BACKGROUND INFORMATION

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adiposeproteomics.pdf 381012
animalforthephysician.pdf 60873
Books on Reserve in Dr.doc 21504
canine_hip_radiographs.doc 76288
Class_evaluations_AS464_Fall_2006.xls 1111552
Diabetes.doc 20992
diabetesdogscats2004.pdf 124692
doggeneticdiseaselist1.txt 8974
energybalancegenetics.pdf 2823323
exercisephysiologydogs2005.doc 27136
exertionalrhablist1.txt 9087
fatmetabolismininsects.pdf 350738
fatsynthesisANRevNutr.pdf 188473
foodintakephysiopsycho.pdf 157039
Further Horse notes.doc 26624
GENETICCODE.xls 18432
geneticdiseaseepidemiologyvetjournalagu2004.pdf 253157
geneticproblemsreadinglist.doc 64000
genomecomparisonscience2005.pdf 417128
genomicsadiposeinpoultry.pdf 95048
genomicsindogs.pdf 122016
horse_nutrition_endo.pdf 107291
horseaminoacidsJDSDec2005.pdf 68575
horsemajordiseaselist.txt 8879
moredoggeneticarticles.txt 3933
nutrient_gene_interactions_Swanson.pdf 121969
nutrientgeneinteractions.pdf 1388986
nutritionandgenomics.pdf 62893
PATperilipinandobesity.pdf 215928
proteinandendocrineindogs2001.pdf 127046
purebreddoggenetics.pdf 624666
Regulation of feed intake.doc 24576
science_media_truth.doc 31744
seeingeyedoggrowth2003.pdf 80409
sheffieldgeneregulation2003.pdf 381435
snaketalk.jpg 482985
TULPANDTUSParticleobesitygenes.pdf 487567

Department of Animal Sciences , 116 Clark Hall, Washington State University, Pullman WA 99164-6310
Phone: 509-335-5523, Fax: 509-335-1082, Email