Subject description for 2024/25
Livestock Anatomy and Physiology
HUS1005
Subject description for 2024/25
Livestock Anatomy and Physiology
HUS1005
How we keep livestock - for example how they should be fed, how much space they need, or what substrates must be in the pen - is determined by how the animals' bodies work. This subject therefore provides an introduction to how the bodies of our domestic animals look (anatomy) and how they function (physiology). This will be the basis for many of the subjects that come later in the study program.
The subject provides an overview of normal body functions in the most common mammalian species kept as livestock in Norway (cattle, sheep, goat, horse, pig, dog, cat), and the main features of how their bodies are structured. All the most important organ systems are discussed, with the exception of the digestive system, which is covered in Animal Nutrition 1.
The subject is reserved for students of the following study programmes:
- Animal Sciences - Welfare and Production, Bachelor’s Programme
Other students can get admitted if there are places available. Contact student advisor.
Students must meet current admission requirements for the associated study program.
After completing the course, the student will have achieved the following learning outcomes:
Knowledge:
- have knowledge of how the body of our livestock (cattle, sheep, goat, pig, horse, dog and cat) is structured anatomically
- have knowledge of how the body's organs and the body as a whole work. The organ systems covered include the circulatory system, the respiratory system, the musculoskeletal system, the nervous system, the endocrine system, the reproductive organs, the skin and integument, the kidneys and the urinary tract.
- knows central research areas within the subject
Skills:
- can explain, possibly demonstrate, the basic anatomy of livestock animals
- can account for simple problems related to the normal functions of the body
General competence:
- have basic insight into the biology of livestock, how they are structured anatomically, and how the individual organs and organ systems function separately and together as a whole
- can convey how the body's normal functions are affected by disease, injury, breeding or conditions in the animals' environment
Paid semester fee and syllabus literature. It is also required that students have a laptop at their disposal.
Compulsory
Teaching consists of lectures and demonstrations, two compulsory written work requirements, as well as exercises on live animals and organs. Participation in at least two out of three exercises is required. The exercises will take place at Mære Agricultural School.
Evaluated annually by students through course surveys. These evaluations are included in the university’s quality assurance system.
Compound assessment, grading scale letter grades.
The following must be approved before preparation for the written school examination:
- Compulsory participation - participation in at least two out of three exercises, comprises for 0/100 of the grade, pass/fail.
- Work requirement 1 - written submission, comprises 0/100 of the grade, approved/not approved.
- Work requirement 2 - multiple choice, 7 out of 8 must be approved, comprises 0/100 of the grade, approved/failed.
Exam:
- Written examination, 4 hours, comprises 100/100 of the grade, grading scale letter grades.
Pen, ruler and up to 2 bilingual dictionaries.
Generating an answer using ChatGPT or similar artificial intelligence and submitting it wholly or partially as one's own answer is considered cheating.
Curriculum literature
Subject language
Norwegian
Credits
7.5
Study location
Steinkjer
Responsible faculty
Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture
Course coordinator
