Animal science students learn about the nutrition, breeding, behavior and management of food animals.
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| ANSC |
101 |
Livestock Production & Selection |
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Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none
Examines anatomy and physiology, genetics, nutrition, livestock selection, management and marketing of the various breeds of beef and dairy cattle, sheep and swine. |
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103B |
Holistic Veterinary Horse Care |
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Credits: 2. Prerequisites: none
Offers comprehensive medical management for the horse, including farriery, nutrition, dentistry, reproduction, medical management, and chiropractic care. |
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110B |
Livestock Breeding & Selection |
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Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none
Examines approaches to the selection of livestock by conformation, pedigree and performance. Focuses on reproductive system, gestation and birth, principles of heredity, systems and problems of breeding livestock. |
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120B |
Rodeo Skills and Management |
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Credits: 1. Prerequisites: none
Acquaints the student with the sport of rodeo, its origin and development, as well as rodeo fundamentals including rule interpretation, rodeo judging, and fundamental arena safety and procedure. Students will learn adaptive techniques and skills of the various rodeo events. Subject include history of rodeo, rule interpretation, positive mental attitudes, and goal setting. |
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121B |
Rodeo Production and Promotion |
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Credits: 1. Prerequisites: none
Provides experience in the production of a rodeo. Students will participate on a committee which will deal with staging an actual rodeo from start to the finished product. May be repeated for a total of two credits. |
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122B |
Intercollegiate Rodeo |
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Credits: 2. Prerequisites: medical approval by licensed physician. Enrollment is limited to those qualified to compete in intercollegiate rodeo. Corequisites: ANSC 120B or ANSC 121B
Provides students with the opportunity to further their rodeo skills and utilize them in intercollegiate competition. Includes adaptation techniques of various rodeo events. May be repeated for a total of four credits. |
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123B |
Advanced Intercollegiate Rodeo |
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Credits: 2. Prerequisites: medical approval by licensed physician. Enrollment is limited to those qualified to compete in intercollegiate rodeo. Corequisites: ANSC 120B or ANSC 121B
Provides students with previous experience with the opportunity to further their rodeo skills and utilize them in intercollegiate competition. Includes adaptation techniques of various rodeo events. May be repeated for a total of four credits. |
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125B |
Team Roping |
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Credits: 2. Prerequisites: horseback riding skills and proof of insurance
Develops and improves basic team roping skills. Class will cover a brief history of this rodeo event as well as the sport's popularity and growth. Class time will be spent on groundwork of both heading and heeling as well as roping steers while on horseback. The student will be required to supply his or her own horse, equipment, and rope. Emphasis will be on horsemanship and safety. |
| ANSC |
205 |
Rudimentary Farrier |
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Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none
Provides students with the fundamental understanding of horseshoeing and the anatomy and physiology of the horse, pastern and legs. Topics will include how the horse travels as it applies to horseshoeing and how to shoe a horse properly without harm to the one doing the horseshoeing or the horse. |
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209B |
Horse Management |
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Credits: 1. Prerequisites: none
Gives the student practical working knowledge of general horse care and management. Includes conformation, related soundness and unsoundness, feeds, feeding and nutrition, grooming and hoof care, horse diseases and ailments, and preventative maintenance. |
| ANSC |
211 |
Fundamentals of Animal Nutrition |
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Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none
Focuses on the nutritional requirements of livestock, the balancing of feed rations, and the costs of feeding. |
| ANSC |
275 |
Animal Health and Sanitation |
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Credits: 3. Prerequisites: none
Deals with the identification and control of infectious and non-infectious livestock diseases and parasites as they relate to the livestock industry in Nevada. |
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299 |
Special Topics |
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Credits: 1–3. Prerequisites: none
Offers short courses and workshops covering a variety of subjects. |
