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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of livestock mating - goats
Level
3
Credits
3
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate
knowledge of: the stages and cycles of reproduction for goats;
the factors involved in achieving optimum submission and
conception rates in goats; and identifying and recording stock
in oestrus.
Classification
Agriculture > Goat Farming
Available grade
Achieved
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of the stages and cycles of reproduction for goats.
Range
developmental, ovulation, oestrus, mating, conception, gestation, parturition,
anoestrum.
Evidence requirements
1.1
The stages and cycles of reproduction are detailed in terms of sequence, length
of time, and seasonal occurrence.
1.2
This unit standard is
Animal activity is described for each stage and cycle of reproduction in relation
to behaviour, physiological state and changes, the relationship between stages
expiring
and cycles, and abnormal
behaviour and signs.
1.3
Animal health factors are described for each stage and cycle of reproduction.
Range
nutrition, disease risks, abnormality and injury risks, preventative
treatments, animal handling.
Outcome 2
Demonstrate knowledge of the factors involved in achieving optimum submission and
conception rates in goats.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Factors determining high submission rates are identified, and their influence is
described in relation to feeding regime, animal condition, libido, heat and cycling
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identification, synchronisation, animal health, record-keeping, and post partum
problems.
2.2
Factors determining optimum conception rates are identified and their influence
is described in relation to high submission rate, semen fertility, animal health,
feeding, animal condition, and libido.
Outcome 3
Demonstrate knowledge of identifying and recording stock in oestrus.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Signs of oestrus are described in terms of behaviours, physical signs, teasers,
and detection aids.
3.2
Types of errors in oestrus detection are described and the possible
consequences outlined.
3.3
Maintenance of stock records for livestock management purposes is described.
Replacement information
Unit standards 1525, 24546, 24621, 24622, 24645, 24819,
and 24820 have been replaced by unit standard 28972.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
Review
Revision
This
unit standard
is
1
30 April 1995
31 December 2020
2
28 February 1997
31 December 2020
expiring
3
14 August 2002
31 December 2020
Rollover
4
23 April 2008
31 December 2020
Rollover
5
21 November 2008
31 December 2020
Review
6
16 July 2015
31 December 2020
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0052
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
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Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
This unit standard is
expiring
Agriculture Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016