Career & Technical Education
Course #: AG31
Course Name: Animal Science
Prerequisites: SC49 Biology or AG30 Applied Biological Systems
AG31 – Animal Science
Grade Level: 10-12
Level of Difficulty: Average
# of Credits: 2 semesters – 1 Credit
The following is a Career and Technical Education (CTE) class under the Biotechnology Program.
Animal Science Units and Understanding Statements
Unit 1: Introduction to Agriscience
 Students will have an introductory understanding of Agriculture in America and a complete understanding of the three components of a
complete Agricultural program (classroom, SAE Supervised Agricultural Experience, FFA the Career and Technical Student Organization)
this allows students to take advantage of all opportunities presented by this course.
Unit 2: Agriculture and Science Careers
 Exploring possible careers within Agriculture and Science ensures a well prepared and educated workforce.
Unit 3: Quality Assurance
 Consumers expect a safe and wholesome food product. Industry accepted safety and quality standards in animal production ensure a
quality food product as well as a safe environment for animals.
Unit 4: Animal Behavior and Safety
 Students’ ability to identify and react appropriately to animal behaviors is important to maintaining a safe environment for animals
and handlers.
Unit 5: Classification of Animals
 Distinguishing the characteristics of domestication, understanding a historical perspective, classifying animals based on digestive systems
and identifying animal contribution to humans is essential to proper care and management of animals.
Unit 6: Mechanical Systems
 Practicing industry approved tractor safety, maintaining equipment and operating equipment safely and efficiently are essential to
operating a successful Agribusiness enterprise.
Unit 7: Dogs
 Dogs vary in size, shape, and demeanor. Understanding breed characteristics, housing needs, feed requirements, handling
techniques, and health and reproduction practices allows students to properly care for dogs.
Unit 8: Animal Rights, Welfare and Ethics
 Interpreting information presented in a variety of media is essential to forming a defensible personal opinion.
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Unit 9: Cats
 Cats vary in size, shape, and demeanor. Understanding breed characteristics, housing needs, feed requirements, handling
techniques, and health and reproduction practices allows students to properly care for cats.
Unit 10: Gross Anatomy
 Identifying common anatomy allows students to identify quality animals for selection for breeding and soundness.
Unit 11: Rabbits and Cavies
 Rabbits and cavies vary in size, shape, and demeanor. Understanding breed characteristics, housing needs, feed requirements,
handling techniques, and health and reproduction practices allows students to properly care for rabbits and cavies.
Unit 12: Horses
 Horses vary in size, shape, and demeanor. Understanding breed characteristics, housing needs, feed requirements, handling
techniques, and health and reproduction practices allows students to properly care for horses.
Unit 13: Swine
 Pigs vary in size, shape, and demeanor. Understanding breed characteristics, housing needs, feed requirements, handling
techniques, and health and reproduction practices allows students to properly care for swine.
Unit 14: Poultry
 Poultry vary in size, shape, and demeanor. Understanding breed characteristics, housing needs, feed requirements, handling
techniques, and health and reproduction practices allows students to properly care for poultry.
Unit 15: Nutrition and Metabolism
 Balanced nutrition is essential for ideal growth and development. Students’ ability to develop proper rations based on nutrient
needs of different animal classes is essential to health and management.
Unit 16: Beef
 Beef cattle vary in size, shape, and demeanor. Understanding breed characteristics, housing needs, feed requirements, handling
techniques, and health and reproduction practices allows students to properly care for beef cattle.
Unit 17: Dairy
 Dairy cattle vary in size, shape, and demeanor. Understanding breed characteristics, housing needs, feed requirements, handling
techniques, and health and reproduction practices allows students to properly care for dairy cattle.
Unit 18: Animal Environment, Health and Disease
 Immunity and immune response is essential to understanding animal diseases and their prevention.
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Unit 19: Goats and Sheep
 Goats and sheep vary in size, shape, and demeanor. Understanding breed characteristics, housing needs, feed requirements,
handling techniques, and health and reproduction practices allows students to properly care for goats and sheep.
Unit 20: Wildlife Management
 Proper GPS, map reading, fire weather, orienteering, and animal ID skills are essential to observing and studying wildlife in situ.
Unit 22: Aquaculture
 Successful aqua culture systems require working knowledge of feed ration calculation, water testing, filleting and packing.
Unit 23: Structures
 Maintaining animal facilities requires regular maintenance and improvement.
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COMMON CORE STANDARDS
The following Reading and Writing performance objectives are integrated throughout the entire course:
Reading:
 9-10.RST.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts, attending to the precise details of
explanations or descriptions.
 9-10.RST.8 Assess the extent to which the reasoning and evidence in a text support the author’s claim or a recommendation for solving a
scientific or technical problem.
Writing:
 9-10.WHST.5 Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on
addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience.
 9-10.WHST.9 Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Speaking and Listening
 9-10.SL.1 Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse
partners on grades 9-10 topics, texts, and issues building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
 9-10.SL.4 Present information, findings, and supporting evidence clearly, concisely, and logically such that listeners can follow the line of
reasoning and the organization, development, substance, and style are appropriate to purpose, audience, and task.
Language
 9-10.L.6 Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, sufficient for reading, writing, speaking,
and listening at the college and career readiness level, demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when considering a
word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.
Math
 HS.A-CED.1 Create equations and inequalities in one variable and use them to solve problems.
 7.RP.3 Use proportional relationships to solve multistep ratio and percent problems.
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AG31 Animal Science - Suggested Teaching Timeline
First Semester
August
Sept.
Oct.
Second Semester
Nov.
Dec.
Jan.
Feb.
March
April
May
Unit 1: Introduction to
Biotechnology
Unit 2: Safety
Unit 3: Cells and Model
Organisms
Unit 4: Basic Laboratory
Techniques
Unit 5: Basic Laboratory
Equipment
Unit 6: Solutions
Unit 7: Acids, Bases, and
Buffers
Unit 8: Microbiology
Unit 9: Nucleic Acids and
Advanced Equipment
Unit 10:Bacterial
Transformation
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Unit 11:Soil Bacteria
Identification Project
First Semester
August
Sept.
Oct.
Second Semester
Nov.
Dec.
Jan.
Feb.
March
April
May
Unit 12:Portfoloio
Unit 13:Bioethics
Unit 14:HOSA
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Unit 1: Introduction to Agriscience
Students will have an introductory understanding of Agriculture in America and a complete understanding of the three components
of a complete Agricultural program (classroom, SAE Supervised Agricultural Experience, FFA the Career and Technical Student
Organization) this allows students to take advantage of all opportunities presented by this course.
Knowledge and Skills
Knowledge:
 Understanding of the complete
agricultural program
 Parts and scope of a Supervised
Agricultural Experience (SAE)
 History and traditions of FFA (CTSO)
 Overview of Career and Technical
Education
 Overview of the agriculture industry in
Arizona
 Professionalism in Agriculture
Arizona CTE Standards
Employability Standards
Resources
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7.0
8.0
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27.0
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www.theaet.com
record book system
www.AZFFA.org
www.FFA.org
FFA handbook and
manual
SAE PowerPoints
Arizona Farm
Bureau
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Skills:
 Draw and diagram the complete
agricultural program.
 Design a SAE
 Use theAET.com (online
recordkeeping system) to track and
record their SAE project
 Demonstrate Parliamentary
Procedure in a FFA business
meeting.
 Identify key events in FFA history
 Define purpose of Career and
Technical Education
 Describe the economic impact of the
agricultural industry.
 Describe and implement the FFA
code of ethics
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Unit 2: Agriculture and Science Careers
 Exploring possible careers within Agriculture and Science ensures a well prepared and educated workforce.
Knowledge and Skills
Knowledge:
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Parts of a resume including:
Objective statement
Skills on resume
Experience and education
Honors and awards
Agriscience career clusters
Arizona CTE Standards
1.0
2.0
Employability Standards
Resources
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Skills:
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Develop a career plan and resume
Interview for a job.
Differentiate between a job and a career
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Unit 3:
Quality Assurance
Consumers expect a safe and wholesome food product. Industry accepted safety and quality standards in animal production ensure a quality
food product as well as a safe environment for animals.
Knowledge and Skills
Arizona CTE Standards
Employability Standards
Resources
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Knowledge:
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The importance of withdrawal time and
industry standard communication
practices
The effects of residue in the consumer
product
Methods of drug administration
including: Subcutaneous, Intravenous,
Intramuscular injections, oral and topical.
Ethics in the animal industry
Industry food safety practices
Skills:
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Students will predict withdrawal time
through a dilution assay.
Demonstrate care and treatment of
animals
Show correct handling practices of
animals
Define ethics of showing and handling of
animals
Perform label reading of medication and
medicated feeds to perform proper
administration.
Look up common feed practices and
identify what ration is used for their
animal.
Administer correct feed ration
From reading an article identify opposing
ethical concerns.
Demonstrate correct injection techniques
while performing intravenous,
intramuscular and subcutaneous
injections
Summarize food safety practices.
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10.0
19.0
20.0
32.4
Arizona
Quality
Assurance
Manual
 Flinn
Safety
Acknowle
dgement
 MSDS
Sheets
 Medicatio
n Labels
 Video:
The Rules
are Black
and White
 Video:
The
Quality
Assurance
Video
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Unit 4: Animal Behavior and Safety
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Students’ ability to identify and react appropriately to animal behaviors is important to maintaining a safe environment for animals
and handlers.
Knowledge and Skills
Knowledge:
 Handler movement protocols to elicit animal
response including flight zones and
maintaining a safe environment
 Historical Pavlov experiments and their
relationship to animal training including
conditioning, extinction, punishment, and
reinforcement
 Signs of animal behavior including
aggressiveness, fear, appeasement, and
relaxed.
 Difference between instinctual and learned
behaviors
 Industry standard restraining techniques.
Arizona CTE Standards
10.0
29.0
Employability Standards
Resources
 Land lab animals
 Restraint
equipment
 Small animal care
& management
textbook
 Livestock & poultry
production
textbook
Skills:
 Students will diagram ideal handler locations
and resulting animal movements.
 Students will be able to define extinction,
punishment and reinforcement.
 Identify external indicators and interpret
internal state of being from photographs or
descriptions.
 Students should be able to categorize
behaviors as instinctual or learned.
 Students learn to identify and use restraint
equipment as appropriate (dogs, cats, cattle,
sheep, goats, poultry, rabbits, cavy) and
available.
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Unit 5: Classification of Animals
Distinguishing the characteristics of domestication, understanding a historical perspective, classifying animals based on digestive systems and
identifying animal contribution to humans is essential to proper care and management of animals.
Knowledge and Skills
Knowledge:
 Different types of digestive systems such as
ruminant, simple monogastrics and cecal
monogastric.
 Characteristics of omnivores, carnivores and
herbivores.
 Linnaean classification system.
 Process of domestication using dogs as an
example.
 Animal contributions to society such as food,
entertainment, companionship,
transportation, and labor.
Arizona CTE Standards
28.1
Employability Standards
Resources
 AALAS website
 Biology Textbook
 Small Animal Care
& Management
Textbook
Skills:
 Classify animals based on digestive system.
 Classify animals based on diet.
 Classify animals based on physical
characteristics.
 Summarize the process of domestication
using the dog as an example
 Research and present an animal contribution
to society.
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Unit 6: Mechanical Systems
Practicing industry approved tractor safety, maintaining equipment and operating equipment safely and efficiently are essential to
operating a successful Agribusiness enterprise.
Knowledge and Skills
Knowledge:
 External parts of a tractor.
 Safety features and techniques of tractor
operation.
 Safety checks and maintenance such as fluid
checks, tire pressure, and lights.
 Correct industry standard operation
protocols.
 Troubleshooting operational anomalies.
Arizona CTE Standards
26.0
Employability Standards
Resources
 Tractor
 Tractor safety
operation manual
 District tractor
certification
materials
Skills:
 Identify common external parts of the tractor.
 Describe and demonstrate all safety features
and safe operation techniques.
 Demonstrate correct fluid checks, tire
pressure checks, and lighting.
 Drive the tractor following industry operation
standards.
 Given an operational anomaly, correctly
diagnose possible problems.
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Unit 7: Dogs
Dogs vary in size, shape, and demeanor. Understanding breed characteristics, housing needs, feed requirements, handling
techniques, and health and reproduction practices allows students to properly care for dogs.
Knowledge and Skills
Knowledge:
 Common breeds of dogs and their
characteristics.
 The life cycle of a dog.
 Correct feeding and nutrition
requirements of dogs.
 Symptoms of common diseases
and disorders for dogs including
treatment.
 Reproduction and breeding of
dogs.
 Dog housing and equipment.
 Breeding systems for dogs
Skills
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15.0
28.1.3
30.1
Employability Standards
Resources
 Small Animal Care
& Management
Textbook
 AKC Website
 Purina Website
Identify various breeds of dogs.
Explain the different phases of life for dogs.
Explain feeding and nutrition for dogs.
Diagnose common diseases and disorders
for dogs.
Implement an animal health program for
dogs.
Explain reproduction and breeding programs
of dogs.
Describe the housing and equipment
required for dogs.
Design proper housing facilities for dogs.
Describe breeding systems for dogs
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Unit 8: Animal Rights, Welfare and Ethics
Interpreting information presented in a variety of media is essential to forming a defensible personal opinion
Knowledge and Skills
Knowledge:
 Difference between animal rights and animal
welfare
 Important dates, acts of legislation and
people associated with animal welfare
 Ethical issues in animal agriculture such as
genetically modified organisms, pink slime,
and humane treatment of animals on
production facilities
 Organizations associated with animal rights
and animal welfare such as People for the
Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA),
Humane Society of the United States,
American Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), Animal
Liberation Front (ALF), Greenpeace.
Arizona CTE Standards
4.0
21.0
Employability Standards
Resources
A Rat is a Pig is a
Dog is a Boy by
Wesley J. Smith
Small Animal Care
and Management
Video: The Temple
Grandin Story
Skills:
 Define and compare the terms animal rights
and animal welfare
 Identify the important dates, acts of
legislation, and people associated with
animal welfare
 Discuss ethical issues in animal agriculture
 Classify organizations as either animal rights
or animal welfare
 Compare the issues concerning animal rights
and welfare
 Defend via oral presentation both sides of
the animal rights/ animal welfare debate
 Read and analyze a non-fiction text such as
A Rat is a Pig is a Dog is a Boy
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Unit 9: Cats
Cats vary in size, shape, and demeanor. Understanding breed characteristics, housing needs, feed requirements, handling techniques,
and health and reproduction practices allows students to properly care for cats.
Knowledge and Skills
Knowledge:
 Common breeds of cats and their
characteristics.
 The life cycle of a cat.
 Correct feeding and nutrition
requirements of cats.
 Symptoms of common diseases
and disorders for cats including
treatment.
 Reproduction and breeding of cats.
 Cat housing and equipment.
 Breeding systems for cats
Skills
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Arizona CTE Standards
15.0
28.1.3
30.1
Employability Standards
Resources
 Small Animal Care
and Management
 www.cfa.org
Identify various breeds of cats.
Explain the different phases of life for cats.
Explain feeding and nutrition for cats.
Diagnose common diseases and disorders
for cats.
Implement an animal health program for
cats.
Explain reproduction and breeding programs
of cats.
Describe the housing and equipment
required for cats.
Design proper housing facilities for cats.
Descibe breeding systems for cats
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Unit 10: Gross Anatomy
Identifying common anatomy allows students to identify quality animals for selection for breeding and soundness
Knowledge and Skills
Arizona CTE Standards
Employability Standards
Resources
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Knowledge:
 The organization of cells, tissues, and organs
in animals
 Functions of the epidermis system
 Functions of the muscular system
 Functions of the skeletal system
 Functions of the nervous system
 Functions of the circulatory system
 Functions of the respiratory system
 Functions of the digestive system
 Functions of the urinary/excretory system
 Functions of endocrine system
 Functions of the reproductive system
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External anatomy of animals
28.2
 Small Animal Care
and Management
 Introduction to
Veterinary
Technology
Skills:
 Describe the organization of cells, tissues,
and organs in animals
 Identify and give functions of the epidermis
system
 Identify and give functions of the muscular
system
 Identify and give functions of the skeletal
system
 Identify and give functions of the nervous
system
 Identify and give functions of the circulatory
system
 Identify and give functions of the respiratory
system
 Identify and give functions of the digestive
system
 Identify and give functions of the
urinary/excretory system
 Identify and give functions of endocrine
system
 Identify and give functions of reproductive
system
 Identify common external anatomy of
animals
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Unit 11: Rabbits and Cavies
Rabbits and cavies vary in size, shape, and demeanor. Understanding breed characteristics, housing needs, feed requirements, handling
techniques, and health and reproduction practices allows students to properly care for rabbits and cavies..
Knowledge and Skills
Arizona CTE Standards
Employability Standards
Resources
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Knowledge:
 Common breeds of Rabbits and
cavies and their characteristics.
 The life cycle of a Rabbits and
cavies.
 Correct feeding and nutrition
requirements of Rabbits and
cavies.
 Symptoms of common diseases
and disorders for Rabbits and
cavies including treatment.
 Reproduction and breeding of
Rabbits and cavies.
 Rabbits and cavies housing and
equipment.
 Breeding systems of rabbtis and
cavies
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28.1.3
30.1
17.2
 Small Animal Care
and Management
American Rabbit Breeders
Association
Skills
 Identify various breeds of Rabbits and
cavies.
 Explain the different phases of life for
Rabbits and cavies.
 Explain feeding and nutrition for Rabbits
and cavies.
 Diagnose common diseases and disorders
for Rabbits and cavies.
 Implement an animal health program for
Rabbits and cavies.
 Explain reproduction and breeding programs
of Rabbits and cavies.
 Describe the housing and equipment
required for Rabbits and cavies.
 Design proper housing facilities for Rabbits
and cavies.
 Breeding systems for rabbits and cavies
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Unit 12: Horses
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Horses vary in size, shape, and demeanor. Understanding breed characteristics, housing needs, feed requirements, handling
techniques, and health and reproduction practices allows students to properly care for horses..
Knowledge and Skills
Arizona CTE Standards
Employability Standards
Resources
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Knowledge:
 Common breeds of horses and
their characteristics.
 The life cycle of a Rabbits and
cavies.
 Correct feeding and nutrition
requirements of Rabbits and
cavies.
 Symptoms of common diseases
and disorders for Rabbits and
cavies including treatment.
 Reproduction and breeding of
Rabbits and cavies.
 Rabbits and cavies housing and
equipment.
 Breeding systems for rabbits and
cavies
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28.1.3
30.1
 Livestock and
Poultry Production
 Equus Magazine
 Texas A & M
Skills
 Identify various breeds of Rabbits and
cavies.
 Explain the different phases of life for
Rabbits and cavies.
 Explain feeding and nutrition for Rabbits
and cavies.
 Diagnose common diseases and disorders
for Rabbits and cavies.
 Implement an animal health program for
Rabbits and cavies.
 Explain reproduction and breeding programs
of Rabbits and cavies.
 Describe the housing and equipment
required for Rabbits and cavies.
 Design proper housing facilities for Rabbits
and cavies.
 Describe the breeding systems for rabbits
and cavies
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Unit 13: Swine
A good understanding of genetics, selection, and heredity is essential to the establishment of a successful breeding system
Knowledge and Skills
Arizona CTE Standards
Employability Standards
Resources
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Knowledge:
 Common breeds of horses and
their characteristics.
 The life cycle of a Rabbits and
cavies.
 Correct feeding and nutrition
requirements of Rabbits and
cavies.
 Symptoms of common diseases
and disorders for Rabbits and
cavies including treatment.
 Reproduction and breeding of
Rabbits and cavies.
 Rabbits and cavies housing and
equipment.
 Breeding systems for rabbits and
cavies
AG31 – Animal Science
Pork Association
Livestock and Poultry
Production textbook
Skills
 Identify various breeds of Rabbits and
cavies.
 Explain the different phases of life for
Rabbits and cavies.
 Explain feeding and nutrition for Rabbits
and cavies.
 Diagnose common diseases and disorders
for Rabbits and cavies.
 Implement an animal health program for
Rabbits and cavies.
 Explain reproduction and breeding programs
of Rabbits and cavies.
 Describe the housing and equipment
required for Rabbits and cavies.
 Design proper housing facilities for Rabbits
and cavies.
 Describe the breeding systems for rabbits
and cavies
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Unit 15: Nutrition
Knowledge and Skills
Knowledge:
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Digestive process in different animals
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Nutrients required for growth and maintenance
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Purposes of major nutrients
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Feed label parts and their purpose
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Applications of feed additives, hormones, and
other feedstuffs
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Types of feeds and their uses
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Common feeds and feeding terms including:
creep feed, grower, finisher, starter, balanced
ration, roughages, concentrates, supplement,
palatable, and average daily gain (ADG)
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Feed efficiency in different species
Skills:
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Explain the digestive process
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Define what a nutrient is
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List and explain the 5 major animal nutrient
groups
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Identify and explain parts of a feed label
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Describe feed additives, hormones and other
feedstuff
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Explain different feed types and characteristics
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Define terms associated with feeds and feeding
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Calculate feed efficiency in different species
Arizona CTE Standards
23.2
30.1.2
Employability Standards
Resources
 Livestock and
Poultry Production
 Small animal care
and management
 Feed labels
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Unit 16: Beef
Knowledge and Skills
Arizona CTE Standards
Employability Standards
Resources
 Livestock and
Poultry Production
 Arizona Beef
Council
 Ag in the
Classroom
Unit 17: Dairy
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Knowledge and Skills
Arizona CTE Standards
Employability Standards
Resources
 Livestock and
Poultry Production
 Arizona Dairy
Council
 California Mastitis
Test
Employability Standards
Resources
Unit 18: Animal Environment, Health and Disease
Knowledge and Skills
Arizona CTE Standards
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Knowledge:
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Symptoms of health
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Methods of controlling and preventing
disease
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Disease causing agents and their
symptoms
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Proper sanitation practices
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Environmental factors that cause disease
Skills:
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Explain what a healthy animal looks like
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Explain the methods of controlling and
preventing diseases
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List disease causing agents
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Perform proper sanitation practices
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Identify environmental factors that affect
an animals performance such as:
climate, qualify and availability of feed,
disease and facilities
 Livestock and
Poultry Production
 Small animal care
and management
 American
Veterinary Medical
Association
website
 Center for Disease
Control website
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Unit 19: Goats and Sheep
Knowledge and Skills
Arizona CTE Standards
Employability Standards
Resources
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 Livestock and
Poultry Production
Unit 20: Wildlife Management
Knowledge and Skills
Arizona CTE Standards
Employability Standards
Resources
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Knowledge:
Wildlife identification in Arizona
History of wildlife in the US
Endangered, rare and extinct species in the US
Key terms related to wildlife including: habitat,
GPS, orienteering, scat, pelt, predator, prey,
wetlands, riparian, competition
Predator, prey, commensalism, parasitism,
mutualism
6 benefits of wildlife such as commercial,
recreational, biological, aesthetic, scientific, and
social
 Arizona Game and
Fish Department
Bone Box and
website and
publications
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Skills:
Identify various wildlife species in Arizona
Describe the history of wildlife in the US
List endangered, rare, and extinct species of US
wildlife
Describe Key Terms related to wildlife
management and ecology
Demonstrate relationships of wildlife
Descirbe the 6 benefits of wildlife
List the classification of wildlife management
Identify different state and federal agencies
involved with wildlife management
Operate and utilize tools and equipment including:
GPS, topographical maps, fire weather ktis, and
compasses
Unit 21:Structure
Knowledge and Skills
Arizona CTE Standards
Employability Standards
Resources
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AG31 – Animal Science
Career & Technical Education
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Knowledge:
Review housing and physiological needs for
specific species.
Electrical theory
Slump test
Concrete materials and characteristics
Types of pipes
Pipe Assembly (priming, gluing, soldering, and
fitting)
Cost of materials research strategies
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Livestock and Poultry
Production Text book
Hardware stores(Home
Depot, Lowes, Aces
Hardware)
Hardware Stores
websites
Skills:
Design a animal facility that demonstrates
appropriate knowledge of specie requirements for
feeding, breeding, and physiological needs (ie:
Arena, dog run, aviary) and processing if
applicable.
Create a simple electrical circuit
Mix concrete to industry specifications by using
the slump test.
Build a simple watering systems using correct
method for specie.
Research the cost of materials
Produce a bill of sale for facility
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