Course Description

AGRI 2321 - LIVESTOCK EVALUATION

Instruction in selecting, evaluating, and judging beef cattle, sheep, swine, and horses. The course will include the judging of both breeding and marketing animals with decisions being supported by oral reasons.

Prerequisites

None

Course Goals (includes competencies, incorporation of SCANS, etc.)

To familiarize the student with the economic importance of evaluating livestock before market. topics to include evaluation of beef, swine, and lamb cuts carcasses, characteristics of beef, dairy, swine and sheep breeds, examination of live animals, scoring of market animals, judging of dairy cattle, selection of dairy cattle, evaluation of horses, aging of horses, feet and leg alignment of horses, and judging terminology for beef and dairy cattle, swine, sheep, and horses.

The student will be required to turn in a computer generated research paper and will also be required to give an oral presentation.

Instructor Information

S. Todd Fuller, B.S.; M.S.

Textbook Information

Livestock and Carcasses: An Integrated Approach to Evaluation, Grading and Selection, 5th Edition; Boggs, Donald L., Robert A. Merkel, Matthew E. Doumit.  Kendall Hunt, 1998.

Lab Requirements (if any)

There will be five labs over the course of the semester. The labs will be scheduled for Saturday for approximately 6-8 hours. The lab dates will be announced the first day of class.

Students with Disabilities

Any student with a documented disability (e.g. physical, learning, psychiatric, vision, hearing, etc.) who needs to arrange reasonable accommodations must contact the Disability Services Office at the respective college at the beginning of each semester. Faculty are authorized to provide only the accommodations requested by the Disability Support Services Office. If you have any questions, please contact Donna Price at 713-718-5165 or the Disability Counselor at each college.

Academic Honesty

Academic dishonesty, CHEATING, will not be tolerated. If an individual is caught, punishment will be taken according to the Student Policies Handbook.

Attendance and Withdrawal Policies

Students are expected to attend classes regularly. Class attendance is checked daily by instructors. Although it is the responsibility of the student to drop a course for non-attendance, the instructor has the authority to drop a student for excessive absences. A student may be dropped from a course for excessive absences after the student has accumulated absences in excess of 12.5% of the hours of instruction (including lecture and laboratory time).

Course Requirements and Grading Policy

Exams (60%), Lab (30%), Attendance (10%)

Testing

The tests in this class will be computer generated over materials administered in class.

Make-up policy

Per college policy

Projects, Assignments, Portfolios, Service Learning, Internships, etc.

Various projects may be assigned by instructor.

Course Content

Instruction in selecting, evaluating, and judging beef cattle, sheep, swine, and horses. The course will include the judging of both breeding and marketing animals with decisions being supported by oral reasons.

Course Calendar with Reading Assignments

To be determined by instructor.

Other Student Information (clubs, tutoring, web resources, etc.)

Agriculture Consortium of Texas (ACT)
Gulf Coast Agribusiness Council (GCAC)
Texas Junior College Agriculture Association (TJCAA)