COURSE CODE: ANP 505
COURSE TITLE: Physiology of Growth in Farm Animals
NUMBER OF UNITS: 2 Units
COURSE DURATION: Two hours per week
COURSE DETAILS:
Course Coordinator: Dr. Tolulope Julius Williams B. Agric., M.Sc., PhD
Email: tolwilly@gmail.com
Office Location: ANP Staff Office, COLANIM
Other Lecturers: Dr. O. F. Smith
COURSE SYNOPSIS:
Introduction, Definitions and concept, Basic concepts of animal structure. Body systems, Digestive, respiratory, reproductive, circulatory, urinary, endocrine etc, intergument. Bones, connective tissues (muscle) & fats. Muscle identification & development; early development of muscles and post-natal growth of muscles. Growth of the whole animal: Pre-natal growth, measurement of growth, growth curves. Allometry. Hormonal regulation of animal growth.
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