Undergraduate Catalogue - UPRM

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
INPE 4007. SUMMER PRACTICUM. Three
credit hours. Six weeks duration. Prerequisites: A
minimum of ten credit hours in Animal Industry
courses.
The work will consist of practical experience in
livestock farming or milk plant practices, covering
a period of six weeks during the Summer at the end
of the junior year. The student will be under the
supervision of the owner or manager of the farm or
plant, and of a member of the animal industry staff.
INPE 4008. MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS.
Three credit hours. Two hours of lecture and one
three-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisite:
INPE 3005.
A general course covering the composition and
properties of milk, and the manufacture of dairy
products.
INPE 4009. MARKET MILK. Three credit hours.
Two hours of lecture and one three-hour laboratory
per week. Prerequisite: INPE 4008.
Processing and distribution of market milk and
related products. Field trips required.
INPE 4010. ANIMAL FEEDING AND
NUTRITION. Four credit hours. Three hours of
lecture and one three-hour laboratory per week.
Prerequisite: INPE 3005.
Definitions and general concepts of feeding and
nutrition. Relationship between human and animal
nutrition. Anatomy and physiology of the digestive
tract. Nutrient digestion and absorption and
excretion of waste products. Chemical composition
and feed evaluation. The nutrients and their
metabolism. Feedstuffs used in animal rations.
Voluntary feed intake. Feeding standards for
domestic animals. Ration formulation. Applied
aspects of feeding diary cattle, beef cattle, sheep,
goats, horses, poultry, swine, and rabbits.
INPE 4016. BEEKEEPING. Three credit hours.
Two hours of lecture and one three-hour laboratory
per week.
Breeds and behavior of bees, management and
apiculture production techniques. Field trips
required.
INPE 4017. POULTRY PRODUCTION. Three
credit hours. Two hours of lecture and one threehour
laboratory per week. Prerequisite: INPE
3005.
The principles and practices of poultry breeding,
feeding, incubation, brooding, rearing, housing, and
sanitation.
INPE 4018. INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH
IN ANIMAL SCIENCE. Three credit hours.
Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite:
INPE 3005 and (MATE 3172 or its equivalent).
Measure of Central Tendency and Variation.
Construction and interpretation of tables and
graphs. Binomial and normal distribution.
Introduction to methods of domestic animal
experimentation.
INPE 4019. ANIMAL BREEDING. Three credit
hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisite: INPE 3005 and either BIOL 3015 or
BIOL 3300.
The application of genetics to the problems and
methods of livestock’s improvement.
INPE 4020. ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION IN
DOMESTIC ANIMALS. Three credit hours. One
hour of lecture and one six-hour laboratory per
week. Prerequisite: INPE 4006.
Theory and intensive practice of artificial
insemination in domestic animals.
INPE 4025. DAIRY CATTLE AND MILK
PRODUCTION. Three credit hours. Two hours of
lecture and one three-hour laboratory per week.
Prerequisite: INPE 3005.
A study of the various phases of dairy cattle and
milk production.
INPE 4026-4027. SPECIAL PROBLEMS. One to
three credit hours each semester. One to three
research periods per week per semester.
Prerequisite: Authorization of the Director of the
Department.
Research problems in livestock feeding and
nutrition, poultry feeding and nutrition, livestock
management, dairy technology, animal breeding,
and animal diseases.
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