NWCCD 2020-21 Catalog 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
NWCCD 2020-21 Catalog [This is an Archived Catalog.]

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FDSC 2040 - Principles of Meat Animal Evaluation


This course is designed to provide knowledge to students on how to evaluate livestock and carcasses for economically important factors. Learning to evaluate live animals and their carcasses aids in understanding the relationship between meat animal growth and development and selection and breeding characteristics on the value and quality of the finished product.

Credits: 3

Minimum Student Competencies
Upon completion of FDSC 2040 Principle of Meat Animal Evaluation, the student will:

  1. Visually appraise livestock
  2. Visually appraise and objectively measure meat animal carcasses
  3. Calculate USDA yield grades for beef and lamb carcasses
  4. Determine USDA quality grades for beef, pork, and lamb carcasses
  5. Calculate carcass and live animal value.
  6. Predict the effect of meat animal growth/development and selection/breeding on carcass value




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