RF1013 : Principles of Range

Department

Department of Animal Production

Academic Program

Bachelor in Animal Production

Type

Elective

Credits

03

Prerequisite

1024 Bo

Overview

The Principles of Range course explains the concept and terminology of rangeland science and the most important related sciences. The student can identify the most important pastoral plants, their degree of palatability, their distribution, and their pastoral, environmental and economic importance. The course also reviews the most important methods for estimating the pastoral load and its impact on preserving pastoral resources, and enumerates the causes of poor distribution of livestock and the most important grazing systems used in the world, and what is appropriate for the local environment.

Intended learning outcomes

Bypass successfully this course, the student should be able to:

a. Knowledge and understanding:

b. Mental skills:

c. Scientific and professional skills:

d. Generic and transferable skills

Teaching and learning methods

• Theoretical lectures. (Strategies: diction, asking questions, discussion, storming)
• Practical and field training. (distinguishing plant samples by: leaves, flowers, fruits, seeds, touch, and smell)
• Internet use.
• Panel discussions and dialogue.

Methods of assessments

No.	Assessments methods	Assessments date (week)	The grade (%)
1	1st midterm exam (Written + Practical)	After the 5th week of study	25%
2	2nd midterm exam (Written + Practical)	After the 10th week of study	25%
3	Final exam (Written + Practical)	After the 12th week of study	50%
	Total	At the end of the semester	100%

The reference:

Reference	Publisher	Edition	Author
Range Management	Prentice–Hall, Inc	1998	Jerry L. Holechek, Rex D. Pieper & Carlton H. Herbael
Aims and Methods of Vegetation Ecology	John Wiley & Sons, Inc	1994	Dieter Mueller– Dombois and Heinz Ellenberg
Tamarix	Oxford University Press	2013	.Sher, A. A. Quigley, Martin F
Range Land Survey and Development in Libya	AOAD	1982	AOAD
Methods in plant ecology	Wiley	1976	Chapman, S. B.

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Math 1 (MA 1113)
Botany 1 (BO 1014)
Math 2 (1123 MA)
Introduction to animal production (theoretical) (AP 1003)
Introduction to animal production (practical) (AP 1001)
Poultry Science (AP 2004)
Principles of Animal Breeding (AP 2103)
Physiology (AP 2204)
Principles of Animal Nutrition (AP2304)
Principles of Field Crops (CS1024)
Hatchery management (AP3422)
Forage Crops (CS3042)
Poultry Managment (AP3414)
Preventive Veterinary Medicine (AP3404)
Applied Poultry Breeding (AP3113)
Applied Animal Breeding (AP3123)
Applied Animal Nutrition (AP3322)
Reproductive Physiology (AP3204)
Feed Stuff Evaluation (AP2333)
Dairy cattle production (AP3453)
Principles of Range (RF1013)
Applied Poultry Nutrition (AP3314)
Poultry Physiology (AP3223)
Physiology of Milk Secretion (AP3213)
Special Studies (AP3992)
ٍSheep and Goat Production (AP3484)
Horse and Camel Production (AP3473)
Meat Science (AP3443)
Beef Cattle Production (AP3432)