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Announcement posted by ACS Distance Education 21 Aug 2015

Our Beef Cattle Course has recently been updated

ACS Distance Education is pleased to announce that we have recently completed the update of our Beef Cattle course. 

The Beef Cattle course is a great place to start for anybody who is interested in starting out in farming beef cattle. This course is also a great complimentary study for anyone who is already in the industry and wants to refine their knowledge and beef cattle management skills.

The beef cattle course offers knowledge into the key principles of intensive and extensive beef cattle production systems, herd management, breeding, nutrition and health and disease management.

The Beef Cattle course covers the following 10 lessons:

  • Introduction to beef cattle and beef cattle breeds
  • Beef Cattle Production Systems
  • Beef Cattle Breeding  
  • Diseases in Beef Cattle - Viral and Bacterial
  • Parasitic and Other Diseases in Beef Cattle
  • Nutrition in Beef Cattle
  • Commercial Herd Management
  • Feed Lot Management
  • Stud Herd Management
  • Management, Economics and Marketing 

This course can be studied completely by distance education- online, paper notes or CD. We have some excellent tutors on the course who can help you along the way. Have a look at more information on our website here:

http://www.acs.edu.au/courses/beef-cattle-174.aspx