ANIMAL CARE & MANAGEMENT - ECCLES SIXTH FORM COLLEGE - BTEC - Salford City College

ECCLES SIXTH
       FORM COLLEGE
         STUDY PACK

ANIMAL CARE & MANAGEMENT
           BTEC

The staff and animals at Eccles Sixth Form College are looking forward to
   welcoming you in September. In the mean time, we have prepared some
     activities and recommended reading to aid your transition to college.

        Some of our many animals at the brand new Animal Centre are;
New Guinea Forest Dragons, Casque Headed Lizards, Emerald Tree Boas, Red
     Footed Tortoises, Vietnamese Pond Turtles, Blessed Poison Dart Frogs,
Crowned Tree Frogs, Yellow Mongoose, Common Marmoset, Bennet’s Wallaby,
Emu, Guanaco, Capybara, White Naped Crane, Red- breasted Geece, Waldrop
Ibis, Sacred Ibis, Mandarin Ducks, Kookaburra, Tropical Marine Fish, Giant Leaf
                            Insects… and many more.

PREPARATION TASKS
All students will take part in practical animal husbandry as part of their
courses. Hands on experience will allow you to develop your skills and
apply the knowledge you have gained in the classroom. You will need to
understand the welfare needs of a wide range of animals, understand their
nutritional and husbandry requirements and techniques for safe handling.
Use your time to research the welfare and husbandry needs of the following
animals which you will be taking care.

You will be studying in detail about Stereotypical and abnormal behavior
in animals. This is when an animal develops an abnormal behaviour to
cope with a stressful situation. Follow these QR codes and watch the
videos.

TASK ONE

You will learn in detail about five animal needs are:
  • Need for a suitable environment
  • Need for a suitable diet
  • Need to be able to exhibit normal behaviour patterns
  • Need to be housed with, or apart, from other animals
  • Need to be protected from pain, suffering, injury and disease

How would you meet these needs for;

Capybaras?
Water Dragons?
Marmosets?

TASK TWO

Describe the behavior being exhibited and suggest what could be
causing it.

  1) Titan the Panda

  2) Equine behaviour

TASK THREE

Read this passage and highlight important sections:
How do a puppy's nutritional needs differ from ours?
In a study of homemade pet foods, more than 90 percent of foods were found
to be nutritionally unbalanced and incomplete for pets.
Foods that are not properly balanced to meet a puppy's needs can lead to
health problems. For example, calcium and phosphorus must be balanced to
ensure that a careful ratio of more calcium than phosphorus is maintained for a
healthy metabolism. Calcium is needed for healthy bones and teeth.
Puppies have a very critical need for much more taurine than humans require.
Too little taurine can lead to heart and eye disorders.
Never feed raw meat to your puppy. The handling of raw meat is always a
critical part of cooking our human foods. It is also important in our puppy's
foods. Raw meats often contain bacteria like salmonella, listeria and even E.
coli, which can be very dangerous to pets and the humans who care for them.
Puppies and other pets fed raw meat can pass bacteria on to the humans who
come in contact with them. Small children, the elderly and people with
compromised immune systems may become seriously ill.

…CONTINUED

Answer the questions:
  1. What percentage of pet foods were found to be nutritionally unbalanced?
     90%          80%                  50%            10%
  2. Why is calcium important in the diet?
  3. What do calcium and phosphorus do together?
  4. What does too little Taurine lead to?
  5. Why do we not feed raw meat to puppies?

Understanding the nutritional requirements of animals is an essential in
providing adequate health and welfare. You will study animal feeding and
nutrition in detail when you come to college.

   We look forward to seeing you at Enrolment. You can follow the
  Life Sciences Department on Facebook to keep up to date with all
           of the animals here at Eccles Sixth Form College.

CONTACT US
 EcclesSFCollege           0161 631 5050
 /Ecclessixthformcollege   admissions@salfordcc.ac.uk
 Ecclessixthformcollege    Dronfield Rd,
                           Salford,
 salfordcc.ac.uk           M6 7FR