ILRIC, through its partners and network of scientific and educational consultants, has the capacity to develop and deliver a wide range of training and educational packages, ranging from intensive short course (2-12 weeks), through Certificate and Diploma programmes to both undergraduate and postgraduate courses in animal and agricultural sciences; the latter via the University of New England.
Short course seminars
Example Short Course Content
- General principles incl digestion and rumen function
- Mineral nutrition
- Supplementation
- Husbandry procedures
- Cattle handling
- General M’ment
- Basic genetic principles
- Selection
- Breeding plans
- New breeding technologies
- Herd reprod m’ment strategies
- Bull evaluation
- AI, Semen,ET
- Common disease entities, incl clinical signs, diagnosis, treatment, prevention
- Wet tropics pastures
- Dry tropics pastures
- Forage and tree legumes
- General principles
- General principles, incl cattle selection
- Nutritional management strategies
- Mineral nutrition
- Supplementation
- Basic genetic principles
- Selection
- Breeding plans, herd recording
- New breeding technologies
- Herd reprod m’ment strategies
- Bull evaluation
- AI, Semen, ET
Feedlot Management
Meat Science
Animal Health
Animal Breeding
Sustainable Agriculture
Bachelor programs
UNE – Faculty of the Sciences
Rural Science – 4 years
Agriculture – 3 years
Livestock
Post Grad
(UNE Masters, PhD)
Animal Breeding / Genetics
Nutrition
Animal Health
Feedlot Nutrition
Meat Science
Livestock Production
