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Objectives and Subject Matter for the Introductory Courses in Animal Husbandry

University of California

Abstract

Animal husbandry is both a science and an art. A science, because a knowledge of chemistry, physics, nutrition, genetics and physiology is necessary for a partial understanding of the complexity of the animal organism. An art, since it is skill in applying knowledge, if we are to be able to measure the results of scientific endeavor and to appreciate more fully those hidden intrinsic values associated with a life work, among moving living beings capable of reacting to kind treatment and close association.

In discussing a paper presented to this Society two years ago by Professor E. A. Trowbridge and stimulated by a criticism from an outside source, we made the following statement, "Right or wrong, such opinions constitute a challenge that can be met fairly and surely by training animal husbandry students to promote and foster the animal industry, by an appreciation for research, for improvement in animal production,