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2.00 Credits
Fieldwork-3 hours; lecture/discussion-1 hour. Prerequisite:consent of instructor. One weekly discussion and field trip to study practical captive management (housing, feeding, equipment, marketing, diseases). Visit facilities rearing birds such as commercial parrots, hobbyist exotics, ostrich, raptors, waterfowl, game birds, poultry and pigeons.
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1.00 Credits
Lecture-1 hour. Prerequisite: Animal Biology 103 (may be taken concurrently). Principles of nutrition specific to avian species, including feedstuffs, feed additives, nutrient metabolism, energy systems, and nutritional support of egg production and growth. Use of computers for feed formulation to support production. Offered in alternate years.-(III.) Klasing
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2.00 Credits
Laboratory-3 hours; independent study-3 hours;one field trip. Hands-on experience handling birds of prey. Students are taught all of the skills required to handle and care for raptors, including their husbandry, biology, habitat requirements, cage design, veterinary care, rehabilitation methods, research potential and long-term care requirements.-I. (I.)
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2.00 Credits
Laboratory-6 hours. Prerequisite: course 100 or Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology 111 or Evolution and Ecology 137 or consent of instructor. Experiments in current problems in avian biology. Introduction to experimental design. Students choose a project, design a protocol, perform an experiment and report their findings. May be repeated for credit with consent of instructor.-I, II, III. (I, II, III.)
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3.00 Credits
Fieldwork-3 hours; discussion-1 hour; one Saturdayfield trip. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Identify raptors; study effects of weather, crops, agricultural practices on fluctuations in raptor species and numbers. Familiarize with literature; design a project; survey study sites; collect, computerize, analyze data; compare with previous years. Species, observations, emphasis are different each quarter.- III. (III.)
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4.00 Credits
Lecture/discussion-3 hours; project-1 hour. Prerequisite:course 100 or Evolution and Ecology 137 or Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology 111. Ecology, behavior, functional morphology and lifehistory evolution of birds. Emphasis on the importance of body size as a principle determinant of most aspects of avian performance from lifespan to reproduction and species abundance. Analytical synthesis and critical thought emphasized. Offered in alternate years.-(III.) Weathers
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1.00 Credits
Seminar-1 hour. Prerequisite: upper division standing in Avian Sciences and consent of instructor. May be repeated three times for credit. (P/NP grading only.)-I, III. (I, III.)
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1.00 - 12.00 Credits
Internship-3-36 hours. Prerequisite: completion of a minimum of 84 units; consent of instructor. Internship on and off campus in poultry, game birds or exotic bird production, management and research; or in a business, industry, or agency concerned with these entities. Compliance with Internship Approval form essential. (P/NP grading only.)
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Lecture/discussion-variable. Hours will depend on instructor with the number of units being commensurate with time in class. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Discussion of topics of current interest in avian sciences. May be repeated three times for credit.-I, II, III. (I, II, III.)
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Tutorial-1-3 hours. Prerequisite: Avian Sciences or related major, advanced standing, consent of instructor. Tutoring of students in lower division avian sciences courses; weekly conference with instructors in charge of courses; written critiques of teaching procedures. (P/NP grading only.)
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