Description: Components necessary for animal nutrition, including their sources.

Terminal Competency:

Identify nutrients.

Enabling Competencies:

1.    Recognize types of nutrients.

2.    Define nutrient toxicity.

3.    Define nutrient deficiency.

To see a set of behavioral anchors, which provide further detail about the enabling competencies and can be used for assessment against the enabling competencies, contact IFPTI.

Description: An overview of the digestive systems of animals.

Terminal Competency:

Discuss the different types of digestive systems.

Enabling Competencies:

1.    Differentiate between animal digestive systems.

2.    Match each major species with its digestive system.

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Description: Diets that deliver nutrition.

Terminal Competency:

Give examples of different types of diets.

Enabling Competencies:

1.    Recognize that all animals are not fed the same diets.

2.    Explain components of a complete animal food diet.

To see a set of behavioral anchors, which provide further detail about the enabling competencies and can be used for assessment against the enabling competencies, contact IFPTI.