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| Students from the Animal Science classes at the Litton Agriculture Education Center were having a hands-on learning experience at the Litton Agri-Science Learning Center on
March 7, 2012. In the classroom, the students were learning how to evaluation livestock
for reproductive uses and for meat consumption purposes. The students got the
opportunity to evaluate some high-quality cattle at the Litton Center provided by the WC
Charolais Cattle Company. The WC Charolais Cattle Company was hosting a bull sale and allowed to students to evaluate them.
Animal Digestion and Good Nutrition Students from Mr. Martin's Ag Science I classes at the Litton Agriculture Education Center were having a different kind of hands-on learning experience at the Litton Agri-Science Learning Center. The students were learning about animal digestion in class and then were trying their hands at creating their own version.
Students are learning the functions of the digestive system in class, so as a learning tool the students were to create and label the digestive parts of a fowl, swine, beef, sheep, goat and equine using Play-Doh. The students during the semester will be learning more about how the digestive system works and how good nutrition affects livestock at the Litton Agri-Science Learning Center. Livestock Evaluation Students from the Animal Science classes at the Litton Agriculture Education Center had a hands-on learning experience at the Litton Agri-Science Learning Center on December 2, 2011. In the classroom, the students learned how to evaluate livestock for reproductive uses and meat consumption purposes.
The students were given the opportunity to evaluate some high-quality cattle at the Litton Center provided by the WC Charolais Cattle Company. The WC Charolais Cattle Company was hosting a cow and heifer sale and allowed students to evaluate them. Hands-On Experience at Trans-Ova
Genetics Students from the Animal Science classes at the Litton Agriculture Education Center were having a hands-on learning experience at Trans Ova Genetics on October 18, 2011. The students were learning about animal reproduction in class and then were getting to experience the real thing in person.
Trans Ova Genetics is a local business that conducts embryo transfer technologies, in addition to advanced reproductive technologies, including in-vitro fertilization (IVF), sexed-semen, genetic preservation and cloning. Students were given a tour of the facilities, were given an explanation of the donor procedure, watched them ultrasound a cow, and got to see embryo’s under a microscope to check for viability. Animal Science Class Visit Students from Mr. Martin's Animal Science classes at the Litton Agriculture Education Center were having a hands-on learning experience at the Litton Agri-Science Learning Center on September 15, 2011. The students were learning about animal reproduction in class and then were getting to experience the real thing in person.
While at the Litton Center, the students were learning how to check heat of a gilt in order to artificially inseminate her at a later date. The sow is the SAE project of Jordan Hall, a member of the Chillicothe FFA Chapter. The students during the semester will be in charge of charting the heat cycle, expected pregnancy date, name of sire, and day of artificial insemination for some of the gilts housed at the Litton Agri-Science Learning Center. |
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Students from the Ag Science I classes at the Litton
Agriculture Education Center were having a hands-on learning experience at the Litton Agri-Science Learning
Center on February 2, 2012. The students were learning about animal reproduction in class and then were
getting to experience the real thing in person. While at the Litton Center, the students watched the newborn
baby pigs get an iron shot, ear notching, clipping tails, and cutting needle teeth. The students during first
semester were in charge of charting the heat cycle, expected pregnancy date, name of sire, and day of
artificial insemination for some of the sows housed at the Litton Agri-Science Learning Center.
Pictured: Hallee Jones and Instructor Mr. Lance Martin ear
notching a baby pig at the Litton Center.
