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Title / Demonstrate knowledge of livestock mating - goats
Level / 3 / Credits / 3
Purpose / People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate knowledge of: the stages and cycles of reproduction for goats; the factors involved in achieving optimum submission and conception rates in goats; and identifying and recording stock in oestrus.
Classification / Agriculture > Goat Farming
Available grade / Achieved
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of the stages and cycles of reproduction for goats.
Range developmental, ovulation, oestrus, mating, conception, gestation, parturition, anoestrum.
Evidence requirements
1.1 The stages and cycles of reproduction are detailed in terms of sequence, length of time, and seasonal occurrence.
1.2 Animal activity is described for each stage and cycle of reproduction in relation to behaviour, physiological state and changes, the relationship between stages and cycles, and abnormal behaviour and signs.
1.3 Animal health factors are described for each stage and cycle of reproduction.
Range nutrition, disease risks, abnormality and injury risks, preventative treatments, animal handling.
Outcome 2
Demonstrate knowledge of the factors involved in achieving optimum submission and conception rates in goats.
Evidence requirements
2.1 Factors determining high submission rates are identified, and their influence is described in relation to feeding regime, animal condition, libido, heat and cycling identification, synchronisation, animal health, record-keeping, and post partum problems.
2.2 Factors determining optimum conception rates are identified and their influence is described in relation to high submission rate, semen fertility, animal health, feeding, animal condition, and libido.
Outcome 3
Demonstrate knowledge of identifying and recording stock in oestrus.
Evidence requirements
3.1 Signs of oestrus are described in terms of behaviours, physical signs, teasers, and detection aids.
3.2 Types of errors in oestrus detection are described and the possible consequences outlined.
3.3 Maintenance of stock records for livestock management purposes is described.
Replacement information / Unit standards 1525, 24546, 24621, 24622, 24645, 24819, and 24820 have been replaced by unit standard 28972.This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process / Version / Date / Last Date for Assessment /Registration / 1 / 30 April 1995 / 31 December 2020
Review / 2 / 28 February 1997 / 31 December 2020
Revision / 3 / 14 August 2002 / 31 December 2020
Rollover / 4 / 23 April 2008 / 31 December 2020
Rollover / 5 / 21 November 2008 / 31 December 2020
Review / 6 / 16 July 2015 / 31 December 2020
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference / 0052
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA, before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Agriculture Industry Training OrganisationSSB Code 101558 / Ó New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2015 / / New Zealand Qualifications Aut