A Virtual Bovine Anatomy and Physiology Lab

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Guru, A., Singh, V., Roeber, R., Cotton, D., Jones, S. & Gwartney, B. (2004). A Virtual Bovine Anatomy and Physiology Lab. In L. Cantoni & C. McLoughlin (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2004 (pp. 1343-1346). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

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World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 2004
Lugano, Switzerland   2004
  Lorenzo Cantoni & Catherine McLoughlin
AACE
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Ashu Guru, Vishal Singh, Ron Roeber, Dan Cotton, CIT, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA; Steven Jones, Animal Science Department, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA; Bucky Gwartney, National Cattlemen¡¯s Beef Association, USA

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In an academic setting it is difficult to instruct students in the anatomy of a beef animal. It has generally required that a beef carcass be fabricated into wholesale and retail cuts or dissection of individual muscles. This could only happen in a laboratory and a substantial cost would be incurred for each lab session. Without individual animals the student could progress only at the same rate as the class. The student also would not have the benefit of being able to study away from the lab. Books or manuals can assist somewhat but these are only two-dimensional in nature, making it difficult to understand some of the spatial relationships between muscles. This article introduces how we developed a Web site that tries to address the above issues and will serve as a resource not only for academic instruction but also for related industries.

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