Unit ANIMAL NUTRITION I
- Course
- Veterinary medicine
- Study-unit Code
- GP001199
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Oliviero Olivieri
- Teachers
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- Oliviero Olivieri
- Hours
- 52 ore - Oliviero Olivieri
- CFU
- 4
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2017
- Offered
- 2018/19
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Discipline della zootecnica, allevamento e nutrizione animale
- Academic discipline
- AGR/18
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- Classification and function of the various nutrients (carbohydrates, protein, lipids, minerals and vitamins). Classification, chemical composition, physical and nutritional characteristics of main categories of feedstuffs, concentrates and by-products. Feed sampling and feed evaluation. Anti-nutritional factors.
PROGRAM
THEORETICAL LESSONS
Introduction to the course - program, textbooks, examinations - (0.5 hours)
Carbohydrates in animal feed (1.0 hours)
Lipids (general description, lipids of nutritional interest). Polyunsaturated fatty acids and their importance in animals and humans (1.5 hours)
Proteins (definition, classification, functions). Proteins in ruminants and non-protein nitrogen (1.5 hours)
Energy (1.0 hours)
Classification of food (herbs) (0.5 hours)
Digestibility (1.0 hours)
Preserved fodder: hay and silage (1.0 hours)
Macro Elements (calcium and phosphorus) (1.0 hours)
Macro elements (magnesium, sodium, chlorine, potassium, sulfur) (0.5 hours)
Ingestion (1.0 hours)
Raw materials: cereals and their by-products (0.5 hours)
Raw materials (proteoglycine-proteolysginose-extraction flours) (0.5 hours)
Animal origin (0.5 hours)
Microelements 1st part (iron, copper, zinc, iodine) (1.0 hours)
Microelement Part 2a (cobalt, manganese, selenium) (0.5 hours)
Water for zootechnical use (physical-chemical characteristics) (1.0 hours)
Liposoluble vitamins (vitamin A and vitamin E); Influence on fertility and quality of production (1.0 hours)
Vitamin liposoluble (vitamin D and vitamin K); Shortcomings and excesses (0.5 hours)
Sampling of food (1.0 hours)
Water Soluble Vitamins Part One (1.5 Hours)
Water Soluble Vitamins Part 2 (1.5 Hours)
Body condition score and application in zootechnical animals (1.5 hours)
GMOs in animal feed (1.5 hours)
Mycotoxins in zootechnical breeding (1.5 hours)
Antinutrizative factors (1.5 hours)
Rationale for animals of animal interest (1.5 hours)
PRACTICAL LESSONS
Quantitative and qualitative chemical analysis of food (2.0 hours)
Recognition of fresh fodder and silage (2.0 hours)
Recognition of 1st and 2nd Cutters (2.0 hours)
Recognition of raw materials: cereals and their by-products (2.0 hours)
Recognition of raw materials: proteoglycosides, proteolagen, extraction flour, animal meal (2.0 hours)
Visits of farmed livestock companies - Meat and milk cattle, sheep, wild herbivores (6.0 hours) - Reference texts
- G. Bittante, I. Andrighetto, M. Ramanzin - Fondamenti di Zootecnica, Liviana Ed., 1990, Padova.
Other teaching materials can be found on the Unistudium website. - Educational objectives
- State objective(s) of theoretical part of teaching in this subject, if this has been defined.
The student has to become knowledgeable of introduction to principles of animal nutrition discussed on a comparative species basis including: comparative study of the digestive systems of farm animal species; classification and function of the various nutrients (carbohydrates, protein, lipids, minerals and vitamins). The knowledge of classification, chemical composition, physical and nutritional characteristics of main categories of feedstuffs, such as forages (pastures, hays and silages), concentrates and by-products. Feed sampling, feed evaluation and feed processing will be discussed. Anti-nutritional factors and the way they can affect feed nutritive value is among the objectives of the course as well. The assessment of forage quality includes the evaluation of visual characteristics, intake potential and proximate analysis.
State objective(s) of practical part of teaching in this subject, if this has been defined.
This part is composed of both individual and group work. Its goal is to make students familiar with the classification, chemical composition (carbohydrates, fiber, proteins, lipids, minerals, vitamins, mycotoxin, ogm) physiological functions, and deficiency symptoms of the major nutrients. Gain an appreciation for the nutrient composition of plant and animal tissues and analytical procedures used to derive these values. Its goal is to make students familiar with the most common feedstuffs used in both livestock species and pets. Students should become able to recognize feeds and evaluate them on the base of their physical and chemical characteristics. Laboratory classes are designed to demonstrate how chemical analyses are carried out. Field visits to both University and private farms are aimed at showing handling, processing and use of feedstuffs in practice.
Outline of main practical sessions in this subject - Teaching methods
- The teaching methods used are those set out below:
a) theoretical lessons on all topics of the course;
b) Exercises in the classroom for knowledge of foods and their use in the various species. During the exercises, the teacher remains available to the students, divided into working groups of 2-3 people, for clarification during the recognition of the foods. The results are discussed with the entire class. The exercises are conducted in four rounds (the students are divided into 4 groups, 2 hours per each group), to enable better learning.
c) field exercises at farms of dairy cattle - beef cattle - sheep, horses, pigs, poultry and at the University Animal Husbandry (pigs - sheep - cattle) to enable knowledge of the production, storage and storage of raw materials and complete and complementary feed. During the visits, it is encouraged to compare with staff working at the company.
d) Field activities at private farms (dairy cattle - beef cattle - sheep) and at the “Azienda Zootecnica Didattica” of the University (pigs - sheep - cattle).
SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING
Presentation and / or description of food in a livestock company. - Extended program
- THEORETICAL LESSONS
Introduction to the course - program, textbooks, examinations - (0.5 hours)
Carbohydrates in animal feed (1.0 hours)
Lipids (general description, lipids of nutritional interest). Polyunsaturated fatty acids and their importance in animals and humans (1.5 hours)
Proteins (definition, classification, functions). Proteins in ruminants and non-protein nitrogen (1.5 hours)
Energy (1.0 hours)
Classification of food (herbs) (0.5 hours)
Digestibility (1.0 hours)
Preserved fodder: hay and silage (1.0 hours)
Macro Elements (calcium and phosphorus) (1.0 hours)
Macro elements (magnesium, sodium, chlorine, potassium, sulfur) (0.5 hours)
Ingestion (1.0 hours)
Raw materials: cereals and their by-products (0.5 hours)
Raw materials (proteoglycine-proteolysginose-extraction flours) (0.5 hours)
Animal origin (0.5 hours)
Microelements 1st part (iron, copper, zinc, iodine) (1.0 hours)
Microelement Part 2a (cobalt, manganese, selenium) (0.5 hours)
Water for zootechnical use (physical-chemical characteristics) (1.0 hours)
Liposoluble vitamins (vitamin A and vitamin E); Influence on fertility and quality of production (1.0 hours)
Vitamin liposoluble (vitamin D and vitamin K); Shortcomings and excesses (0.5 hours)
Sampling of food (1.0 hours)
Water Soluble Vitamins Part One (1.5 Hours)
Water Soluble Vitamins Part 2 (1.5 Hours)
Body condition score and application in zootechnical animals (1.5 hours)
GMOs in animal feed (1.5 hours)
Mycotoxins in zootechnical breeding (1.5 hours)
Antinutrizative factors (1.5 hours)
Rationale for animals of animal interest (1.5 hours)
PRACTICAL LESSONS
Quantitative and qualitative chemical analysis of food (2.0 hours)
Recognition of fresh fodder and silage (2.0 hours)
Recognition of 1st and 2nd Cutters (2.0 hours)
Recognition of raw materials: cereals and their by-products (2.0 hours)
Recognition of raw materials: proteoglycosides, proteolagen, extraction flour, animal meal (2.0 hours)
Visits of farmed livestock companies - Meat and milk cattle, sheep, wild herbivores (6.0 hours)