Unit ANIMAL NUTRITION I
- Course
- Veterinary medicine
- Study-unit Code
- GP001199
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Massimo Trabalza Marinucci
- Teachers
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- Massimo Trabalza Marinucci
- Gabriele Acuti (Codocenza)
- Hours
- 26 ore - Massimo Trabalza Marinucci
- 26 ore (Codocenza) - Gabriele Acuti
- CFU
- 4
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2021
- Offered
- 2022/23
- 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 nutrients (carbohydrates, protein, lipids, minerals and vitamins). Classification, chemical composition, physical and nutritional characteristics of main categories of feedstuffs, concentrates and by-products. Feed evaluation. Anti-nutritional factors.
Genetically modified organisms. Official and non-official feed sampling.
Visits of farmed livestock - Meat and milk cattle, sheep, wild herbivores.
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)
Antinutritional 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 Editrice, 1990, Padova.
Visit the Unistudium website to download the slides used during lessons. - Educational objectives
- D1 - KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
The main knowledge acquired will be:
principles of animal nutrition in farm animal species; knowledge of the classification and function of carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, minerals and vitamins. Knowledge of classification, chemical composition, physical and nutritional characteristics of forages, concentrates and by-products. Knowledge of the anti-nutritional factors and how they can affect feed nutritive value; assess forage quality; kownledge of handling, processing and use of feedstuffs
D2 - APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
At the end of the training the student must:
1) know how to recognize and evaluate the raw materials used for diets of farm animals and pets;
2) to know how to evaluate the chemical nutritional and health quality of diets administered to farm animals and pets;
3) know how to evaluate the correlation between the type of diet and the physiological and health state of the animals.
D3 – MAKING JUDGMENT
At the end of the training the student will be able to:
- assess the quality of raw materials and feeds destined for livestock and pets;
- assess the correctness of a diet administered to livestock and pets, also in relation to physiological status and health status;
D4 – COMMUNICATION
At the end of the training the student will be able to:
- know how to organize, prepare and exhibit, to an audience composed of
people of the same level of preparation, a presentation on a group of raw materials or on a diet intended for farm animals or pets with their own
assessments supported by appropriate arguments;
- support a cross-examination with people of both equal preparation and
experts in different subjects, of a regulatory and scientific nature,
procedural and / or technological;
- demonstrate language properties, including multidisciplinary ones, both in written and oral form, as well as the ability to use appropriate terminology for a correct approach to the profession, which is also important for job interviews.
D5 - LIFELONG LEARNING SKILLS
At the end of the training the student will be able to:
- consult and understand scientific texts, even innovative ones,
bibliographic updates, normative dictations, so as to employ them
in contexts not only usual for the profession, including research, but
also originals;
- possess a command of the subject such as to guarantee an acceptable basis to continue updating
throughout his life, through training
continuous continuous (ECM). - 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 (4.0 hours)
Visits of farmed livestock companies - Meat and milk cattle, sheep, wild herbivores (4.0 hours)