Unit COMPLEMENTARY COURSE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE OF ANIMALI II

Course
Animal science
Study-unit Code
GP004367
Curriculum
In all curricula
Teacher
Emiliano Lasagna
CFU
6
Course Regulation
Coorte 2020
Offered
2022/23
Type of study-unit
Opzionale (Optional)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa integrata

BREEDING TECHNIQUES IN LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT

Code GP004379
CFU 3
Teacher Emiliano Lasagna
Teachers
  • Emiliano Lasagna
Hours
  • 27 ore - Emiliano Lasagna
Learning activities Affine/integrativa
Area Attività formative affini o integrative
Academic discipline AGR/17
Type of study-unit Opzionale (Optional)
Language of instruction ITALIAN
Contents The mating programs: examples in dairy and meat.
The organization of the productivity controls. Conduction of the main tests for the evaluation of breeding animals: the performance test, the progeny test and the sib test.
Animal breeding using molecular genetic tools.
Reference texts Contact the teacher
Educational objectives To provide students with knowledge of the different evaluation techniques of breeding used in different species.
Also make students aware selective choices with particular attention to mating programming.
Prerequisites Even if prerequisites are not planned, the course necessarily requires knowledge of principles of Animal breeding. These knowledges are supplied in the Animal breeding course (II year of course).
Teaching methods The course is organized as follows:
-lectures on all subjects of the course;
- practical exercises in the classroom about the matings programming in the livestock systems.
-educational visits:
practical of morphological evaluation at the ANABIC genetic station
seminars performed by breeder associations technicians, etc..
Other information Attendance to the lessons:
Optional but strongly advised.
Learning verification modality The exam consists of an oral test.
The oral test lasts for about 20 minutes and it consists on an interview to ascertain the knowledge level and the understanding level on both the theoretical and the methodological contents of the course program; the oral exam also tests the student's capability to expose the topics with appropriate words.
Extended program The matings programming: examples in dairy and meat. The choice of female and male replacement. Using software tools for matings programming.
The organization of the productivity controls. Conduction of the main tests for the evaluation of breeding animals: the performance test, the progeny test and the sib test.
Use of the top sire catalogs for genetic breeding.
Animal breeding using molecular genetic tools.

LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION DISEASES

Code GP004380
CFU 3
Teacher Maria Chiara Marchesi
Teachers
  • Maria Chiara Marchesi
Hours
  • 27 ore - Maria Chiara Marchesi
Learning activities Affine/integrativa
Area Attività formative affini o integrative
Academic discipline VET/08
Type of study-unit Opzionale (Optional)
Language of instruction Italian
Contents Theoretical lessons will focus on defining the term technopathy and its contextualisation in the intensive breeding of cattle, sheep and goats, pigs and fish. The pathophysiological aspects of stress will be taken into account as essential elements in the determinism of technopathies, as well as immunodepression and infections with opportunistic germs. These topics will be addressed in order to deepen the study of intervention techniques
In the course of practical activities, students will have the opportunity to test the problem-solution approach in breeding in practice; In fact, there will be educational visits to intensive farms of beef cattle, dairy cattle, pigs, sheep-goats and trout
Reference texts Giovanni Ballarini: Malattie della Bovina da Latte ad alta produzione.
Il manuale Merck veterinario.
study material will be provided by the teacher
Educational objectives The aim of the module is to provide students with knowledge of the techniques of intensive farming. Specifically, students will be introduced to understanding how the intensive farming system can favor the onset of certain pathologies (see for example enteric-respiratory syndromes, lameness and breast disorders) that can not only disqualify animal productions, but also to have a significant impact on the business economy. This, in order to identify adequate intervention procedures on company management that allow the optimization of the production system.
Prerequisites The understanding of the topics covered in the teaching of technopathies of intensive farming is based on the knowledge of the principles of physiology, pathology and microbiology of animals of zootechnical interest. The approach to technopathies provides not only to know the characteristics of species, but also those related to the type of breeding in consideration of the management's importance in the determinism of such pathologies.
Teaching methods The course is divided into:
- theoretical lectures by teacher responsible of the module;
- theoretical lectures by experts in the intensive livestock of: cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, fish.
- study trips to intensive farms (if the health conditions allow it)
Learning verification modality The exam consists of an oral test. The oral test lasts for about 20-30 minutes and it consists on an interview to ascertain the knowledge level and the understanding level on both the theoretical and the methodological contents of the course program; the oral exam also tests the student's capability to expose the topics with appropriate words.
Extended program Technopathies: technologies used in intensive breeding as a cause of pathologies (enteric and respiratory syndromes, limb pathologies and breast disorders); the factors predisposing to the onset of technopathies in intensive farming systems of different species (cattle, pigs, sheep and goats,): role of nutrition, management, health programs; outline of biosecurity. Technopathies as a consequence of food rationing and distribution methods that are not appropriate for the different animal species; chemical contamination of food and drink water. Structural factors of hospitalizations able to favor the onset of technopathies: type of paving, number of drinking troughs, type of litter, ventilation and lighting systems. Management of delivery and milking rooms.
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