Unit BULDINGS, MACHINES AND PLANTS FOR ANIMAL PRODUCTIONS
- Course
- Animal science
- Study-unit Code
- 85003906
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Pier Riccardo Porceddu
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2020
- Offered
- 2022/23
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa integrata
MACHINES AND PLANTS
| Code | 85113903 |
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| CFU | 3 |
| Teacher | Pier Riccardo Porceddu |
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| Hours |
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| Learning activities | Affine/integrativa |
| Area | Attività formative affini o integrative |
| Academic discipline | AGR/09 |
| Type of study-unit | Opzionale (Optional) |
| Language of instruction | Italian |
| Contents | The agricultural tractor. Fertilization machines. Harvesting machines and storage of products. The milking system. Feeding and waste systems |
| Reference texts | Papers distributed during the lessons |
| Educational objectives | The student must have knowledge about the structure of agricultural machinery and the main work organs and how these interact with the soil and crops. He must also know the individual components of the company plants (feeding, milking and waste plants), their location in the farm, their purpose and the problems relating to their malfunction. In this way he must be able to recognize where to intervene in the system if it does not function properly. The student must know the operating machines in the field used for the production of animal feeds and know how to indicate their purposes, therefore knowing how to choose the most suitable machines for certain operations. |
| Prerequisites | There are no preparatory exams, however the knowledge of basic concepts of subjects such as mathematics and physics is recommended, in order to facilitate the understanding and learning of the course contents |
| Teaching methods | The teaching method used will consist of classroom lectures, in which the topics covered will be illustrated. In this regard, lecture notes will be distributed by the teacher to facilitate learning. Lectures will be interspersed with exercises, in which the illustrated subjects will be resumed, which will be explained with reference to practical cases, which will also be solved with the use of numerical examples, in order to convey to the student a greater mastery of the topics. |
| Other information | Other informations at teacher e_mail |
| Learning verification modality | The learning assessment will be conducted with an oral exam lasting about 40 minutes, aimed to establish the level of knowledge of the subject. There will be at least two questions about agricultural machinery and three questiones about the plantes present in the livestock farm |
| Extended program | The agricultural tractor: classification and characteristics. Power, grip and traction of the tractor. Fertilization machines. Harvesting machines and storage of products. Types of milking parlors. The milking system: features and components. The milk cooling: tools and techniques. The milking robot. Feeding systems of cattle, pigs and sheep. The main waste removal and treatment systems, aerobic and anaerobic digestion. The composting of waste |
BULDINGS, SYSTEMS FOR ANIMAL PRODUCTIONS
| Code | 85103903 |
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| CFU | 3 |
| Teacher | Marco Vizzari |
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| Hours |
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| Learning activities | Affine/integrativa |
| Area | Attività formative affini o integrative |
| Academic discipline | AGR/10 |
| Type of study-unit | Opzionale (Optional) |
| Language of instruction | Italian |
| Contents | Farms, the territory, and the landscape. Principles of survey and mapping of livestock territorial systems. Characteristics and evolution of the livestock buildings. Design solutions for the breeding of the main species of zootechnical interest. Internal configuration of the main livestock building types. Equipment of the buildings’ technological system. Building systems and animal welfare. |
| Reference texts | At the beginning of the lessons, the lecturer will provide information about the bibliographic material. |
| Educational objectives | The main course’s objective is to provide students base technical knowledge about cartography and land survey, buildings, internal design, and equipment of livestock facilities considering users, territory, and sustainability. The acquired knowledge will support the planning and management of companies operating at various levels in the sector. The skills will help identify, evaluate, and implement the functional and operational solutions constituting the building systems, both production, and service type, used in livestock farms for animal production. |
| Prerequisites | There are no preparatory exams for this course. |
| Teaching methods | The course is organized as follows: - Theoretical lessons on the program topics; - Practical lessons on main topics also through cases study considering the reference territory; - Seminars held by experts of the sector. ; - Visit of a livestock farm |
| Other information | For any further information, please contact the lecturer via e-mail also for a possible meeting. The lecturer receives at the LANDSCAPE and RURAL BUILDINGS Research Unit of the Department of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences at the Abbey of San Pietro in Perugia. |
| Learning verification modality | A final oral exam will be aimed at ascertaining knowledge and abilities about the topics covered in the theoretical and practical lessons of the course. |
| Extended program | The agro-livestock and livestock farm and its inclusion in the landscape. Mapping systems and Italian base cartography. Principles of land survey using traditional and modern systems. Building system, construction, building, production and service building unit, technical unit. Main characteristics of the specialized units composing the building system. Intensive and extensive farming system. Requirements in terms of construction of the animal production activity. Characteristics and evolution of the construction sector. Definition of the internal configuration of the main building units with identification of design solutions for the breeding of the main species of zootechnical interest. The endowment of the technological system of the building units in terms of systems and equipment to create effective operational solutions in farms with livestock. Building systems and animal welfare. Building units for extensive farming systems. |