Unit ADE - Reproductive management in rabbit farm
- Course
- Veterinary medicine
- Study-unit Code
- A000685
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Olimpia Barbato
- Teachers
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- Olimpia Barbato
- Hours
- 25 ore - Olimpia Barbato
- CFU
- 1
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2020
- Offered
- 2024/25
- Learning activities
- A scelta dello studente
- Area
- A scelta dello studente
- Academic discipline
- VET/02
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- The course provides knowledge regarding the physiology of both male and female rabbit reproduction, the factors that most frequently influence the reproductive performance of this species and describes the managerial techniques to increase the fertility and productivity of rabbit breeding, also making reference to the activities of the teacher's research in this field.
- Reference texts
- "Recent advances in rabbit science" edited by L. Maertens and P. Coudert ILVO 2006
- Educational objectives
- The course takes into consideration the rabbit, an animal species generally poorly treated in Veterinary Medicine courses, with the aim of allowing the student to perfect the basic theoretical and practical knowledge regarding the management of the reproduction of this species. In accordance with the training objectives of the Course (SUA A4.a) and the employment opportunities identified for the same (SUA A2.a), the training objectives envisaged for the Reproductive Management course in cuniculo breeding are:
Q1. KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND. The student will have to implement knowledge on the reproductive physiology and business management of this species.
D2. ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING. The student must be able to carry out an assessment of the estrous cycle, the sexual receptivity of the female, the BCS and the nutritional status of the animal's well-being. And you must know how to take blood samples for hormonal assessments. The student must also be able to orient himself in the techniques of artificial insemination and natural breeding.
Q3. INDEPENDENCE OF JUDGMENT.
At the end of the training activity the student will have to:
to be able to:
- carry out all the assessments suitable for achieving the objective, i.e. the improvement of the reproductive management of the cuniculo breeding.
- critically resolve all problems that may arise
D4 – COMMUNICATION SKILLS. At the end
of the training activity the student will have to
to be able to:
- use appropriate vocabulary
description of the problems and characteristics of the reproductive management of the cunicula species
• D5 - LEARNING ABILITY
At the end of the training activity the student
must be able to:
- consult and examine with a critical sense the
literary sources available for further study
topics and propose strategies for
troubleshooting - Prerequisites
- The student following the course is in the fifth year of his university career and must possess all the knowledge necessary to understand and be able to apply the contents covered in the CIP. However, to take advantage of the best teachings, knowledge of anatomy, reproductive physiology, nutrition, infectious and parasitic diseases and modest knowledge of livestock management are required.
- Teaching methods
- The student following the course is in the fifth year of his university career and must possess all the knowledge necessary to understand and be able to apply the contents covered in the CIP. However, to take advantage of the best teachings, knowledge of anatomy, reproductive physiology, nutrition, infectious and parasitic diseases and modest knowledge of livestock management are required.
- Other information
- The student following the course is in the fifth year of his university career and must possess all the knowledge necessary to understand and be able to apply the contents covered in the CIP. However, to take advantage of the best teachings, knowledge of anatomy, reproductive physiology, nutrition, infectious and parasitic diseases and modest knowledge of livestock management are required.
- Learning verification modality
- The student following the course is in the fifth year of his university career and must possess all the knowledge necessary to understand and be able to apply the contents covered in the CIP. However, to take advantage of the best teachings, knowledge of anatomy, reproductive physiology, nutrition, infectious and parasitic diseases and modest knowledge of livestock management are required.
- Extended program
- Rabbit reproductive physiology, reproductive cycles and artificial and natural insemination
- Male reproductive physiology and semen evaluation
- Pregnancy, diagnosis by abdominal palpation and ultrasound, causes of miscarriage
- feeding time
- weaning
- Farm management, breeder management and farm hygiene
- Aspects of research related to reproduction