Livestock science and animal production technologies

Professor
Academic discipline: Nutrizione e alimentazione animale (AGR/18)
Field: Discipline delle produzioni animali
Type of training activity: Characterising

26 hours
of face-to-face activities

3 credits

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Integrated course unit module: NUTRITION, FOOD AND TECHNICAL FEED

Learning objectives

know the characteristics of the food used in animal feed

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

a) -Forages: hay, silage
- Concentrates: cereals and byproducts, fats and oils, roots by-products, protein supplements
Naturals and contaminant toxicants in feedstuffs
b) CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND NUTRITION VALUE OF FEED FOR RUMINANT AND MONOGASTRIC ANIMALS .
- Factors affecting digestibility: feed composition, rate of passage, feed processing, feed intake.
- Utilization of energy of feedstuffs: DE, ME, NE.
- Prediction of energy value of feeds and compounded diets for monogastric and ruminant animals

Full programme

Bibliography

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Teaching methods

lectures and laboratory

Assessment methods and criteria

oral test

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