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Università degli Studi di Parma Università degli Studi di Parma
Degree course in
Livestock science and animal production technologies
Università degli Studi di Parma
Department of Veterinary Science

ANIMAL REPRODUCTION
cod. 21928

borrowed from Corso di Laurea in SCIENZE ZOOTECNICHE E TECNOLOGIE DELLE PRODUZIONI ANIMALI - RIPRODUZIONE ANIMALE - cod. 21928
Academic year 2012/13
3° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Clinica ostetrica e ginecologia veterinaria (VET/10)
Field
Discipline della sanità animale
Type of training activity
Characterising
26 hours
of face-to-face activities
3 credits
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Integrated course unit module: SPECIAL ZOOTECHNICS AND ANIMAL REPRODUCTION

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Learning objectives

To provide students with the foundation for the reproductive management of herds in the different livestock species

Prerequisites

None

Course unit content

Reproductive physiology of male and female in livestock (Bovine, Porcine, Ovine)
Reproductive technologies in cattle
Porcine reproductive techniques
Reproductive techniques in sheep
Biotechnology applied in reproduction of livestock

Bovine A.I. technique in vitro and in vivo (practical)

Full programme

None

Bibliography

P.L. Senger - Pathways to pregnancy and parturition - Second revised edition - wwww.currentconceptions.com ISBN 0-9657648-2-6 - 2003.

R.S. Youngquist - W. R. Threlfall - CURRENT THERAPY IN LARGE ANIMAL THERIOGENOLOGY, SECOND EDITION ISBN 10: 0-7216-9323-7 ISBN 13: 978-0-7216-9323-1 - 2007.

P.Hyttel, F.Sinowatz, M.Vejlsted, K.Betteridge, Essentials of Domestic Animal Embryology ISBN 978-0-7020-2899-1, 2010.

Ian Gordon, Reproductive Technologies in Farm Animals - ISBN 0 85199 862 3 - CABI publishing, 2004.

Teaching methods

Power point presentation and practical session on reproductive organs from local slaughterhouses and directly on farms with livestock.

Assessment methods and criteria

Written final exam multiple choice

Other information

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