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SPECIAL ZOOTECHNICS
cod. 23845

Academic year 2009/10
2° year of course - First semester
Professors
Academic discipline
Zootecnica speciale (AGR/19)
Field
Zootecnia e produzioni animali
Type of training activity
Characterising
72 hours
of face-to-face activities
9 credits
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Learning objectives

To give to the student the knowledge about dairy cattle breeding and on chemical composition and on the main physico-chemical and dairy-technological properties of the milk .

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

<p> Dairy cattle livestock and milk production. Dairy cow breeding organisation. Calf breeding for replacement. Heifer breeding. Dairy cow breeding. Functional controls of milk production. Causes of cow culling. Feeding techniques. Cow housing types: tie-stall and free-stall. Machine milking. Milking systems: milking equipment for cowsheds and milking installations for milking parlours. Milk chemical composition. Milk proteins. Milk physico-chemical properties. Genetic factors and milk production. Physiological factors and milk production. Pathological factors and milk production. Feeding factors and milk production. Zootechnical factors and milk production. Climatic conditions and milk production. Environmental hygiene and milk production. Milk production legislation. Milk quality payment.</p>
<p>Visits to dairy cattle herds.</p>

Full programme

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Bibliography

ALAIS C.: Scienza del latte - principi di tecnologia del latte e derivati. Ed. Tecniche Nuove, Milano, 2000. <br />
BITTANTE G., andrighetto l., ramanzin m.: Tecniche di produzione animale. Liviana Ed., Torino, 1993. <br />
SUCCI G.: Zootecnia speciale. Città Studi Ed., Milano, 1995. <br />
SUCCI G., HOFFMANN I.: La vacca da latte. Città Studi Ed., Milano, 1993. <br />

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