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
None
2030 agenda goals for sustainable development
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