Livestock Environment and Technology
This course covers the following main themes:
- Indoor climat: ventilation, gases, dust, light and sound in animal housing for livestock production
- Heat balance and animals' adjustment to different thermic environments
- Enabling technology in livestock production
The subject is reserved for students of the following study programmes:
- Animal Welfare, One-year Programme
- Livestock Science, Bachelor's Programme
Other students can get admitted if there are places available. Contact student advisor.
After completing the course, the student will have achieved the following learning outcomes:
Knowledge:
- can describe stocking conditions, space requirements and environment of livestock animals, including the gas, dust, bacteria, light and sound content of air as well as thermal conditions
- can explain central terminology in thermoregulation and thermal conditions in animal housing
- has knowledge of ventilation systems in animal housing
- can provide examples on sensor technology and precision livestock farming.
- has knowledge of key research and development work in the field
- has knowledge of regulations and recommendations for the keeping of livestock and animal welfare
Skills:
- can apply relevant measuring equipment to map indoor climate in livestock animal buildings
- can interpret and assess measurement results and draw reasoned conclusions
- can calculate thermal balance within a housing system
General competence:
- has insight in livestocks' requirements to its environment and in how factors affecting and deciding the physical environment for the animals can be registered and assessed
- can exchange views on how place allocation, indoor climate and the rest of the environment affects livestocks' production, health and welfare
- has knowledge of and developed the ability to reflect upon and assess issues where welfare of livestock is a key component
- can communicate professional literature that is of relevance to the livestock's environment and contribute to professional discussions in the field
- has the knowledge and skills required to communicate about issues and potential solutions in the field in a clear and comprehensible way
Compound assessment, letter grade
- Compulsory work - One group excersis, one individual assignment and participation in one professional seminar. These comprises 0/100 of the grade, grading scale approved/ not approved. Must be passed prior to submission of the written examination.
- Written examination, 4 hours, comprises 100/100 of the grade, letter grade.
Pen, ruler, up to 2 bilingual dictionaries and calculator.
Generating an answer using ChatGPT or similar artificial intelligence and submitting it wholly or partially as one's own answer is considered cheating.
Overlap refers to a similarity between courses with the same content. Therefore, you will receive the following reduction in credits if you have taken the courses listed below:
HUS2000 - Livestock Housing 1 - 1 credits
