Current active course description (last updated 2024/25)
Animal Nutrition 2
HUS2004
Current active course description (last updated 2024/25)

Animal Nutrition 2

HUS2004
Nutrition is an important factor for livestock production because animal feed significantly contributes to the total production costs, and affects animal health, production, and welfare. This subject provides an introduction to nutrition and feeding of both monogastric animals and ruminants.

This course contains the following main themes:

  • feed and feed analyses
  • nutritional composition of feed
  • feed evaluation for monogastric and ruminant animals with a focus on energy and protein requirements

The subject is reserved for students of the following study programmes:

  • Livestock Science, Bachelor's Programme

Other students can get admitted if there are places available. Contact student advisor.

Students must meet current admission requirements for the associated study program.

After completing the course, the student will have achieved the following learning outcomes:

Knowledge:

  • has knowledge of metabolism, with particular focus on energy and protein metabolism in the rumen
  • has knowledge of various feed analysis methods and techniques
  • has knowledge of feed assessment systems, digestibility, energy and protein assessment in monogastric animals and ruminants
  • has knowledge of feed formulation and feed planning for monogastric animals and ruminants, based on the specific nutritional needs of the animal species
  • has knowledge of new feed ingredients for sustainable livestock production

Skills:

  • apply knowledge of physiology, feed materials and roughage quality for feed plans
  • assess feed ingredients based on their chemical composition and digestibility
  • set up a simple feed plan for monogastric and ruminant animals

General competence:

  • communicate nutritional quality of feed and its significance on animal production
  • assess different feed rations based on the composition of different nutrients, analysis values, and ration quantity, and interpret feed calculations
  • discuss the role of new feed ingredients for future livestock production, both in terms of economics and sustainability
In addition to semester fee and syllabus literature, it is required that students have a laptop.
Compulsory
Lectures, assignments, lab work, and calculations.
Evaluated annually by students through course surveys. These evaluations are included in the university’s quality assurance system.

Compound assessment

Compulsory attendance: 1 (lab work)

Compulsory work: 2 Approved/ Not approved. Must be approved prior to the written examination.

Written examination, 5 hours, comprises 100% of the grade, grading scale A-F.

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.