Animal Nutrition 2
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.
After completing the course, the student must have obtained:
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.
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.
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:
HUS210 - Animal Nutrition - 5 credits
