72473 - Pig And Horse Breeding And Husbandry

Academic Year 2022/2023

  • Docente: Paolo Trevisi
  • Credits: 6
  • SSD: AGR/19
  • Language: Italian
  • Moduli: Paolo Trevisi (Modulo 1) Barbara Padalino (Modulo 2)
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Animal Production (cod. 8882)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the student knows the principles and methods of reproduction, genetic selection, nutrition, breeding and slaughtering technologies for pigs and horses from a scientific and technical point of view in order to obtain efficent productions and performances under the quantitative and qualitative point of view to satisfy the needs of all the operators in the supply chains and consumers. In particular, the student is able to: - manage animals - prepare feed for the different categories of animals - set up selection and crossbreeding programs at company level - perform technical functions in pig slaughterhouses - monitor the quality of production at company and consortium level - carry out technical assistance activities.

Course contents

The course includes both the part relating to pig production and the part relating to horse production.

Pig production: Current status and prospects of pig farming. Pig farming statistics. Anatomical and physiological peculiarities of the pig. Farming systems. Breeds. Reproduction and reproductive efficiency. Artificial insemination. Farrowing. Feeding and breeding of the sow and the boar. Lactation and weaning of piglets. Growth and development. Feedd and by-products for feeding pigs. Use of additives. Pig slaughter. Carcass. Evaluation and classification of carcasses. Selection, Crossing. Pig welfare.

Equine breeding: Current situation and prospects for equine breeding. Statistics relating to equine breeding (DPA and NDPA). Introduction to equine sciences. Management of the mare, the stallion and the foal. Feeding techniques. Horse handling and training. Assessment of the well-being of the horse on farm, during transport, sporting activities and slaughter.

Readings/Bibliography

Notes of the lessons.

Some books can complement the notes:

Monetti P.G..- Allevamento dei Bovini e dei suini, Cristiano Giraldi Editore, Ozzano Emilia, 2001

Miraglia N.,Bergero D., Gagliardi D. - Cavallo atleta, Gestione e miglioramento delle prestazioni, Calderini Edagricole, 2000.

Whittemore C. (1993)- The science and practice of pig production. Longman Group Limited

Fraser’s The Behaviour and welfare of the horse, 3rd edition, edited by CB Riley, SE Cregier, AF Fraser

Teaching methods

The course is structured on the basis of in presence or web-based lessons on the bases of the regulatory provisions provided from the University to prevent COVID-19 infection. The course includes a theoretical part catheterized by lectures supported by images and videos with the aim of making the student acquire a series of information that allows them to evaluate the main aspects of pig and equine breeding. Seminar activities and visits to farms are then planned to verify the concepts learned in the field.

Assessment methods

The final vote obtained in an oral exam will express the degree of achievement of an organic vew of the topics and subjects discussed during the lessons together with their critical utilization in relation to the themes faced during the course.

The vote will be assigned following these criteria:

- A strong and deep knowledge of the topics addressed during the course together with high capacity of critical analysis, of links among the arguments and with a high and sure mastery of the specific terminology will be evaluated with the highest vote (30-30L)

- An in-deepth knowledge of the topics addressed during the course together with capacity of critical analysis, of links among the arguments and a mastery of the specific terminology will be evaluated with good vote (27-29)

-A technically adequate knowledge and a medium capacity of analysis evn though non very well articulated , expressed in a correct langiage will give discrete vote ( 23-26)

A preparation and a sufficient capacity of analysis even if quite limited , expressed using a language only formally adequate and only formally correct, will give the sufficiency of the vote (18-22).

The presence of serious gaps, a not suitable language, an exclusively mechanic and mnemonical limited knowledge of the arguments with the lack of the specific level of knowledge will determine a non positive evaluation. The student may not accept the negative vote and asks to repeat the exam in a future date.

The examination will last 25-30 minutes and aids are not allowed a part for the students who have the rights to use them. The dates, the times and the rooms of exam and the examination procedures are visible on web site of the degree course. To sign up for the exams it's necessary to utilize the applicative web Alma Esami

The examination will be at the end of the lessons of both the modules that constitute the course of Zootecnica. The final vote is the mean value of the two votes in each part of the exam Livestock Breeding" and "Farming Technologies"

The exam is in italian language but it's possible also for the students to have the exam in english Language.

Teaching tools

Lectures, exercises.

Deepening of topics of historical interest for students.

Slide uploaded on virtuale.unibo.it platform

Office hours

See the website of Paolo Trevisi

See the website of Barbara Padalino

SDGs

Industry, innovation and infrastructure Responsible consumption and production Climate Action

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.