- Docente: Pier Paolo Gatta
- Credits: 2
- SSD: AGRI-09/D
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: In-person learning (entirely or partially)
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Veterinary Medicine (cod. 6735)
Learning outcomes
He/she has basic knowledge of aquaculture and rabbit rearing with particular reference to technologies, nutrition and feeding, reproduction and genetic improvement, larval and newborns. Has basic knowledge of the environmental needs of aquatic animals such as fish, molluscs, crustaceans, reptiles. Knows animal welfare and farm hygiene, product quality and safety. Is able to recognise the main successful factors of aquaculture and rabbit farm. Is able to understand the impact of environmental factors on welfare, growth and evolution of the main phases of the biological and production cycle of heterothermic animals.
Course contents
The course syllabus includes: overview on fish production in Italy and abroad, including trends in the last decades; environmental factors and their influence on aquaculture; aquatic animal behaviour, reproduction, genetic improvement, larval rearing in aquaculture; ongrowing and complete cycle in aquaculture, including nutrition and feeding; animal welfare and hygiene in aquaculture; main aquaculture quality production factors; rabbit rearing main traits. Day One Competences according to European Procedures by EAEVE.
Readings/Bibliography
Pubblicazioni FAO - State of the World Aquaculture 2024 (Full report); ASSALZOO, Normativa sugli alimenti per animali, Edagricole, Bologna, 1997; G., Aquaculture, Tecnique et documentation-Lavoisier, Paris, 1989; •Brown L., Aquaculture for veterinarians : fish husbandry and medicine, Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1993; De Silva S.S., Anderson T.A., Fish Nutrition in Aquaculture, Chapman & Hall, London, 1995; Mc Donald E., Reenhalgh C., Nutrizione animale, Ed. Tecniche Nuove, 1992; Viviani R., Elementi di Biochimica, Tomo secondo: Nutrizione e Metabolismo degli Animali, Ed. UTET, Torino, 1985; Lecture notes and teaching materials.
Teaching methods
Teaching activities will run in presence, with active participation of students. Practical activities, according to law and rules, will be set up splitting the class in four groups of 25 students each. Students will learn how to manage live fish, how to distinguish the zootechnical indices, welfare indices, quality indices. Furthermore a unique training per classroom will be done on aquatic animal behaviour and farm managment.
Considering specific practical activities it is compulsory for students to learn advices on safety and healthy procedure to be followed when they are into labs. those courses are available at the following web site: [https://www.unibo.it/it/servizi-e-opportunita/salute-e-assistenza/salute-e-sicurezza/sicurezza-e-salute-nei-luoghi-di-studio-e-tirocinio]. Furthermore all students must follow module 3 (for information see Course web site).
Assessment methods
Students can choise the assessment will be in presence or online until new rules will be available.
The assessment will be done by means of oral examination and/or multiple choise test along with open questions. Particularly there will be 35 multiple choise questions. Every answer can score +1 if right, -1 if wrong e 0 if abstent.
Time available is 35 minuti. It is forbidden to consult books, lecture notes or computer media.
Maximum score is 30/30 e lode.
Minimum score is 18/30.
In case the student do not get at least 18/30 it is compulsory the oral examination. It consist, normally, of two questions.
Oral examination
Score ranking:
Optimal knowledge of lessons contents along with high critical ability, will be evaluated around the maximum score (30-30L).
High knowledge of lessons contents along with good critical ability, will be evaluated between 25 - 29
Good knowledge of lessons contents along with fair critical ability, will be evaluated between 20 - 24
Sufficient knowledge of lessons contents along with sufficient critical ability, will be evaluated between 18 - 19
The final score will be calculated as the average of three Course parts taking into consideration the ratio of CFU
Teaching tools
The Course is a combination of 18 hours of frontal teaching and 6 hours of practical teaching (practical teaching will be done in 4 separate groups). The programma items will be show by means of presentations, videos, practical demonstration. The student will be engaged by means of questions and or shot tests.
Office hours
See the website of Pier Paolo Gatta