- Docente: Luca Sardi
- Credits: 2
- SSD: AGR/20
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Veterinary Medicine (cod. 8617)
Learning outcomes
The student must know the situation of the major poultry production (broilers, laying hens and turkeys); the student must acquire knowledge concerning the phases of livestock as well as key aspects of nutrition and feeding of this specie.
Course contents
The course AVICULTURE is part of the Integrated Course of ANIMAL PRODUCTION I.
The objective of the Integrated Course is to provide the student with knowledge relating to the breeding of livestock (poultry, rabbit and fish) and pets. With regard to farm animals, this knowledge will refer to the profitability of the breeding itself and the implications on quality of animal products, animal welfare and environmental protection. With regard to pets, the student will know the main canine and feline breeds and the most important problems that recognize a hereditary basis
The Integrated Course will be divided into 3 courses:
- Aviculture (theoretical lessons and practical activities held by Prof. Luca Sardi)
- Aquaculture and small species breeding (theoretical lessons and practical activities held by Prof. Pier Paolo Gatta)
- Care and management of companion animals (theoretical lessons and practical activities held by Prof. Giacomo Biagi)
At the beginning of the course, detailed information will be provided on the internal organization of the theoretical and practical lesson timetable, as well as on the examination methods and registration.
Aviculture course content
Importance and situation of poultry production.
Breeds and hybrids of poultry
Hatching
Egg production (management of pullet and laying hens)
Production of poultry for slaughter
Production of turkey for slaughter
Readings/Bibliography
1) Broiler management guide Cobb 500 (1995). The Cobb Breeding Company, UK.
2) Guida alla conduzione degli incubatoi (1992). The Cobb Breeding Company, UK.
3) ROSS 308, parent stock management manual (2001). Aviagen Incorporated, USAwww.aviagen.com
4) ROSS broiler management manual, Broiler 508 (2002). Aviagen Incorporated, USA.
5) Controllo di gestione in incubatoio (1998). Ross tech 98/35, Ross Italia S.R.L.
6) Colin G. Scanes, George Brant, M.E. Ensminger;"Poultry Science", Fourth Edition; Pearson Prentic Hall, Upper Saddel River-New Jersey, 2004.
7) Richard E. Austic, Malden C. Nesheim,"Poultry Production", Thirteen Edition; Lea&Febiger, United States, 1990.
Teaching methods
Theoreticallesson
Pratical work
Assessment methods
The grade of the integrated course of animal production will be registered by the holder of the integrated course (prof. Luca Sardi) through a special list in almaesami.
The integrated course of Animal Production I is considered passed when the student has obtained the sufficiency (18/30) in each of the courses that compose it. The final grade will result from the arithmetic average of the marks obtained in the three courses that make up the integrated course.
The evaluation of the student on teaching course "Aviculture" consists of a written and / or oral examination.
Written examination
20 true or false questions max 20 points
3 Short answer questions max 12 points
In a short answer question the student given a brief description of issue
· Oral examination
the oral examinationis compulsory for students who have not taken the written exam. Students who have passed the written exam with a score higher than 25/30 can be exempted oral examination
Office hours
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