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69877 - Large Animals Feeding

Academic Year 2020/2021

                
                        Docente:
                        Andrea Formigoni
                    
                        Credits:
                        3
                    
                        SSD:
                        AGR/18
                    
                        Language:
                        Italian
                    
                        Teaching Mode:
                        Traditional lectures
                        
                            Campus:
                            Bologna
                        
                            Corso:
                            Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in
                            Veterinary Medicine (cod. 8617)

                            Teaching resources on Virtuale

Learning outcomes

After completing this module the student knows the basic principles of feed use. It 'can estimate the needs of livestock and pets, and to formulate rations. He knows the relationship between nutrition and quality of foods of animal origin and consequences on animal health and food nutrition mistakes

Course contents

Feeding principles and feedstuffs storage, evaluation and utilization. Feeding management for veal, heifer, dry cow, lactating cow, cattle, sheep, buffaloes and swine . Additives. Animal feeding and food quality. Animal feeding and environment. Animal feeding and health.

Readings/Bibliography

Ronchi, Savoini, Trabalza Marinucci. Manuale di Nutrizione dei Ruminanti da latte. Edises Università. 2020.

INRA Feeding system for ruminants. INRA. Wageningen Academic Publisher. 2018.

Alimentation des bovins, ovins & caprins. INRA.

Pulina G., L'alimentazione degli ovini da latte. Avenue media. Bologna

Mordenti et al., Manuale di alimentazione del suino. Edagricole.

Miraglia N., Catalano A.L., Alimentazione pratica del cavallo sportivo. Tip. Poliglotta. Milano.

Hand, Thatcher, Remillard, Roudebush: Small Animal Clinical Nutrition. Walsworth Publishing Company. USA.

Antongiovanni M. e Gualtieri M. : Nutrizione e Alimentazione animale, Edagricole

McDonald-Edwards Greenhalgh: Nutrizione animale, Tecniche Nuove.

Pacchioli M.T. : L'alimentazione della vacca da latte;

NRC: Nutrient Requirements of 1) dairy cattle; 2) swine; 3) Horses 4) Beef 5)sheep

Teaching methods

Frontal lessons and practical individual and group working

Assessment methods

The final exam will integrate the animal nutrition, large animal feeding class, pet feeding class, feed technology class. The final examen will consist of a multiple choice test and a practical part as follows:

Initially the student will have to formulate a ration for one of the specie studied during the integrated classes (swine, ruminants, cats or dogs)
Then the student will be asked to identify and describe a feed ingredient
Finally, the last part will include 54 multiple-choice questions (6 questions for each one of the 10 credits of the integrated course.
The students will get up to 3 points fro the practical test, up to 27 points from the multiple-choice questions and up to 3 from the feedstuff description.

Teaching tools

Lectures, exercises, rationing activities and farm visits.

Notes and teaching materials is available to students in electronic format.

"Razionare" software

Office hours

See the website of Andrea Formigoni