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| VETE0054-3 | Special nutrition and feeding of domestic animals
- Common courses
- Production animals complement
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| Duration : | Common courses : 20h Th, 12,5h PCL
Production animals complement : 10h Th
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| Holder(s) : | Common courses : Marianne Diez, Isabelle Dufrasne, Louis Istasse
Production animals complement : Isabelle Dufrasne
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| Coordinator : | Louis Istasse |
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| Language : | French language |
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| Course contents : |
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| Feeding systems and clinical feeding of the following species:
Commun section:
- Cattle, sheep end pig: production system and feeding
- Horse: feeding principles
- Companion animal feeding over a life cycle and clinical nutrition |
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| Complement in farm animals feeding:
- Cattle: calve feeding, feeding errors in energy and in nitrogen, acidified ration, high lactating dairy cows, fattening, pasture management.
- pigs: digestion specificities, requirements, piglet and sow feeding, fattening. |
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| Course objective : |
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| General objectives:
The lectures of "Nutrition and feeding of domestic animals" (1rst and 2nd years, and clinical training) aim to develop the following competence "Conceive, formulate and evaluate the effect of feeding plans on health and performances of healthy animals, on the quality of animal productions in livestock, and on health or sick animals seen in veterinary practice".
In the first year, the lectures present general nutrition. General nutrition course provides a foundation in nutrients, feeds and prepares students to apply nutrition principles. During the second year, practical diet and feeding plans are explained in the following species: cattle, horses and companion animals. Feeding plans are given for healthy (cycle of life) and sick animals (clinical nutrition). Practical training (exercising) is organized as 5 sessions of exercises of 2.5 h each. Finally, during the clinical training, the objective is to transfer knowledge (theory) and technical know-how in high-order skills as communication with the owner to obtain a complete diet history, the study and analysis of an existing feeding plan, the formulation of a balanced diet.
In conclusion, the teaching of nutrition is organized in a hierarchy, and is provided between prerequisite courses (basic science knowledge : physiology, anatomy, biochemistry) and clinical training.
Objectives of the course VETE0054 - common part (2GMV)
Learning of the science of practical feeding in healthy and sick animals
-by the knowledge of feeding principles of livestock or pet animals
-by the transfer of basic knowledge (1GMV) in courses and practical training (exercising) |
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| Prerequisites : |
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- Knowlegde in diets calculation (first year lectures)
- Knowlegde in physiology of digestion
- Knowlegde on pathologies in farm and companion animals
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| Workshops : |
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| The aim of the paraclinics is to familiarize students to:
- the practical aspects of companion animals management during a life cycle along with clinical nutrition
- the management of livestock production according to the life cycle
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| Organization : |
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| Common part of 20 h (lectures) in which:
- Feeding of farm animals and horses : 12 h (I.Dufrasne, L.Istasse)
- Feeding of companion animals : 8 h (M. Diez)
Paraclinics :
5 sessions of 2,5 h of supervised work in pets and livestock nutrition
New : E-exercising is available in September 2009 for companion animal nutrition- the 2 training sessions in companion animal are organized as e-exercising on WebCity.
Link : http://www.webct.ulg.ac.be/webct/urw/lc206341982001.tp235719510001/cobaltMainFrame.dowebct
The presence to the paraclinics is compulsory. The student who is missing one or many sessions will be sanctioned by a zero note for the whole paraclinic regardless of the reasons; missed sessions are recoverable. |
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| Written notes : |
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| Notes at the student office
Compulsory lectures :
- Software for ration calculation in cattle (Alim 32).Dog and Cat feeding. Liège, 2004 (3th edition)
- Note on the use of Alim 32 software
Recommended lectures :
- The fattening of Belgian Blue double muscled bulls: pratical aspects. Publication of the ministry of Agriculture, L.Istasse et al, 1997
- Rational use of permanent pasture by the dairy cows the suckling cows and the fattening bulls-Publication of the Ministry of Agriculture, I.Dufrasnes et al., 1999
- Finishing strategies in the fattening of the Belgian Blue double muscles cull cows: performance, carcass and meat quality, metabolism and economy - Publication of Ministry of Agriculture, JF Cabaraux et al., 2001
Recommended lectures (companion animals)
- Small Animal Clinical Nutrition 4th edition, Ed. : Hand, Thatcher, Remillard et Roudebush , Mark Morris Institute, 2000.
- Encyclopédie de la nutrition clinique canine, 2006, Aniwa SAS (available on IVIS)
- Encyclopédie de la nutrition clinique féline, 2008, Aniwa SAS (available on IVIS)
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| Assessment : |
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| Oral exam in a total of 15 points.
Paraclinic on 5 points assessed on a daily basis |
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