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Study programmes 2011-2012Last update : 14/06/2012
RAVT3110-1  Domestic animal nutrition applied to tropical areas, part 2

Duration :  21h Th
Number of credits :  
Advanced Master in Plant and Animal Resource Management in tropical environmentSecond semester3
Lecturer :  Jean‑Luc Hornick
Language(s) of instruction :  
French language
Course contents :  
  • Thermodynamic and physiological basis of nutritional requirements, physiology of the digestion, general feed analysis and characteristics.
  • Special nutrition of breeding and wild animals.
  • Computer based calculation in nutrition.
  • Cases studies in tropical countries, developed by students.
  • Ecosystemology of feed resources.
Learning outcomes of the course :  
The course aims to develop overall skills in animal nutrition and in feed analysis, allowing critical views on case studies, especially by the way of a personal work. The student will be able to simplify litterature data and to integrate them in the overall environment of his project.
Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :  
Basic knowledges in biology, anatomy, biochemistry and mathematics
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :  
  • Ex cathedra teaching of a theoretical methodological socle (6h).
  • Individual supervision afterwards.
  • Transmissive and interactive learning.
  • Project based learning (with theoretical experimentation).
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :  
J-L. Hornick: 21 hours
Recommended or required readings :  
The notes may be printed from the website of the course
Assessment methods and criteria :  
Relevance of the personnal work of the student, synchronus and asynchronus implication of the student in the e-course
Organizational remarks :  
Course access is subordinated to an on-line registration
Contacts :  
J-L. Hornick, E-mail: jlhornick@ulg.ac.be, Phone: 04 366 41 31


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