RAVT3110-1 : Domestic animal nutrition applied to tropical areas

Study Programmes 2015-2016

RAVT3110-1

Domestic animal nutrition applied to tropical areas, part 2

Duration :

21h Th

Number of credits :

Specialised master in plant and animal resource management in tropical environment		3

Lecturer :

Jean-Luc Hornick

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the second semester

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Course contents :

Basis (physiological et thermodynamical) of domestic animals' nutritional requirements.
Digestive physiology.
Elements of feed analysis.
Feeding principles et feeding calculation.
Case studies.

Learning outcomes of the course :

Deliver the basis and fundamental skills to understand and interpret literature relative to animal nutrition.
Be able to take decisions facing to nutritional problems encountered by any domestic animal species.
Interpret adequately the notions of feed analysis, feed transformation into animal, nutritional requirements, dietary calculation.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

Bac+5 certificate in life science field.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

One-day basis teaching.
Case studies, project approach.
Inverted classes.
Seminaries conducted by learner.

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

Face-to-face.
Synchrone et asynchrone distance-learning.

Recommended or required readings :

Student's project-associated litterature.

Assessment methods and criteria :

Relevance of seminars driven by the student.
Level of understanding of the subjects discussed.
Mastery of units and calculations.

Work placement(s) :

Organizational remarks :

Contacts :

jlhornick@ulg.ac.be

Items online :

Notes de cours de nutrition des animaux domestiques en milieu tropical
Bases Nutrition spéciale Rationnement