Study Programmes 2016-2017
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| Animal nutrition | |||||||||||
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Duration :
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| 24h Th | |||||||||||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| Yves Beckers, Nadia Everaert | |||||||||||
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Coordinator :
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| Yves Beckers | |||||||||||
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language | |||||||||||
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the second semester | |||||||||||
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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | |||||||||||
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Learning unit contents :
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Course content :
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Learning outcomes of the learning unit :
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| This course aims at giving the basic prnciples of animal nutrition, their application and the current knowledge of feed digestion and nutrient metabolism in farm animals
After completing the course the student is expected to :
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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| BIOL2010-1 - Cellular biology
CHIM9239-2 - Biological molecules chemistrys BIOL2011-1 - Comparative animal anatomy and physiology |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Oral presentations and interactions with the students. | |||||||||||
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Face to face | |||||||||||
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Syllabus; copies of slides
Nutrition, 2007, P. Insel, R.E. Turner, D. Ross, Jones and Bartlett Publishers Canada, 782 p + appendices Introduction à la nutrition des animaux domestiques, 2002, C. Jean-Blain, Ed. Tec et Doc, 424 p. Basic animal nutrition and feeding, 2005. Pond W.G., Church D.C., Pond K.R. & Schoknecht P.A., Willey International Edition, Fifth Edition, 580 p. Animal nutrition, 2011. McDonald, R.A. Edwards, J.F.D Greenhalgh, C.A. Morgan, L.A. Sinclair, R.G. Wilkinson. Prentice Hall, Seventh Edition, 692 p. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Knowledges and competencies acquired by the student thanks to this course will be assessed during collegial oral examination. One question will be blind-chosen by each student. After about 20 minutes of preparation, each student will present his answer and discuss it with the 2 teachers during about 20 minutes. | |||||||||||
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| A part of the course is taught in english. | |||||||||||
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Contacts :
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| Précision Livestock and Nutrition
Department AgroBioChem GxABT Yves Beckers
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