2017-2018 / ANIM0025-1

Feeding dairy cow

Duration

12h Th, 12h Pr

Number of credits

 Master in agricultural bioengineering (120 ECTS)2 crédits 

Lecturer

Yves Beckers

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

Learning unit contents

The course is made up of 2 different parts : 1. The ration formulation for the the dairy herd 2. The metabolic nutritional diseases in dairy cow

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

The course aims at training you to use your knowledge and undertsanding to formulate a balanced ration for the dairy herd following different goals :

  • Optimize the use of feeds produced on the farm
  • The qualitative and quantitative milk production
  • The operation of the ruminant, including the metabolic nutritional diseases
The second objective is to establish a scientific report and an extension sheet on a metabolic disease in the dairy cow based on the scientific and popular literature.
This course contributes to the acquisition of the following skills:
    1. Identify relevant qualitative and quantitative information related to an agronomic process     2. Interpreting information related to an agronomic process in order to identify the main elements

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

ALIM0018-1 - Bromatology and culture of animal fooder ANIM0015-1 - Dairy animal production science BIOL2018-1 - Animal nutrition

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Lectures : 12 h
Practical works : 12 h

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

Face-to-face
Group work

Recommended or required readings

Syllabus, copy of slides, an updated list of reference books are made available on the E-Campus site.

Assessment methods and criteria

The final grade will be the average of the two activities if each one has a grade greater than or equal to 10/20. Otherwise, the lowest grade will be the final grade.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

The written reports must be sent via email at latest on the last day of the lecturer period in December of the academic year. Late reports will not be considered and an absence mark will automatically be given.

Contacts

Beckers Yves Unité de Zootechnie - GxABT Passage des Déportés, 2 B-5030 Gembloux 081/62-21-19 Yves.Beckers@ulg.ac.be(YvYves.Beckers@ulg.ac.be)