Duration
5h Th, 31h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in agricultural bioengineering (120 ECTS) | 4 crédits |
Lecturer
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course consists of two distinct parts: 1. Your articipation in an animal experiment carried out within the laboratory, 2. The determination of intestinal health biomarkers in pigs or poultry.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The course aims to teach you how to use your knowledge to solve a problem in the field of animal nutrition and nutrition using methods such as animal experimentation, data analysis and interpretation, the synthesis of information so as to obtain correct conclusions to a scientific hypothesis.
At the end of the course, the student will have the skills to :
- Formulate and solve problems in the field of animal nutrition and nutrition;
- Critically evaluate data and draw scientific conclusions;
- To work effectively within a group.
- Diagnose an agronomic process in technical terms
- Adapt an experimental protocol or a sampling plan on the basis of a given hypothesis and interpret the results
- To develop an experimental plan or a sampling plan based on a hypothesis formulated, and to interpret the results (a certifying evaluation)
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
ALIM0018-1 - Bormatology and culture of animal fooder ANIM0015-1 - Dairy animal production science BIOL2018-1 - Animal nutrition
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures : 6 h
Practical works : 42 h
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Face-to-face
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
Group report (50%) Oral exam (50%)
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
During the animal experiment (3 weeks), one student per group must be present (1 to 1,5 h) daily in the Centre d'Essais des Productions Animales (CEPA). Any student not able to attend these activities must warn in advance the teacher. 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
081/62-21-19
Yves.Beckers@ulg.ac.be(YvYves.Beckers@ulg.ac.be
)
Everaert Nadia
081/62-24-48
Nadia.Everaert@ulg.ac.be
Precision livestock and Nutrition - GxABT
Passage des Déportés, 2
B-5030 Gembloux
081/62-21-19