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
This course is intended to study through practical and field activities a topic concerning the feeding and nutrition of livestock. As examples, some activities carried out in previous years:
- Participation in an experiment conducted in the context of animal research in the laboratory,
- The determination of biomarkers of intestinal health in pork or poultry,
- Propose rations for cattle for increasing feed autonomy in farms.
https://www.matele.be/des-etudiants-aident-les-eleveurs-a-ameliorer-leur-autonomie-alimentaire
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 or a question on the field.
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
ANIM0018-1 - Bromatologie et culture fourragère
ANIM0029-1 - Fondements et dynamiques des systèmes d'élevage
ANIM0025-1 - Pratique de l'alimentation de la vache laitière
ANIM0017-1 - Aspects biotechniques des systèmes d'élevage
BIOL2018-1 - Nutrition animale
ANIM0011-3 - Functional biochemistry in health and disease
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures : 6 h
Practical works : 42 h
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Face-to-face, group and field works
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
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
No change