2020-2021 / ANIM0025-1

Feeding dairy cow

Duration

9h Th, 9h 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

Schedule

Schedule online

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

ANIM0018-1 - Bromatologie et culture fourragère
ANIM0029-1 - Fondements et dynamiques des systèmes d'élevage
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 : 12 h
Practical works : 12 h

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face-to-face
Group work

Organisational adjustments related to the current health context

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

Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.

The final mark will be the average of the two activities. To pass this course successfully, each student will have to pass all the different works and examination. If not, (s)he will have to reatke the parts that (s)he missed.

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 Precision livestock and Nutrition - GxABT Passage des Déportés, 2 B-5030 Gembloux 081/62-21-19 Yves.Beckers@uliege.be