2020-2021 / VETE0493-1

Animal production

Duration

24h Th, 8h Pr

Number of credits

 Master in innovation management and the food design (120 ECTS)3 crédits 

Lecturer

Jean-François Cabaraux, Isabelle Dufrasne

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

Animal production : cattle, sheep, goat, pig, poultry
Basic notions on zootehnical aspects are seen including :
production cycle
animal performance
management of slurry and manure
 Aquaculture will be also envisaged. 
Organic farming will be envisaged.
 
 
 

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

The objective is to give a general wiew of animal production. The objective is not to form specialists but to provide general information on animal production allowing to the students to understand ways of breeding in our country.  

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

 None

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

 
- lectures for zootechnical basic information
- on field visit with different workshops.  A written report could bes asked.
 - 2 farms visits with cattle and pig production are foreseen.
 - An online multi-modules session available on ecampus could be proposed to prepare the cattel farm visit; each module allows to control the new kwnoledges. In this case, the online session is compulsory and participation will be controlled. The online session must be performed before the visit to the  farm.
Since the participation to all sessions (practices or on field) is compulsory, in case of absence, the students will not be authorized to sit the exam in the first session.
 
 

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

face to face
Lectures with powerpoint slides
on field visits
 
distance-learning possibly available on eCampus 
 

 

Organisational adjustments related to the current health context

The different activities wiil be adapted to the health situation.
Lectures could be organized on-line. Visits could be canceled and replaced by on-line activities.

Recommended or required readings

Supports are available on eCampus

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.

Any session :

- In-person

oral exam

- Remote

oral exam

- If evaluation in "hybrid"

preferred remote

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

 I. Dufrasne, E-mail : isabelle.dufrasne@ulg.ac.be

 J. F. Cabaraux : jfcabaraux@ulg.ac.be