Duration
24h Th
Number of credits
| Bachelor in bioengineering | 2 crédits | |||
| Master in agroecology (120 ECTS) | 2 crédits | |||
| Master in innovation management and the food design (120 ECTS) | 2 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Course content :
- The composition and analysis of feeds
- The digestion of feeds in the pig, the chick and the ruminant
- The metabolism of nutrients
- The evaluation of feeds : energy and protein value in the pig and the ruminant
- Water and feed intake
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
This course aims at giving the basic prnciples of animal nutrition, their application and the current knowledge of feed digestion and nutrient metabolism in farm animals
After completing the course the student is expected to :
- understand and utilize nutrition scientific vocabulary,
- understand the basis of farm animal nutrition
- be able to interact in a general discussion in the field of animal nutrition.
- Identify relevant qualitative and quantitative information related to an agronomic process
- Adapt existing solutions, taking into account their performance and technical, environmental and economic constraints, in response to a bioengineering problem
- Identify limiting parameters of a process or a system
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
BIOL2045-1 - Biology basis
CHIM9239-2 - Chemestry of renawable ressources
BIOL2011-1 - Cpomparative animal natomy and phsyiology
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Oral presentations and interactions with the students.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face to face
Recommended or required readings
Syllabus; copies of slides
Nutrition, 2007, P. Insel, R.E. Turner, D. Ross, Jones and Bartlett Publishers Canada, 782 p + appendices
Introduction à la nutrition des animaux domestiques, 2002, C. Jean-Blain, Ed. Tec et Doc, 424 p.
Basic animal nutrition and feeding, 2005. Pond W.G., Church D.C., Pond K.R. & Schoknecht P.A., Willey International Edition, Fifth Edition, 580 p.
Animal nutrition, 2011. McDonald, R.A. Edwards, J.F.D Greenhalgh, C.A. Morgan, L.A. Sinclair, R.G. Wilkinson. Prentice Hall, Seventh Edition, 692 p.
Assessment methods and criteria
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire ) AND oral exam
Additional information:
Written exam for each group with the possibility of then presenting an oral exam. The oral exam will only be possible for students who have obtained a minimum of 8/20 in writing and will be taken directly after the written exam. The precise procedures for carrying out the exams will be available on eCampus.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Slides in english and the course is taught in french.
Contacts
Précision Livestock and Nutrition
GxABT
Yves Beckers
- yves.beckers@uliege.be
- 081/622119