2022-2023 / 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

Coordinator

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

The course includes face-to-face theory courses, online courses, seminars and field trips.

Animal production : cattle, sheep, goat, pig, poultry

Basic notions on zootehnical aspects are seen including :

- production cycle

- animal performance

- management of slurry and manure

Organic farming and agroforestry will be envisaged.

Aquaculture  will be also 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)

Blended learning


Additional information:

face to face

Lectures with powerpoint slides

on field visits

 

distance-learning possibly available on eCampus 

 


 

Recommended or required readings

Supports are available on eCampus

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

oral exam

Written work / report


Additional information:

This is an oral examination based on a written preparation in the form of a Power Point.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

I. Dufrasne

isabelle.dufrasne@ulg.ac.be

J.F. Cabaraux

jfcabaraux@ulg.ac.be


 

  

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