HFE302 Nutrition and Diet Optimisation in Ruminants
Credits (ECTS):15
Course responsible:Egil Prestløkken
Campus / Online:Taught campus Ås
Teaching language:Norsk, engelsk
Limits of class size:15
Course frequency:Annually
Nominal workload:375 hours.
Teaching and exam period:This course starts in June block. This course has evaluation in Autumn parallel.
About this course
Learning outcome
After the course has been completed, students should have an elementary and applied understanding of:
1. Methods used for chemical analysis of feed and analytical methods for determining metabolic compounds in blood and animal products.
2. Dietary metabolism in the digestive tract.
3. Mathematical description of nutrient metabolism in the digestive tract.
4. Absorption of nutrients from the digestive tract and how it is affected by diet composition.
5. Intermediary metabolism of absorbed nutrients and how they affect nutrient utilisation and production responses.
6. Regulation and determination of feed intake.
7. Determination of the nutritional value of feed for ruminants.
8. Introduction to new systems for feed evaluation in ruminants.
9. How feeding strategies in ruminants affect nutrient requirements and production responses.
10. Mathematical methods and tools for optimising feed allowances.
After the course has been completed, the student shall have elementary knowledge of practical feed planning and ration optimisation for ruminants.
- The course is a combination of lectures, flipped classroom and exercises including performance of an animal experiment. Teaching in English if English speaking participants.!
- HFE205
- KJM100, KJB100, HFE200, HFX201, HFX255
- Student assessment will be as oral examination and exercises in a ratio of 60:40. Pass is needed in both to pass the course.
Oral exam Grading: Letter grades Exercise Grading: Letter grades - An external examiner will be used for the final, oral examination. The same external examiner will be used for ensuring the quality of the contents and design of the course before it starts.
- The animal experiments in June and laboratory work are compulsory.
- Instruction time: Lectures and flipped classrom: 50+ hours. Animal experiments: 150+ hours. Exercises and flipped classroom: 150+ hours. Working groups.
- The study programme Master in Animal Science.
- Special requirements in Science