ANIMAL PRODUCTION

12 CFU - 2° Semester

Teaching Staff

SALVATORE BORDONARO - Module Animal production systems - AGR/17 - 6 CFU
ALESSANDRO PRIOLO - Module Animal metabolism and product quality - AGR/18 - 6 CFU

Learning Objectives

Animal production systems
Provide knowledge on livestock systems, on the structural characteristics of animal populations, on genetic causes the variability of productions. Know the role of genetic types and the dynamics of selection aimed at improving the quality of sustainable livestock production
Animal metabolism and product quality
This course will give to the student the information about the metabolic mechanisms that affect the quality of animal products and in particular milk and meats

Course Structure

Animal production systems
Lectures and exercises (classroom and company), also on line

If teaching is given in a mixed formula or remotely, necessary changes may be introduced to what was previously stated in order to comply with the provided and reported syllabus.

Learning assessment may also be carried out on line, should the conditions require it.

As a guarantee of equal opportunities and in compliance with current laws, interested students can ask for a personal interview in order to plan any compensatory and/or dispensatory measures, based on their specific needs and on teaching objectives of the discipline.

It is also possible to ask the departmental contacts of CInAP (Center for Active and Participatory Integration - Services for Disabilities and/or DSAs), in the persons of professors Giovanna Tropea Garzia and Anna De Angelis.
Animal metabolism and product quality
As established by the didactic regulations, the course will be divided into lectures and other activities. The conventional approach of frontal teaching will be dedicated to the discussion of the main themes of the program and will be integrated with other teaching tools. Some topics will be developed through dedicated thematic in-depth seminars, held by the teacher or by experts on the subject. The projection of thematic video tutorials and their comment in the classroom will help to make specific topics understood more effectively. Other topics will be the subject of activities and practical exercises carried out in the classroom, in the production companies and in the laboratory.

Information for students with disabilities and/or DSA
As a guarantee of equal opportunities and in compliance with current laws, interested students can ask for a personal interview in order to plan any compensatory and/or dispensatory measures, based on their specific needs and on teaching objectives of the discipline. It is also possible to ask the departmental contacts of CInAP (Center for Active and Participatory Integration - Services for Disabilities and/or DSAs), in the persons of professors Giovanna Tropea Garzia and Anna De Angelis.

If teaching is given in a mixed formula or remotely, necessary changes may be introduced to what was previously stated in order to comply with the provided and reported syllabus.

Detailed Course Content

Animal production systems
Animal production systems:

Genetic resources and their productios.

Milk and meat production in cattle, sheep, goat and swine.

Endangered authochtonous breeds.

Application of genetics to livestock production:

Breeding objectives, breeds characteristics, crossbreeding, selection criteria and genetic evaluation.
Animal metabolism and product quality
Elements of animal morphology. Nutrients: structural and non structural carbohydrates; the fibre according to the Van Soest system (NDF; ADF ADL; AIA); Crude protein and protein fractions according to the Cornell system (A, B₁B₂ B₃C) and INRA (PDI); lipids and ruminal bio-hydrogenation of fatty acids. Elements of anatomy and physiology of digestion in monogastric and ruminants. The udder: anatomy and the lactation. Definition of quality for milk and meat.The effects of animal feeling on milk and meat quality. If teaching is given in a mixed formula or remotely, necessary changes may be introduced to what was previously stated in order to comply with the provided and reported syllabus.

Textbook Information

Animal production systems
1) Bittante G., Andrighetto I., Ramanzin M. Fondamenti di Zootecnica (Liviana Editrice)

2) Bittante G., Andrighetto I., Ramanzin M. Tecniche di Produzione Animale (Liviana Editrice);

3) Dialma Balasini – Zoognostica, per la conoscenza, la valutazione e la scelta degli animali. Edagricole
Animal metabolism and product quality
Pulina (Editor) Dairy sheep feeling and nutrition – Avenue media

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