Course detail

LZT5731 - Techniques of Scientific Communication in Animal Science II


Credit hours

In-class work
per week
Practice
per week
Credits
Duration
Total
3
0
3
15 weeks
45 hours

Instructor
Carla Maris Machado Bittar
Gerson Barreto Mourão

Objective
Provide the graduate student the practice of scientific communication in the field of Animal Science,
enabling the studentto plan, develop, present and evaluate different types of scientific papers
designated by coordinating professors.

Content
Throughout the semester, students enrolled must perform a series of exercises directed by the
coordinators, namely: (i)preparation of a review text on the subject of your area of interest; (Ii)
conversion of text into English; (Iii) preparation andpanel display in Portuguese and in English on the
text; (Iv) oral presentation of the work in the form of presentation inscientific event.

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Journals: Agronomy Journal, Animal Feed Science and Technology, Aninal Genetics, Annual Review of
Nutrition, Annual Review of Physiology, Annual Review of Plant Biology, Aquaculture, Aquaculture
Nutrition, Aquaculture Research, Australian Journal of Agricultural Research, Bragantia, Brazilian
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Journal of Microbiology, Brazilian Journal of Plant Physiology, Ciência Rural• Crop Science, Domestic
Animal Endocrinology, European Journal of Applied Physiology, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Journal
of Animal Sciences, Journal of Dairy Science, Journal of Food Science, Journal of Nutrition, Journal of
Plant Growth Regulation, Journal of Poultry Sciences, Livestock and Production Science, Livestock
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Physiological Genomics, Plant and Soil, Poultry World, Revista Brasileira de Ciência Avícola, Revista
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