Course detail

LZT5850 - Nutrition Basics of Ruminants


Credit hours

In-class work
per week
Practice
per week
Credits
Duration
Total
4
0
8
15 weeks
120 hours

Instructor
Carla Maris Machado Bittar
Flavio Augusto Portela Santos

Objective
Provide basic and critical view of the aspects related to nutrition of ruminants.

Content
1. Anatomy and physiology of the digestive tract; 2. Microbiology and ruminal fermentation; 3. Composition Analysis and Food; 4. Voluntary Feed Intake; 5. Digestibility and Ruminal Kinetics; 6. Carbohydrate Metabolism; 7. Metabolism of proteins; 8. Lipid metabolism; 9. Energy; 10. Minerals and Vitamins; 11. Additives; 12. Metabolic Disorders; 13. Diet Formulation.

Bibliography
NUTRIÇÃO DE RUMINANTES. BERCHIELLI, T. T., PIRES, A. V., OLIVEIRA, S. G. FUNEP, 2011. 616p.
Periódicos:
- Journal of Animal Science;

- Journal of Dairy Science.