Course detail

LZT5864 - Special Topics in Ruminant Nutrition and Metabolism


Credit hours

In-class work
per week
Practice
per week
Credits
Duration
Total
24
3
2
1 weeks
30 hours

Instructor
Flavio Augusto Portela Santos

Objective
To promote discussion and uptodate students on important themes related to ruminant nutrition and metabolism.

Content
1. Aspects related to digestion and utilisation of nutrients. 2. Integrated metabolism. 3. Syncrony of metabolic and nutrient utilisation pathways and their implications. 4. Practical implications to experimental diets planning and preparation and conduction of experiments.

Bibliography
Scientific journals: Journal of Animal Science, Journal of Dairy Science, Animal Feed Science and Technology.