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.