Feed and animal health care planning (10cr)
Code: KA01CMYT03-2
General information
- Enrollment
- 24.06.2015 - 12.08.2015
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 01.09.2016 - 31.12.2016
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 10 cr
- Local portion
- 10 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Degree programmes
- Bachelor of Natural Resources, Agriculture and Rural Enterprises
- Teachers
- Samu Palander
- Taina Kalliomäki
- Teija Rönkä
- Course
- KA01CMYT03
Evaluation scale
1-5
Objective
The student will be able to
-plan the feeding of pigs, cattle and poultry taking into account productivity, animal health and welfare, economy and environment
-monitor the factors related to an animal health care plan
-use the modern planning tools
-apply knowledge on animal nutrition and welfare when evaluating feeding and helth care plans
Content
-Nutritional physiology of farm animals in the context of production and animal health
-Further information on and importance of feed evaluation systems, nutrients, and feed processing
-Software used in feed planning
-Further knowledge on the mechanisms related to animal health and illness
-The field and organisations related to national animal health care
-The health care plans and monitoring typical factors affecting animal health, preventing of the typical diseases and principles of medication
Materials
Material will be announced
Teaching methods
Lectures, excercises and demonstrations
Student workload
Totally 267 h, of which scheduled studies about 100 h
Assessment criteria, approved/failed
Approved/fail on the basis of the learning objectives mentioned above
Qualifications
Common studies on animal husbundry