ANIMAL NUTRITION

Course Structure

First semester

1. Introduction
2. The chemical composition of plant and animal body
3. Water
4. Carbohydrates
5. Fat
6. Protein
7. Minerals
8. Vitamins
9. Feed additives
10. Malnutrition diseases

Practical content
1. Common Scientific terms (Nutrition)
2. Chemical analysis of feedstuffs
3. Digestibility
4. Protein quality measurements
5. Energy quality measurements
6. Feed quality measurements
7. Some feedstuffs

 

Second semester

1-Nutritional requirements for maintenance of farm animals
2-Nutritional requirements for the growth
3-Nutritional requirements for fattening
4-Nutritional requirements for reproduction
5-Nutrition of dairy cattle (cow and buffalos)
6-Nutrition of beef cattle

7-Nutrition of the sheep
8-Nutrition of goats
9-Nutrition of the equine species
10-Nutrition of camel
11-Nutrition of poultry
12-Nutrition of turkey

13-Nutrition of ducks and geese
14-Nutritional needs of rabbits
15-Nutritional needs of pets (dog and cat)
16-Nutrition of fish (fresh and marine water fish)
17-Clinical Nutrition
18-Nutrition and general health of  farm animals
19-Nutrition and immunity and reproductive status of farm animals

 

Practical content

1-Feed stuffs

2-Preparation and processing of feeds

3-Storage of feedstuffs

4-Silage

5-Mineral supplementation

6- Vitamins supplementation

7-Untraditional feedstuffs

8-Manural evaluation

9-Nutritional requirement estimation

10-Ration formulation.