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Course code: BHS20100f15Semester: 2015/2016 summer
Name: Milk Biology
Major: Animal Science
Study Type: second cycle
Course type: optional
Study Semester: 1
ECTS points: 3
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 20 / 0
Lecturer: prof. dr hab. Andrzej Zachwieja
Language of instruction: Polish / English
The course taught in English if the group has ≥6 students. The course taught in Polish with a possibility of support in English if the group has <6 students. Contact person: dr Anna Zielak-Steciwko
Learning outcomes: Knowledge: Student: knows the meaning of the milk in animal and human nutrition ; knows physical, chemical and biological traits of the milk and is able to define them; has general and detailed knowledge about milk formation processes and can characterize them;knows the basis of milk analysis at different stages of its production and processing. Skills: Student: uses ably and safely of laboratory devices used for milk analyses; knows chemical methods of evaluation of milk composition and quality, and is able to organise theirs determination; is able to evaluate quality of milk products; manages to define the range of milk falsity and interpret them; knows the extent of chemical and microbiological tests of milk at various stages of production and processing plus is able to carry out them.
Competences: Student: understands the importance of milk in mammalian and human nutrition plus the need to improve more the knowledge of its functions and significance, especially in human nutrition; is aware about the importance of milk tests for safety of production and consumption; demonstrates the ability to work in a team of research and to perform analyses of milk traits.
Prerequisites: chemistry and biochemistry
Course content: Production of milk ofvarious mammals and its importance in infants and human nutrition; physiology of milk formation; composition; physical, chemical and biological milk and colostrum traits; the health promoting properties of milk components for human; processing of milk of different species of mammals; the milk processing lines; humanization of milk; milk in prophylaxis and therapy.
Recommended literature: Szulc T (red.): Mleko – biologia, chemia, analizy, Wydawnictwo UP we Wrocławiu, 2011 2. Szulc T.: Tajemnice Mleka. Wydawnictwo UP we Wrocławiu, 2012 Szulc T., Zachwieja A.: Siara eliksir życia osesków. Wydawnictwa Akademii Rolniczej we Wrocławiu 1988 Litwińczuk A, Litwińczuk Z., Barłowska J., Florek M. Surowce zwierzęce, ocena i wykorzystanie. PWRiL Warszawa 2004. Jurczak M.: Mleko, produkcja, badanie, przerób. Wydawnictwo SGGW Warszawa 2005 Polskie Normy oceny jakości mleka
Assessment methods: Completing tutorials: presence on the tutorials is mandatory. An absence must be work out. Students must be prepared for each tutorial, their knowledge is checked before they start by writing a short practice test. The assessment of tutorials is based on the average of obtained scores. Completion the course: the assessment of the whole course is based on a test – students have to answer five questions in 90 minutes. Students who have completed the course with the best score will receive a certificate of milk analyses.
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