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Course code: BHS20073f16Semester: 2016/2017 summer
Name: Physiology of Digestion and Absorption
Major: Animal Science
Study Type: second cycle
Course type: optional
Study Semester: 1
ECTS points: 3
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 20 / 0
Lecturer: dr hab. Andrzej Wiliczkiewicz, prof, nadzw.
Language of instruction: Polish / English
Learning outcomes: Knowledge: Student: W1-The student has an extended knowledge on the biology of animals considering the digestion and absorption processes occurring in cattle, swine and poultry; W2-Shows a detailed knowledge about the animal production with regard to three main species of farm animals; Skills: Student: U1-On the basis of acquired knowledge is able to introduce the necessary modifications in the system of animal nutrition; ; U2-Is able to assess the both state of the environment and the health of animals as well as is able to choose the appropriate methods of their improving.
Competences: Student: K1-The student understands the necessity to improve the qualifications through the lifetime, can cooperate in a group; K2-Has consciousness of the responsibility for the production of the high quality foods, animal welfare, and for the creation and the state of the environment; K3-Knows the activities allowing the both risks reduction and anticipation the effects of activity in the aspect of widely understood farming and the environment;
Prerequisites: Animal nutrition, production of commercial feed mixtures
Course content: The course of physiological processes regulating the feed and water intake by three main species of livestock (cattle, pigs and poultry). The course of digestion and absorption in particular parts of the digestive tract. Physiological processes occurring during the minerals and vitamins absorption and the processes of fermentation in different sections of the digestive tract. Metabolic and deficiency diseases in the livestock.
Recommended literature: Żywienie zwierząt i paszoznawstwo, pod red. D. Jamroz, Tom 1, 2, 3. Wyd. PWN, 2001.
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