ECTS
ECTS Course Catalogue
Course details
Course code: BBS10139f11Semester: 2011/2012 summer
Name: Physiology of nutrition
Major: Biology
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: optional
Study Semester: 6
ECTS points: 3
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: prof. dr hab. Dorota Jamroz
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: After completing the course student got a substantial knowledge on the chosen aspects of animal and human and animals nutrition; student is ready to be employed in laboratories, in school as well as in the feed industry also is prepared to understand the course on “nutrition of different animal species and human”.
Competences: The course form the basement for the further knowledge on the ecotrophology – nourishment of different animal species and human.
Prerequisites: anatomy, biochemistry
Course content: The subject comprises the problems concerning morphology and functions of gastrointestinal tract, seccretion of endfogenous enzymes, digestibility, absorption and nutrients utilisation as well as the metabolic diseases in human and in animals. All problems will be presented on trhe background of knowledge on anatomy and biochemistry.
Recommended literature: Loeffler K.: Anatomy and physiology of domestic animals. PZWL, Warszawa,2002; Schmidt K., Nielsen K.: Animal Physiology. Adaptation to the environment, PWN, Warszawa,1992; Szostak B.: The fundamentals of anatomy and physiology of animals. Wyd. AR Lublin,2001
Assessment methods: Obligatory completion of practical training, written exam; min. 70% of knowledge to pass.
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