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Course code: BBS10151f12Semester: 2012/2013 summer
Name: Ecotrophology
Major: Biology
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: optional
Study Semester: 4
ECTS points: 3
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 30 / 15 / 0
Lecturer: Prof. dr hab. Dorota Jamroz
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: Student know the substantials of alimentation of both animals and human, characteristics of nutrients, digestion physiology, nutrients absorption and utilization; He knows the specificity of important groups of animals nutrition – insects, fish, reptiles, birds and mammalians of both wildlife and kept in the ZOO-gardens and human as well as the connections between alimentation and animals living space.
Competences: After completing the course student could be employed in ZOO-gardens, sanctuaries as well as in Civil Service responsible for the wildlife environment.
Prerequisites: physiology, biochemistry, zoology
Course content: The transfer of the substantial knowledge on biochemistry and physiology of animal and human nutrition, on the requirements of different groups and species of animals as well as humans for nutrients; Characteristic of groups of feeds and foods, content of antinutritive substances and substantial information on the metabolic diseases and disturbances in human and animal.
Recommended literature: Gawęcki J., Hryniewiecki L.: i in.: Żywienie człowieka. T. I. Podstawy nauki o żywieniu. PWN Warszawa,1998; Hasik J., Gawęcki J. (Ed.): Żywienie człowieka zdrowego i chorego, PWN Warszawa,2000; Gawęcki J., Jeszka J.: Żywienie ludzi - ćwiczenia, PWN Warszawa,1995; Jamroz D. pod red.: Żywienie zwierząt i paszoznawstwo. PWN, Warszawa, 2001.
Assessment methods: Obligatory completion of practical training, written and oral exam; min. 70 % of knowledge to pass
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