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Course details
Course code: VVSS00263f12
Semester: 2012/2013 winter
Name: Physiological principles of animal feeding
Major: Veterinary Medicine
Study Type: one cycle
Course type: optional
Study Semester: 5
ECTS points: 2
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 15 / 0
Lecturer: Prof. dr hab. Wojciech Zawadzki
Language of instruction: Polish


Learning outcomes: Student knows the building of animal organism in detail; it be able to explain the setting in him mechanisms of digestion and absorption. Moreover it possesses with range of nourishment of individual species home animals knowledge.

Competences: Student can approach to continuing studies that is to objects such how dietetician\'s np.. Student knows and influence of animals\' nourishment be able to analyse on health. It be able to use in aim of achievement of appointed animal aims the knowledge

Prerequisites: Biophysics, Anatomy, Biochemistry, Cell of biology, Histology of the animals\', Animal physiology and embryology, Feeding of animals

Course content: Digestion and absorption with animals foods. General messages about physiology of feeding. Chosen the questions with transformation of matter and the energy. Behaviour oneself connected animals from accepting food. Physiological bases of the dogs\' feeding and the cats, as well as the farm animals, birds. The physiology of digestion and the absorption.

Recommended literature: Dusza L. (red.): The Animals\' physiology from elements of anatomy. The publishing house of University Warmińsko - Mazurian Olsztyn, 2001.; Krzymowski T., Przała J. (red.): Animals\' physiology. State Agricultural Publishing house and Forest Warsaw, 2005.; Reece W. O.: Physiology of domestic animals. Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia - London, 1991.; Schmidt - Nielsen K.: Animals\' physiology. Adaptation to environment. Publishing house scientific PWN, Warsaw 2008; Zawadzki W. (red.): Physiological bases of the animals\' feeding. UPW, Wroclaw, 2008.

Assessment methods: Written test

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