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Course details
Course code: VVSS00263f13Semester: 2013/2014 winter
Name: Nutritional physiology of animals
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 / English
Learning outcomes: Knowledge: -Student knows in detail the construction of the animal Student can explain the mechanisms occurring in the digestion and absorption -Student has knowledge of nutrition of individual species of domestic animals Practical skills: -Student knows and is able to analyze the impact of animal nutrition on health -Student can use the knowledge in order to achieve the objectives of breeding
Competences: Student may take to continue their studies or to items such as a dietitian.
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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