Course overview
This course provides students with a solid grounding in animal metabolism and nutrition to allow them to develop sound, evidence-based advice to clients wishing to maximise the profitability, health, longevity, product quality or athletic performance of animals. The course builds on a platform of knowledge of nutritional principles and the roles of energy, protein, lipids, carbohydrates, macro- and micro-nutrients in biochemical pathways. These principles are then applied to feed formulation for dogs, cats, horses, beef cattle, dairy cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry, wildlife, pocket pets, exotic animals, and farmed finfish. The consequences of an inadequate supply of the essential nutrients are considered in detail. The course has a strong hands-on, practical focus to develop in students an awareness of the importance of nutrition as a frontline determinant of animal health, welfare and production. Emphasis is placed on self-initiative, the development of skills in teamwork, and the application of a critical, science-based approach to practical nutrition.
Course learning outcomes
- Define essentiality of a nutrient and identify the different forms of energy that can be provided to animals, and the way animals attempt to satisfy their energy requirements
- Design diets for animals from first principles, list major minerals and vitamins and describe their roles in metabolism and describe the interactions between proteins, carbohydrates and lipids in animal metabolism and how imbalances of these result in dysfunction
- Apply critical thinking and an evidence-based approach to animal nutrition and demonstrate skills in data collection, analysis, synthesis, report writing and communication
Availability
Class details
Roseworthy Campus
Class number 56447
Section LE01
Size 90
Available 90
Notes:
Class number 56448
Section PR01
Size 90
Available 90
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