| Department of Large Animal Sciences | |||||||||||||||||
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| Duration | 1 semester | ||||||||||||||||
| Credits | 24 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||||||
| Course Level | MSc | ||||||||||||||||
| Examination | oral examination Aid allowed Description of Examination: 13-point scale, external examiner Description of Examination: | ||||||||||||||||
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| Block Placement | E SUP | ||||||||||||||||
| Teaching Language | English | ||||||||||||||||
| Optional Prerequisites | 068526 Thematic Course: Animal Physiology and Nutrition 065511 065311 Animal Breeding, Basic Course 095311 Production Economics 095421 either 095311 or 095421 | ||||||||||||||||
| Course Objectives | |||||||||||||||||
| The aim is to enable analyses and evaluations of problems in animal production and to suggest solutions. Both should be put into a holistic view. Therefore, it is essential to understand how an arbitrary animal production functions. Understanding the dynamic aspects, basic principles and theories in animal production is a goal. Likewise, importance is attached to how theories are used or what limits the use of theories in an animal production, both within and between the different species. | |||||||||||||||||
| Course Contents | |||||||||||||||||
| The course will give a holistic definition of animal production (factors, processes, main objectives and restrictions from the surroundings and the farmer). Emphasis is made on relations between factors and objectives, interactions between factors and mutual relations between objectives. Factors such as buildings and inventory, management and disease prevention will be included. Examples of main objectives could be earnings, working conditions, animal welfare, environment and the quality of the animal products. An example of a constriction could be legislation. The course deals with poultry-, cattle- and pig production, and it is possible to work with productions in both the tropics and in temperate climate zones and in both organic and conventional systems. | |||||||||||||||||
| Teaching And Learning Methods | |||||||||||||||||
| The teaching will be problem oriented and use the exemplary principle, based on both cases and projects. Students work in groups most of the time. The size of the groups may vary between 3 and 5 persons. The students are expected to take a great deal of responsibility for their own learning. This includes literature review and participation in plenum discussions. The first 7 weeks will be used to work with cases and lectures. Excursions are also arranged. All groups deliver a report from the different cases. The last 7 weeks will be used for project work. | |||||||||||||||||
| Course Litterature | |||||||||||||||||
| 1) Wittemore, C.T.1998. The Science and Practice of Pig Production. 2nd ed. Blackwell Science Ltd. 2) Anonymous, 2001. Interdisciplinary report "Housing design for Cattle,- Danish recommendations. 3rd ed. The Danish Agricultural Advisory Center. Aarhus, Denmark. 3) Pagot, J. 1992. Animal Production in the Tropics and Subtropics. The Macmillian Press Ltd. | |||||||||||||||||
| Course Coordinator | |||||||||||||||||
| Anders Ringgaard Kristensen, ark@dina.kvl.dk, Department of Large Animal Sciences/Production and Health, Phone: 35333091 | |||||||||||||||||
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