| Responsible Department | Department of Large Animal Sciences
75 % Department of Basic Animal and Veterinary Sciences 25 % | ||||||||||||||
| Earliest Possible Year | MSc. 1 year to Post experience Master´s Programme | ||||||||||||||
| Duration | One block | ||||||||||||||
| Credits | 15 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||||
| Level of Course | MSc | ||||||||||||||
| Examination | Final Examination oral examination Portfolio Examination All aids allowed Description of Examination: Oral examination based on elaborated project report and pensum Weight: Oral examination: 100% 7-point scale, internal examiner | ||||||||||||||
| Requirement for Attending Exam | Submission of project report | ||||||||||||||
| Organisation of Teaching | Lectures, seminars and project work | ||||||||||||||
| Block Placement | Block 1 Week Structure: Outside schedule, All course activity will take place on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays | ||||||||||||||
| Language of Instruction | English | ||||||||||||||
| Optional Prerequisites | 260039 Animal nutrition and performance 260040 Anatomy and Physiology 260043 Ethology 260046 Experimental Animal Nutrition and Physiology, part 1 (EANP1) 260050 Advanced Animal Production Science | ||||||||||||||
| Restrictions | None | ||||||||||||||
| Course Content | |||||||||||||||
| Nutrition of the healthy animal: . as affected by life stage (growth, reproduction, lactation) . for performance (incl the horse athlete), health and longevity . malnutrition disorders and their prevention Feed manufacturing and appropriate feedstuffs for horses . incl. nutritional value, quality, and feed technology Management, husbandry and training at group, individual and population level . Management principles to obtain and maintain healthy individuals incl prophylactic vaccination, anti-parasite, hoof, harness and dental programs . Legislation regarding management and husbandry relevant to horses . Performance, training and management of the horse athlete for performance in a life time perspective Horse and breeding strategies . to maintain healthy populations . to achieve desired performance traits Behaviour and welfare: . Normal behaviour in horses . Environmental enrichment to maintain normal behaviour . Prevention of behaviour problems | |||||||||||||||
| Teaching and learning Methods | |||||||||||||||
| The course is centred on a group based project work. Throughout the course, the students will be working in groups. Lectures and seminars are concentrated in the first part of the course to support the project work. | |||||||||||||||
| Learning Outcome | |||||||||||||||
| This course will focus on nutrition, management and husbandry issues pertaining to horses. The core of the course will be the quantitative aspects of horse science, focused at group level but extending down to individual animal and up to populations. The course will be concerned with healthy animals. Students will obtain knowledge of optimal nutrition and management practices incl. breeding and training, feeding and physical environment to ensure health, longevity and performance. Graduates will be equipped with academic competences enabling them to work in several areas within the equine sector incl. . Food companies . Horse breeders . Horseback riding institutions . Veterinary support industries . Horse advisory services . Government advisory service . Local government advisory service/registration . Animal legislation . Hunting and gamesport associations . Sporting nutrition . Entertainment industry . Zoos, wildlife parks . Research . Teaching This MSc-course focuses on nutrition and feeding at different life stages, feed manufacturing, management, appropriate environment, processing and quality, behaviour, horse breeding, physiology and training of horses for performance and longevity. The aim is to educate graduates with the following competence profile: Knowledge The student is able to: . Account for quantitative nutrition and feeding at different life stages (maintenance, growth, reproduction, lactation) to optimize health, performance and longevity and prevention of malnutrition. . Account for principles of different feed stuffs and feed manufacturing . Account for legislation relating to management and husbandry relevant to horses . Account for important principles in management at group level but extending down to the individual and up to populations regarding husbandry, breeding, horses and their relation to the animals' physical environment, health, behaviour, welfare, and longevity. Skills The student is able to . Apply methods to evaluate feed formulation and feed quality . Apply methods for evaluation of the interactions between animal nutrition, health, animal behaviour and physical environment and advice within these areas. . Quantify and model animal life processes, from cellular to whole body level, including nutritional, biochemical, genetic, and physiological processes. Competencies The student is able to . Understand relevant scientific principles, perform relevant experiments and to analyse and critically evaluate scientific literature. . Use relevant scientific principles to evaluate and analyse the animals' nutritional-, health- and welfare status, and the quality of their physical environment. . Formulate and optimise diets and training schemes for horses at different life stages and for horses under different physical activity or training conditions to optimize performance and prevent malnutrition and performance related disorders. . Apply principles of important food processing methods, and how they influence the nutritive value and applicability of diets of horses at different life stages and in different physical activity . Account for behavioural aspects of welfare . To perform evaluation of nutrition, welfare and management relevant to legislative issues in horses | |||||||||||||||
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| To be announced | |||||||||||||||
| Course Coordinator | |||||||||||||||
| Julie Fjeldborg, jf@life.ku.dk, Department of Large Animal Sciences/Medicine and Surgery, Phone: 353-32872 | |||||||||||||||
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