Basics principles of the physiology, health and behaviour of farm animals
Objectives
The objectives of this sub-unit are to:
Discover and/or update knowledge in animal physiology, including nutrition, growth, reproduction and lactation
Discover and/or update knowledge in animal health and behaviour
Learn how to observe and analyse animal physiological functions and their response to the environment
- Introduction
- How feed is used by animal organisms and what are animal requirements?
- How to improve animal health and welfare?
- Which housing conditions and evaluation of environmental impacts?
- Observe and analyse animal production and animal response to the environment : performance, productivity, health and behaviour indicators
