Feeding and Welfare of Pig Specie, in Practice
A.Y. 2022/2023
Learning objectives
Provide students with a technical and scientific background in order to approach the relationship between pig welfare and nutrition and management. Particular attention will be paid to the pig welfare assessment according to the "Welfare Quality" protocol and to the evaluation of some biological indicators of stress.
Expected learning outcomes
At the end of the course, student will be able to recognize the critical situations related to the welfare of pigs and provide theoretical / practical indications for overcoming them.
Lesson period: Second semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
Course syllabus
Feeding at farm
Nutritional strategies for pig welfare improving
Methods of stress evaluation
Welfare assessment and Pig Welfare quality protocol
Legislation and issues related to welfare in pigs ; special focus on castration and tail docking
Practical activities
Lab analyses
Visits to pig farms
Reports draft
Computer formulation
Nutritional strategies for pig welfare improving
Methods of stress evaluation
Welfare assessment and Pig Welfare quality protocol
Legislation and issues related to welfare in pigs ; special focus on castration and tail docking
Practical activities
Lab analyses
Visits to pig farms
Reports draft
Computer formulation
Prerequisites for admission
Basic knowledge of nutrition
Teaching methods
Frontal lectures in classroom and practical activities in the laboratory and in the computer room. Technical visits to pig farms
Teaching Resources
The material will be made available by the teacher during the course and made available on the Ariel platform
Assessment methods and Criteria
Verification of learning will consist in the presentation and discussion of a topic carried out in class and in a written test to verify knowledge of the theory.
Criteria for assessing the acquisition of knowledge / skills:
Exposure skills and specific terminology
Adequacy of the answers in the written test.
Criteria for assessing the acquisition of knowledge / skills:
Exposure skills and specific terminology
Adequacy of the answers in the written test.
AGR/18 - ANIMAL NUTRITION AND FEEDING - University credits: 3
Practicals: 16 hours
Lessons: 16 hours
Lessons: 16 hours
Professor:
Pastorelli Grazia
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