EN Lectures: 1. Introduction to the animal nutrition and feeding. Composition of plants and animal organism. 2. Digestive processes in respective animals, digestibility of feedstuffs, factors affecting feed digestibility. The nutrients - the role of different nutrients from nutritional standpoint: water - sources, requirements, functions. 3. The nutrients - the role of different nutrients from nutritional standpoint: proteins - composition, classification, sources, digestion and absorption in monogastric and polygastric animals, use of NPN, amino acids composition of food and protein synthesis. 4. The nutrients - the role of different nutrients from nutritional standpoint: lipids - classification, sources, digestion in poly- and monogastric animals, metabolism, fat deposits, energy release, yellow fat, role of essential fatty acids. 5. The nutrients - the role of different nutrients from nutritional standpoint: carbohydrates - classification, sources, digestion in polygastric and monogastric animals, metabolism, release of energy. 6. The nutrients - the role of different nutrients from nutritional standpoint: minerals - macro and trace elements, sources, absorption, functions, interrelationships. 7. The nutrients - the role of different nutrients from nutritional standpoint: vitamins - classification, sources, absorption, functions, factors affecting their bio activity 8. Bioenergetics – kinds of energy, energy metabolism, energy balance, methods of energy evaluation of feedstuffs, TDN, ME, NE, Energy utilization, calculation of gross, digestible and metabolisable energy of different feeds in ruminants and monogastric animals, comparison of results 9. Feedstuffs: classification, nutritional implications of food production and processing. Feedstuffs: forages - nutrient composition, - use in feeding of respective animals. 10. Feedstuffs: preserved feeds - Silage, haylage, hay 11. Feedstuffs: energy concentrates - nutrient composition - use in feeding of respective animals (grain of cereals and by-products, molasses, fats and oils) 12. Feedstuffs: protein supplements – nutrient composition – use in feeding of respective animals, anti-nutritional factors 13. Feed additives and Feed processing Practical lessons: 1. Analysis of feeding stuffs, sampling of different feedstuffs, Weende method, preparation of feedstuffs for laboratory analysis, safety work in laboratory 2. Analysis of feeding stuffs - determination of dry matter of respective feeds, importance, calculation of laboratory, original dry matter, absolute dry matter as a way to compare the nutritional value of feeds 3. Analysis of feeding stuffs - determination of total ash in respective feed samples, importance, calculation of ash in respective dry matter, determination of minerals in feeds (Flame spectrophotometer) 4. Analysis of feeding stuffs - determination of crude protein (Kjeldahl method – digestion, distillation, titration) in respective feed samples, determination of amino acids, BVP, EAAI, PER, importance of crude protein, calculation in respective dry matter 5. Analysis of feeding stuffs - determination of crude fat in forage and concentrates, calculation, importance of EE, calculation in respective dry matter 6. Analysis of feeding stuffs - determination of crude fibre, acid hydrolysis, alkaline hydrolysis, drying, burning, calculation, importance of CF, NDF, ADF, calculation of CF in respective dry matter 7. Analysis of feeding stuffs, Calculation of NFE, evaluation of results of feedstuff analysis, test 8. Determination of feed digestibility, importance, methods to determine feed digestibility - Biological methods – direct conventional method, conditions, calculation of coefficients of digestibility in sheep determined by direct conventional method, comparison of digestibility of different nutrients, test 9. Determination of digestibility - indirect conventional methods, use of indicators and nylon bags, laboratory (in vitro) methods, calculation of coefficients of nutrient digestibility 10. Energy in feeds, distribution of energy in the body, evaluation of energy in different animal species, calculation of analyzed feed energy for different animal species 11. Feedstuffs classification, nutritional value of feedstuffs, identification of feedstuffs, concentrate characteristics, identification of feed ingredients, anti nutritional factors present in feeds 12. Practical evaluation of silage quality, evaluation of fermentation process, nutritional value of silage, comparison of results 13. Practical evaluation of hay and straw quality, factors affecting nutritional value, credit |
