In order to pass the course, the student must have active participation in lectures and practical training. The prerequisite for passing the examination is the preparation and defence of a seminar paper on the topic assigned by the supervisor (in the range A-E), which is the result of self-study. The examination is awarded on the basis of an assessment of the knowledge acquired (in the A-E range).

Learning outcomes are verified by the preparation of a seminar paper, its defence and a final examination.

Nutritional and dietetic evaluation of rations. Quality and healthfulness of feeds, nutritional diagnostics in relation to production, reproduction, health and ecological burden on the environment. Phasic nutrition of animals in terms of nutritional saturation of growth and development, level and quality of production, stage of reproduction, climatic and technological effects of housing in relation to species and breed. Phasic nutrition of animals, nutrient intake and concentration, effect on ruminal and intermediary metabolism, nutrient interaction and their metabolic transformation in terms of manifestation of nutritional, production and health burden, nutritional prevention of disorders and formation of productive health of food animals. Application of clinical nutrition principles in the correction of nutritional and metabolic stresses in domestic animals.

Green M., et al. 2012: Dairy herd health. CABI org, UK by CPI Group, p. 312, ISBN 978-1-84593-997-7

Buffington; Holloway; Abood: Manual of veterinary dietetics, St. Louis : Saunders, 2004

Raymond J. Geor & Pat Harris & Manfred Coenen: Equine Applied and Clinical Nutrition, 2013

Conditions for completion of course:

In order to pass the course, the student must have active participation in lectures and practical training. The prerequisite for passing the examination is the preparation and defence of a seminar paper on the topic assigned by the supervisor (in the range A-E), which is the result of self-study. The examination is awarded on the basis of an assessment of the knowledge acquired (in the A-E range).