Learning objectives
The student aquires the skills to evaluate the environmental, managerial and individual factors that drives dairy cattle diet formulation. Moreover, the students learn in the practice the milking process.
Prerequisites
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Course unit content
Registration of farm data related to diet formulation of dairy cattle. Individual nutritional evaluation on cows.
Milking process.
Full programme
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Bibliography
Nutrient Requirements of Dairy Cattle:
Seventh Revised Edition, 2001 - THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS
Teaching methods
Lectures and practical activity. Direct evaluations on individual animals. Milking.
Assessment methods and criteria
Practical test.
Other information
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