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HU Credits:
5
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
animal sciences
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Rehovot
Course/Module Coordinator:
Dr. Sameer Mabjeesh
Coordinator Office Hours:
by appointment
Teaching Staff:
Prof Sameer Mabjeesh
Ms.
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Course/Module description:
Introduction to feeds and roughage of ruminants. The importance of season and age on feed stuffs quality. The relationship between chemical analysis and feeds value. Storage methods for feed stuffs. The use of byproducts feeds in ruminants rations. The effect of chemical and physical treatments on feeds quality and their nutritional value. Anti nutritional components in feeds. Nutrients requirements of energy and protein. Methods and models to evaluate the nutritional value of feeds in ruminants ration. Software practicing for building rations for productive.
Course/Module aims:
Learn on foods for ruminants and assessment methods
Understanding Gavish nutrition software and its use and control constraints and practices required for the diets in various branches
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
acquire knowledge on feeds and desgin a diet for ruminants
Attendance requirements(%):
100
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
lectures, assingment, laboratory practice and field trip
Course/Module Content:
-Ingredients animal feeds characteristics for ruminants, food quiality, the impact of age and season on animal feed composition. the conection between the chemical comp[osition and the nutritional value.
-Methods of food preservation
-industrial and recycled byproducts. physical and chemical treatment effects on food value.
-non-nutritional components in animal feeds
-defining energy and protein requirements for ruminants
- food evaluation methods for ruminants
- calculation methods for rumminant nutritional requierments
Required Reading:
none
Additional Reading Material:
Appear in moodle
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 70 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 15 %
Reports 15 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
Additional information:
Appears in a file in moodle
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