VSC332 Advanced Animal Nutrition And Biochemistry (8)
CSU Discipline Area: Animal and Vet Science (ANVET)
Duration: One session
Abstract:
The subject extends the study of nutrition of ruminants, particularly applied nutrition, review and analysis of rations and the management of the major nutritional disorders of ruminant species. The nutritional requirements of companion animal species (dogs, cats and horses), performance animals (horses, working/sport dogs) and animals of intensive production (pigs, poultry and farmed fish) are investigated as well as discussion of nutritional deficiencies, imbalances and potential toxicities that may occur in these species. For the farmed species, the relationships between health, nutrition and production including immune function, growth, reproduction, lactation and egg production, are examined. For the performance animals, the specifics of feeding for optimum performance are investigated, including the common nutritional disorders of this group. The nutrition of the companion animal species will be discussed in relation to the management of special needs patients including the obese, geriatric or chronically diseased animal.
+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations
| Session 1 | |
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| Internal | Wagga Wagga |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: VSC332
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Assumed Knowledge:
To succesful undertake this subject students are assumed to have prior knowlege of biochemistry and general animal nutrition
Enrolment restrictions:
Restricted to students enrolled in the
Bachelor of Veterinary Science
Bachelor of Veterinary Biology/Bachelor of Veterinary Science
Bachelor of Veterinary Biology/Bachelor of Veterinary Science (Honours)
and Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Animal Science
Bachelor of Animal Science (Honours)
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- Be able to formulate rations for farmed and companion animals for various physiological states based on the nutrient requirements of the species and the nutrient content of potential feed ingredients
- Be able to analyse rations and commercial foods fed to farmed and companion animals and comment on the suitability of the ration/food
- Be able to recognise and describe the interaction between disease or reduced production and nutrition
- Be able to provide advice to clients on the nutritional requirements of companion animal species, including animals with special needs.
- Be able to identify plants and their associated toxic agents that commonly cause poisoning of farmed and companion animals
- Be able to describe the mode of action of plant toxins and their ultimate effects on farmed and companion animals
- Be able to list potential feed contaminants and describe their mode(s) of action when animals ingest these contaminants
- Be able to apply and assimilate information from disparate sources to novel situations
- Be able to critically evaluate scientific literature and complex concepts presented in a scientific format
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
- General nutrition: livestock and companion animal feed industries; feed contaminants and toxicants; plant toxins and antinutritional factors; nutrient interations; and econutrition (including sustainable nutrient use).
- Ruminant nutrition: interactions between nutrition and disease; metabolic disorders including ketosis, pregnancy toxaemia, acidosis, hypocalcaemia and hypomagnesaemia; and nutrient requirements of goats, cervids and camelids.
- Pig nutrition: nutrient requirements; feeds and feed additives; and nutrition-related health disorders including gastroenteritis and gastric ulcers.
- Equine nutrition: nutrient requirements of mares and foals, stallions, growing horses and performance horses; and nutrition related health disorders including laminitis, gastric ulcers, hyperlipaemia, equine metabolic syndrome and exertional rhabdomolysis.
- Companion animal nutrition: nutritient requirements of cats and dogs including life-stage nutrition (pregnancy, lactation, and growth); nutrition management associated with obesity, joint problems, skin sensitivities, gastro-intestinal disease, renal and urinary problems; and nutrition management of geriatric, cancer and critical care patients.
- Poultry nutrition: nutrient requirements of layers; nutrient requirements of broilers; and nutrition-related disorders.
- Aquaculture nutrition: nutrient requirements for production and organoleptic characteristics; and nutrition-related disorders.
The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 24 April 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.