Morphological feeding and animal welfare

Academic Year 2015/2016 - 3° Year - Curriculum ZOOTECNICO ECONOMICO
Teaching Staff Credit Value: 12
Scientific field
  • AGR/18 - Animal nutrition and feeding
  • AGR/19 - Animal science
Taught classes: 64 hours
Term / Semester:

Detailed Course Content

  • Morphological evaluations of farm animals and animal welfare

    Descriptive terminology of skeletal structure; Anatomy and physiology of mammary system; Evaluation of defects; Ideal type standards; Measures and indices. Morphological, functional and constitutional types. Judging dairy cows.
    Basic knowledge of animal welfare


Textbook Information

  • Morphological evaluations of farm animals and animal welfare

    1) D. Balasini – Zoognostica – Edagricole;
    2) Bortolami-Callegari-Beghelli – Anatomia e Fisiologia degli animali domestici – Edagricole;