APPLIED ANIMAL PRODUCTION

Learning Objectives

• Sustainable management of animal production systems

  Aim of the course is to improve knowledge on the management of small ruminants and swine to guarantee sustainable production and high quality products

• HYGIENE AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF ANIMAL FARMS

  To give knowledge on the problematic concerning hygiene in animal farms.To give knowledge on the means for preservation of animal health and welfare.Also to give knowledge on interaction between the animal production systems and the environment.

Detailed Course Content

• Sustainable management of animal production systems

  Small ruminant management in Mediterranean areas: intake, herbage selection, pasture management, stocking rate. Organic animal husbandry. Use of local feeding sources (alternative legume seeds, agro-industrial by-products) in animal nutrition and relative effects on product quality. Traceability of feeding system in animal products. Swine husbandry in plein air. Spectrocolorimetric procedures to measure phenols and oxidative stability in animal products. Gas-chromatografic techniques to determine fatty acid composition in animal products, Dietary strategies to reduce GHG emissions in ruminants.

• HYGIENE AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF ANIMAL FARMS

  Immunity and vaccine. The disinfection. Main diseases of cattle and sheep. Hygiene of the milk and meat production chain. Hygiene of the slaughter procedures. Animal welfare: heat stress; animal welfare during the transportation and at the slaughterhouse. Interaction between the animal production systems and the environment. Technical strategies to contrast the natural resources deterioration.

Textbook Information

• Sustainable management of animal production systems

  1. Pulina G. - Dairy sheep feeding and nutrition. Ed. Avenue Media.

  2. Pulina, G. - Dairy goats feeding and nutrition. CABI.

  PDF slides and scientific articles supplied by lecturer.

• HYGIENE AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF ANIMAL FARMS

  1. Bertoni G.( a cura di ) ( 2006). Il benessere degli animali da reddito: quale e come valutarlo. Fondazione Iniziative Zooprofilattiche e Zootecniche, Brescia. Volume n 67. http://www.fondiz.it.

  2. Crovetto G., Sandrucci A.( a cura di) (2010). Allevamento animale e riflessi ambientali. Fondazione Iniziative Zooprofilattiche e Zootecniche, Brescia. Volume n 78. http://www.fondiz.it.

  3. Farina R., Scatozza F.( a cura di) (2002). Trattato di malattie infettive degli animali. UTET.

  4. Molinari C. ( a cura di) (2006). La bovina da latte. Gestione delle fasi di maggiore criticità nell’allevamento della lattifera. Edagricole.

  5. Montemurrro N. (2002). Igiene zootecnica. Edagricole.

  6. Pisoni G. (2007). La mastite nell’allevamento bovino da latte. Point Veterinarie Italie.

  7. Provolo G.(2008). La gestione dei reflui zootecnici. Point Veterinarie Italie.

  8. Tantillo G. M. (2001). La produzione igienica della carne. Edagricole.