Course name: Ruminant nutrition and feeding systems for large ruminants
Course period and place:
September 21 to
|
Date |
Day |
Time |
Subject |
Teachers |
|
09/22 |
Mon |
09.00-11.30 |
Future
effects of competition for Food, Feed, Fuel and Feedstock |
RAL |
|
“ |
“ |
13.30-16.00 |
Energy sources: production and processing: (eg: Sugar cane and
by-products) |
RAL/TRP |
|
09/23 |
Tues |
09.00 - 11.30 |
The need for animal protein
and future human health |
RAL |
|
“ |
“ |
13.30 - 16.00 |
Exercise on searching the literature for information on tropical feed
resources) |
RAL/TRP |
|
09/24 |
Wed |
09.00-11.30 |
The microbial digestive
system of ruminants |
RAL |
|
“ |
“ |
13.30 - 16.00 |
Protein sources: Production and processing (eg: tree and shrub
foliages) |
RAL/TRP |
|
09/25 |
Thur |
09.00 - 11.30 |
Factors effecting microbial
growth efficiency in the rumen and the utilization of low protein/low
digestibility forage |
RAL |
|
“ |
“ |
13.30 - 16.00 |
Feeding systems with sugar cane and by-products |
RAL/TRP |
|
09/26 |
Fri |
0900 - 11.30 |
Interaction of microbial
nutrition and its impact on the requirements for bypass nutrients by the
animal. |
RAL |
|
“ |
|
13.30 - 16.00 |
Feeding systems with root and fruit crops and by-products |
RAL/TRP |
|
09/27 |
Sat |
0900-1600 |
Field trip to Cassava and
cattle region in An Giang |
TRP/RAL/VTA |
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“ |
“ |
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09/28 |
Sun |
|
Free |
|
|
Date |
Day |
Time |
Subject |
Teachers |
|
09/29 |
Mon |
09.00-11.30 |
Leptin its role in animal
homeostasis |
RAL |
|
“ |
“ |
13.30-16.00 |
Appetite control and leptin
secretion by fat cells |
RAL |
|
09/30 |
Tues |
09.00 - 11.30 |
Critical aspects of
metabolism in ruminants |
RAL |
|
“ |
“ |
13.30 - 16.00 |
Feeding systems with cereal crop residues |
RAL/TRP |
|
10/01 |
Wed |
09.00-11.30 |
Benefits of enhanced protein
nutrition on reproductive efficiency [ovulation, growth of placenta, foetus,
development of the mammary gland and the production of colostrum] and
subsequent growth of young animals |
RAL |
|
“ |
“ |
13.30 - 16.00 |
Integrating trees into pasture-based systems |
RAL/TRP |
|
10/02 |
Thur |
09.00 - 11.30 |
Metabolisable energy v
Balanced Nutrition |
RAL |
|
“ |
“ |
13.30 - 16.00 |
Calculating response curves (economic vs biological optima) |
RAL/TRP |
|
10/03 |
Fri |
0900 - 11.30 |
Interaction of microbial
nutrition and its impact on the requirements for bypass nutrients by the
animal. |
RAL |
|
“ |
|
13.30 - 16.00 |
Nutrition and the
development of the immune system |
RAL |
|
10/04 |
Sat |
09.00 – 11.30 |
Factors
influencing the requirements for essential amino acids by ruminants: Toxic
factors in plants; Intestinal parasites; Blood parasites; Disease; Protein in
available feed |
RAL |
|
“ |
“ |
13.30 – 16.00 |
Examination |
RAL/TRP |
|
10/05 |
Sun |
|
Free |
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