Animal Husbandry (Animal Feed and Nutrition)

Overview

This Animal Husbandry (Animal Feed and Nutrition) course from Warnborough College explains the role of proteins, vitamins and minerals in animal diets. It equips you with the skills required to evaluate feeding and select appropriate feeds – for digestibility and nutritional content – applicable to real life farming situations.

Course Aims

• Explain the importance of feed quality in livestock production.

• Describe the various food groups that animal foodstuffs are based upon.

• Define at least fifteen relevant industry terms related to livestock feed, feeding and feed processing.

• Explain the role of water in animal nutrition.

• Describe three different, commercially available, animal feeds, including the composition and appropriate uses for each.

• List the chemical names of at least five different carbohydrates which are of importance to animal production.

• Evaluate the roles of four different carbohydrates in animal metabolism.

• List the important sources of carbohydrates for at least four different types of farm animals.

• List the chemical names of at least five different fats which are important to animal production.

• Compare fat deposition patterns in three different animals.

• Explain the role of two different lipids in animal metabolism.

• List the important sources of fats and lipids used in livestock feeds.

• Explain the importance of proteins to animal production.

• Describe the chemical composition of naturally occurring proteins.

• List the sources of protein commonly used in foodstuffs for two different types of farm animal species.

• Explain the differences in protein requirements for different animals.

• List five vitamins of importance in livestock nutrition.

• List five minerals of importance in livestock nutrition, including their: *source foods *requirement levels *physiological functions *deficiency symptoms.

• List five trace elements of importance in livestock nutrition, and including their: *source foods *requirement levels *physiological functions *deficiency symptoms.

• Prepare a one page chart or table comparing the vitamin, mineral, protein and trace elements components of three different commercial animal feeds.

• Explain the function and source of the various nutritional components found in three different commercial livestock nutrient supplements.

• Describe the components of a specified animal feed.