Livestock Nutrition and Feeding University of Reading

Overview

Throughout this Livestock Nutrition and Feeding course from the University of Reading , you will explore the variety of livestock feeds, including their manufacture and issues of food safety, and develop an understanding of how these can be used to meet the nutritional requirements of different livestock. Additionally, you will develop the ability to formulate diets for specific livestock, and the role of the feed industry in meeting these requirements.

This course would be particularly useful to those working in the livestock or feed industries, but also for producers or retailers looking to increase their understanding of their supply chain. 

Aims:

• To provide a systematic understanding and critical awareness of the opportunities and constraints associated with optimising the health and performance of farmed livestock through nutrition.

Learning outcomes:

By the end of the module, students will be able to:

• Critically evaluate the role of feed and nutrition in the maintenance of livestock health and performance

• Critically appraise the challenges and opportunities that face the livestock feed industry

• Demonstrate an ability to formulate diets for different classes of livestock

• Use appropriate tools to identify reliable information and literature on a given topic

• Communicate research findings clearly