Overview
Throughout this Livestock Nutrition and Feeding course from the University of Reading will explore the variety of livestock feeds, including their manufacture and food safety issues, 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 feed industry’s role in meeting these requirements.
This course would benefit those working in the livestock or feed industries and producers or retailers looking to increase their understanding of their supply chain.
Learning outcomes:
By the end of the course, participants 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
- Demonstrate good academic practice in the use, citation and referencing of source material
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Visit programme websiteProgramme Structure
Courses include:
- Role and importance of livestock in agricultural systems
- Nutrition requirements for livestock
- Livestock feeds and feeds characterisation
- Feed manufacture and safety
- Challenges and opportunities facing the livestock feed industry
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Duration
- Part-time
- 2 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- StartingApplication deadline not specified.
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Nutrition & Dietetics Food Science Animal Science View 34 other Short Courses in Food Science in United KingdomExplore more key information
Visit programme websiteAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
Graduate level or relevant experience
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Visit programme websiteTuition Fee
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International
850 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 850 GBP for the full programme during 2 months. -
National
850 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 850 GBP for the full programme during 2 months.