Learn about, understand and manage animal feeding
In this course, you'll evaluate different animal foods and food products. Learn the composition of a range of feeds, including pasture, fodder crops, grasses, cereals, seed, and other edible plants. This course also explains the role of proteins, vitamins and minerals in animal diets. It will help you build the skills required to evaluate feeding and select appropriate feeds, including for digestibility and nutritional content, for real life farming situations.
Course Duration: 100 hours
Course Structure
This course is 10 lessons.
- Introduction to animal foods
- Terms and Definitions
- Groups of Foods
- Other Terms That Are Used
- Food Processing Terms
- Water
- Food components: carbohydrates and fats
- Carbohydrates
- Carbohydrates as a Source Of Energy
- Fats and Oils
- Adipose Tissue Deposits in Animals
- Fat Deposits in Different Animals
- Food components: proteins, minerals, and trace elements
- Composition of Proteins
- The Build Up Of Proteins
- Biological Value of Protein
- Protein Content of Foods
- The Function of Protein
- Feeding Urea to Ruminants
- Major Minerals
- Trace Elements
- Vitamins
- Evaluating foods and digestibility
- Analysis of Feed Stuffs
- Calculating Digestibility
- Protein Value
- Energy Value
- Nutrient Value of Some Common Foods
- Classifying foods: Part A
- Cereals and Cereal By-Products
- Brewing By-Products
- Grasses, Legumes and Succulents
- Lucerne
- Sainfoin
- Other Succulent Foods
- Roughage, Hay, Silage and Dried Grass
- Classifying foods: Part B
- Oil and Legume Seeds
- Oil Seeds and Their Products
- Legume Seeds
- Classifying foods: Part C
- Fodder Trees and Animal Products
- Fodder Trees and Shrubs
- Animal Products
- Calculating rations: Part A
- The Object of Rationing
- Nutritional Requirements of the Animal
- Calculating a Maintenance Ration
- Cattle at Pasture
- Working Out Rations for a Herd
- Calculating rations: Part B
- Nutrient Requirements for a Dairy Cow
- Working Out the Total Requirements
- Feeding a Ration to Meet Nutrient Needs
- The Dairy Ration
- Calculating rations: Part C
- Ready Mix Feeds
- Using Protein Contents
- A Summary of Rationing
- Further Considerations in Rationing
Who Can Benefit From this Course?
- Farmers
- Livestock breeders
- Feed Suppliers
- Animal Food and Supplement Manufacturers
WHY ACS?
Reputation: well-known and respected.
Industry focus: courses designed to suit industry needs and expectations.
Different focus: develop problem solving skills that make you stand out from others.
Hands-on: develop practical as well as theoretical skills.
Lots of help: dedicated and knowledgeable tutors.
Efficient: prompt responses to your questions.
A long track record: established in 1979 with a solid history.
Up to date: courses under constant review.
Resources: huge wealth of constantly developing intellectual property.
Value: courses compare very favourably on a cost per study hour basis.
Student amenities: online student room, bookshop, ebooks.
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