Companion Animal and Equine Breeding

The course aims to provide fundamental knowledge on companion animals and equine management, nutrition and applied veterinary clinical nutrition in order to ensure animal welfare and health. Provide the basics of animal nutrition by addressing aspects related to metabolism and the use of nutrients, chemical characteristics of feedstuffs.

1) Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: The student must demonstrate that he/she is able to apply the knowledge acquired through the formulation of rations both for pets in the different physiological phases and during the most frequent diseases. The students must be able to recognize and evaluate the feed commonly used in diets formulation.
2) Autonomy o judgment: The student must be able to deal critically and proactively with the study of the subject, analyzing the material provided by the teacher, the recommended texts and the official web sites. The practical-practical lessons will contribute specifically to develop in the student critical and judgmental skills on breeding problems, on the relationships between different aspects of animal management, on the diets formulated in relation to the different physiological phases.
3) Communication skills: During the frontal and practical lessons, the student must be able to present the acquired knowledge, using appropriate terminology, updated and in harmony with the other disciplines.
4)Communication: During the frontal and practical lessons, the student must be able to present the acquired knowledge, using appropriate terminology, updated and in harmony with the other disciplines.
5) Life long learning skills: At the end of the course, which integrates theoretical and practical training, students will acquire skills to tackle critically and autonomously the management of pets, even in rapidly changing contexts other than those presented during the course