Nutritional Innovations and Animal Welfare

The learning objectives of the course are to provide the student an updated knowledge on the existing feeding innovations in the field of farm animals. The teaching will consider the different topics with a technological and nutritional approach, accounting for the possible related advantages on livestock welfare.

At the end of the course, the student will be able to choose, evaluate and suggest the best available nutritional innovations for the different farm animal species and rearing cycles, according to production objectives and the current regulatory framework on welfare. Moreover, the student will be able to determine and suggest the positioning of new products on the market, accounting for their degrees of innovation and the current European legal framework