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Postgraduate Education

Livestock Nutrition

Length
13 week distance learning module
Price
850 GBP excl. VAT
Next course start
17 September, 2025 (+6 start dates)
Course delivery
Self-Paced Online
Length
13 week distance learning module
Price
850 GBP excl. VAT
Next course start
17 September, 2025 (+6 start dates)
Course delivery
Self-Paced Online
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Suitability - Who should attend?

Professionals, such as consultants, vets and farmers, working in the extensive beef, sheep and dairy supply chains.

Outcome / Qualification etc.

This module runs each September.

This module will look at the principles of animal nutrition in a broad context, where the evaluation of feeds in a laboratory and field context will be discussed as will principles of energy and protein metabolism and nutrition. The consequences and possible causes of mineral and vitamin deficiencies and excesses will be considered. This knowledge will then be applied to develop an understanding of ration formulation. The module will then focus specifically on current research topics in livestock nutrition, drawing on the ongoing research in animal nutrition in IBERS.

Content

  • Comparative digestive physiology
  • Fundamentals of energy metabolism
  • Amino acid biochemistry and metabolism
  • Roles and functions of minerals and vitamins
  • Dietary analysis and evaluation
  • Systems for ration formulation and evaluation
  • Design of animal nutrition experiments
  • Nutrient digestion and metabolism
  • Modulating alimentary microbial populations and their ecology
  • Plant-microbe interactions
  • Metabolism of carbohydrates, protein and lipids in order to modify the characteristics of meat and milk

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