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ANIMAL SCIENCE

Course

Code: 2309

Degree: Bachelor's in Agro-Food and Agro-Environmental Engineering

School of Engineering of Orihuela

Year: Year 2 of Bachelor's in Agro-Food and Agro-Environmental Engineering

Semester: Fall

Type: Required

Language: Spanish

ECTS credits: 6

Lecture: 4

Laboratory: 2

Hours: 150

Directed: 60

Shared: 5

Autonomous: 85

Subject matter: Bases of Animal Production

Module: Required Common Contents

Degree website

Department: Agro-Food Technology

Area: ANIMAL PRODUCTION

Course instructors are responsible for the course content descriptions in English.

Description

Bases of animal production. Livestock operations. Biotechnology applications in livestock engineering.

Faculty

Name	Coordinator	Lecture	Laboratory
NAVARRO RIOS, MARIA JESUS	■	■	■
MONLLOR GUERRA, PAULA		■	■

Professional interest

For the future profession of engineering graduates in agri-food and agri-environment is very important to know one of the branches of agronomy, animal husbandry is. Much of the food products derived from animals, so how we produce and its relation to food safety, animal welfare and the environment are basic aspects of the training for this profession.

Competencies and learning outcomes

General competencies

Knowledge of technical, scientific, and technological subjects to enable learning new methods and technologies, as well as endowing the student with great versatility for adapting to new situations.
Capacity for continuous improvement, experimentation, and innovation.
Critical and analytical skills in the relevant specialty area.
Ability to communicate and convey knowledge between expert and non-expert environments.
Capacity to update knowledge independently with a constant willingness to do so.
Knowledge of basic, scientific, and technological matters that enable continuous learning, as well as a capacity to adapt to new situations and changing environments.
Ability to solve problems with creativity, initiative, methodology, and critical thinking.
Leadership, communication, and transmission of knowledge, skills, and abilities in social fields of action.
Ability to search for and use the rules and regulations relative to the field of action.
Ability to develop activities, assuming a social, ethical, and environmental commitment in tune with the reality of the human and natural environments.
Capacity to work on multidisciplinary and multicultural teams.

Specific competencies

Ability to recognize, understand, and utilize the base principles of animal production. Livestock facilities.
Ability to recognize, understand, and utilize principles of biotechnology applications in agricultural and livestock engineering.
Ability to recognize, understand, and utilize the principles of decision making with the resources available for work in multidisciplinary groups.
Ability to recognize, comprehend, and utilize the principles of technology transfer; understand, interpret, communicate, and adopt advances in the field of agriculture.

Objectives (Learning outcomes)

01Know the objectives of animal husbandry and livestock production and its economic and strategic importance
02Recognize the major production systems in different animal species
03Learn the physiological processes related to reproduction in domestic animals
04Understanding the reproductive management practices for farming
05Describe and calculate the parameters of reproductive management
06Describe the foods used in livestock feed, their nutritional characteristics, his form of conservation
07Understand the basics of animal health and welfare in livestock.
08Meet the design criteria that must be taken into account when designing livestock farms.
09Learn the different methods of breeding used in livestock and its future prospects.

Teaching units

Association between objectives and units

Objective/Unit	U1	U2	U3	U4	U5	U6	U7
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09

Schedule

Week	Teaching units	Directed hours	Shared hours	Autonomous hours	Total hours
1	U1	2.5	0	5.5	8
2	U5	2.5	0	5.5	8
3	U5	2.5	.5	5.5	8.5
4	U5	4.5	0	5.5	10
5	U6	2.5	3	5.5	11
6	U6	2.5	0	5.5	8
7	U7	5	0	5.5	10.5
8	U7	5	0	5.5	10.5
9	U7	5	0	5.5	10.5
10	U2	5.5	.5	5.5	11.5
11	U2	5.5	0	5.5	11
12	U3	3.5	0	5.5	9
13	U3	3.5	.5	5.5	9.5
14	U4	7	0	5.5	12.5
15	U4	3	.5	8	11.5

Basic bibliography

Complementary bibliography

Methodology and grading

Methodology

Cooperative learning: Develop active learning through cooperative working strategies among students and promote shared responsibility to reach group goals.
Lecture: Pass on knowledge and activate cognitive processes in students, encouraging their participation.
Solving exercises and problems: Exercise, test, and apply previous knowledge through routine repetition.

Grading

El examen escrito tendrá un valor del 60% sobre la nota final. Se deberá obtener al menos una nota de 5 en el examen para promediar con el resto de actividades evaluables. El examen contara con preguntas de tipo test 60% (a rellenar hueco faltante y a elegir respuesta correcta, o bien justificar la veracidad o falsedad de una afirmación) y de desarrollo y problemas (40%)
Los ejercicios y trabajos entregados durante el curso, incluyendo informes de prácticas valdrán el 30%. No se podrán entregar tareas de practicas si no se ha asistido a la misma.
La participación en clases de prácticas y seminarios valdrá un 10 %
Aquellos alumnos que se matriculen y superen la actividad "Granja Universitaria de Prácticas Agronómicas Integradas en la EPSO" , se les tendrá en cuenta en un 10 % (valdrá hasta 1 punto más) en la nota final de la asignatura.

IMPORTANTE: LAS PRÁCTICAS, TAREAS Y SU NOTA SE GUARDARÁN SÓLAMENTE HASTA LA CONVOCATORIA DE SEPTIEMBRE. La convocatoria de DICIEMBRE constará de un examen único en el que se evaluará toda la asignatura.

Correction criteria

There will be a partial with the first three didactic units of the subject. Whoever decides to use this partial will not be able to appear to this part in the official exam of January.

Additional requirements

En el caso de realizarse parciales éstos supondrán un adelanto al examen oficial, no pudiéndose presentar en el examen oficial a la parte examinada con anterioridad. Los parciales son considerados como un sólo examen con los que se realizará la media ponderada entre ellos para obtener la nota final de los contenidos teóricos.

En la convocatoria de septiembre, el/la alumno/a decidirá, en el caso de haber aprobado algún parcial en junio si presentarse otra vez para subir nota o sólo a parte de la asignatura. Las notas de los parciales se guardan para septiembre.

Academics: ANIMAL SCIENCE