AVS 305

Principles of Animal Nutrition

Dr. Mark McGuire

 

 

Course outline                                               Dietary assessment homework

 

 

Previous quizzes and exams

 

 

 

The FINAL EXAM is FRIDAY, December 14th, from 10 am -12 pm.

 

 

 

Tentative Course Schedule 2007

Date

 

Topic

 

Chapter

Lecture handouts

M

20-Aug

Course outline. What is nutrition?

1

Intro

T

21-Aug

Why and how to study nutrition; the scientific method

1

 

W

22-Aug

Animal trials, plant composition

 

Trials & composition

F

24-Aug

Composition of plants and their products; The animal body and its food

 

 

M

27-Aug

Chemistry of nutrition  QUIZ 1

3

 

T

28-Aug

Carbohydrates

5

Carbohydrates

W

29-Aug

Carbohydrates, complex carbohydrates

 

 

F

31-Aug

Proteins

6

Proteins

M

3-Sept

No class - Labor Day

 

 

T

4-Sept

Proteins

6

 

W

5-Sept

Proteins/Lipids QUIZ 2

7

Lipids

F

7-Sept

Lipids

7

 

M

10-Sept

Lipids

4

 

T

11-Sept

Comparative digestion; Gastric digestion

4

Comparative

W

12-Sept

Gastric and Postgastric digestion and absorption

 

Digestion

F

14-Sept

Digestion  QUIZ 3

 

 

M

17-Sept

Ruminant digestion

 

Ruminant

T

18-Sept

Ruminant digestion

 

 

W

19-Sept

REVIEW 

 

 

F

21-Sept

EXAM #1 (line above designates material)

 

 

M

24-Sept

Vitamins

10 & 11

Vitamins

T

25-Sept

Water soluble vitamins

10

 

W

26-Sept

Fat soluble vitamins

11

 

F

28-Sept

Minerals

12 & 13

Minerals

M

1-Oct

Co, Vitamin B12; Se, Vitamin E; interactions   QUIZ 4

 

 

T

2-Oct

W

3-Oct

Carbohydrate metabolism

8

 

F

5-Oct

Carbohydrate metabolism

 

 

M

8-Oct

Amino acid metabolism

 

 

T

9-Oct

Lipid metabolism

 

 

W

10-Oct

Maintenance and complete energy systems  QUIZ 5

 

 

F

12-Oct

Bioenergetics, Energy systems

 

 

M

15-Oct

Modern concepts of protein nutrition

 

 

T

16-Oct

REVIEW

 

 

W

17-Oct

EXAM #2

 

 

F

19-Oct

Water requirements and metabolism

13

Water

M

22-Oct

Energy metabolism

8

Metabolism

T

23-Oct

Energy metabolism

 

Handout

W

24-Oct

Ruminant energy metabolism

VFA

F

26-Oct

Cholesterol and lipoproteins   QUIZ 6

14

lipids

M

29-Oct

Lab assessment,Energy systems

 

 

T

30-Oct

Protein systems

 

 

W

31-Oct

Feeding the lactating animals

 

 

F

2-Nov

Feeding the growing and working animal

 

Lab nutrition

M

5-Nov

Grazing animal  QUIZ 7

 

Energy system

T

6-Nov

Fish and poultry nutrition

 

W

7-Nov

Pet nutrition

 

 

F

9-Nov

Practical feeding of animals

 

 

M

12-Nov

Regulation of feed intake and energy balance

 

 

T

13-Nov

REVIEW

 

 

W

14-Nov

EXAM #3

 

Protein system

F

16-Nov

Impact of metabolic modifiers on nutrient requirements

 

Growth

M

26-Nov

Metabolic modifiers

 

Reproduction

T

27-Nov

Human nutrition

2 & 9

Lactation

W

28-Nov

Human nutrition

 

Exercise

F

30-Nov

Human nutrition  QUIZ 8 

 

Grazing

M

3-Dec

Human nutrition

 

Dog & Cat

T

4-Dec

Integration of metabolism

 

Poultry & Fish

W

5-Dec

Integration of metabolism

 

 

F

7-Dec

REVIEW for FINAL

 

 

F

14-Dec

FINAL (10-12)