AVS 305

Principles of Animal Nutrition

Dr. Mark McGuire

 

 

Course outline                           

 

 

Links to old exams

Exam 1 – 2004                        Exam 2 - 2004             Exam 3 – 2004            Exam 4 - 2004

Exam 1 – 2005                        Exam 2 - 2005             Exam 3 – 2005            Exam 4 - 2005

Exam 1 - 2006                         Exam 2 - 2006             Exam 3 – 2006            Exam 4 - 2006

 

 

 

 

The FINAL EXAM is Monday, December 13th, from 10 am -12 pm.

 

 

 

Tentative Course Schedule 2010

Date

 

Topic

Lecture handouts

M

23-Aug

Course outline. The importance of nutrition

Intro

T

24-Aug

Nutrition terms; Nutrients

 

W

25-Aug

Nutrition of plants and animals; The scientific method; Why and how to study nutrition

F

27-Aug

Animal trials; Composition of plants and their products

Trials & composition

M

30-Aug

The animal body and its food

 

T

31-Aug

Chemistry of nutrition 

W

1-Sept

Carbohydrates

Carbohydrates

F

3-Sept

Carbohydrates, complex carbohydrates

M

6-Sept

No class - Labor Day

 

T

7-Sept

Proteins

Proteins

W

8-Sept

Lipids

Lipids

F

10-Sept

Lipids

Table of fatty acids

M

13-Sept

Water

Water

T

14-Sept

Comparative digestion

Comparative

W

15-Sept

EXAM #1

 

F

17-Sept

Gastric digestion

Digestion

M

20-Sept

Postgastric digestion and absorption

 

T

21-Sept

Ruminant digestion

Ruminant

W

22-Sept

Ruminant digestion

 

F

24-Sept

Vitamins

Vitamins

M

27-Sept

Water soluble vitamins

Vitamin figures

T

28-Sept

Fat soluble vitamins

 

W

29-Sept

Minerals

Minerals

F

1-Oct

Minerals

Mineral figures

M

4-Oct

Minerals

 

T

5-Oct

Vitamins & minerals

W

6-Oct

EXAM #2

 

F

8-Oct

Carbohydrate metabolism

Metabolism

M

11-Oct

Carbohydrate metabolism

Metabolism figures

T

12-Oct

Carbohydrate metabolism

 

W

13-Oct

Amino acid metabolism

 

F

15-Oct

Lipid metabolism

Cholesterol

M

18-Oct

Nutrient metabolism

 

T

19-Oct

Integration of metabolism during starvation

 

W

20-Oct

Ruminant metabolism

Ruminant Metabolism

F

22-Oct

Ruminant metabolism

 

M

25-Oct

Maintenance and complete energy systems 

Maintenance

T

26-Oct

Bioenergetics, Energy systems

     

W

27-Oct

Modern concepts of protein nutrition

Protein

F

29-Oct

 

M

1- Nov

EXAM #3  NOTE MOVE

T

2-Nov

Nutrition of Different Physiological States Reproduction

Reproduction

W

3-Nov

Pregnancy

 

F

5-Nov

Lactation

Lactation

M

8-Nov

Lactation and feeding the high-yielding dairy cow

 

T

9-Nov

Feeding the growing animal

Growth

W

10-Nov

Feeding the working animal

Exercise

F

12-Nov

Grazing animal

Grazing

M

15-Nov

Fish and poultry nutrition

Fish

T

16-Nov

Fish and poultry nutrition

 

W

17-Nov

Pet nutrition

Pet

F

19-Nov

Regulation of feed intake and energy balance

Feed intake

M

29-Nov

Integration of metabolism (bST and pST) reading

Homeorhesis

T

30-Nov

Organic

W

1-Dec

 

F

3-Dec

EXAM #4    NOTE MOVE

M

6-Dec

No class

T

7-Dec

Human nutrition

Human nutrition

W

8-Dec

REVIEW for FINAL   WEDNESDAY OR FRIDAY

 

F

10-Dec

REVIEW for FINAL

 

M

13-Dec

FINAL (10-12)