932018 Nutrient balancing in livestock farming


Type
Lecture and exercise
Semester hours
2
Lecturer (assistant)
Organisation
Offered in
Sommersemester 2024
Languages of instruction
Englisch

Content

* Introduction & concepts of nutrient balancing in livestock farming (system boundaries, key nutrient flows)
* How to generate input data (qualitative & quantitative data collection on feedstuffs & other raw materials, key nutrient contents)
* Linking input & output at animal level (digestion & metabolism)
* How to generate output data (primary products, by-products, emissions)
* From the animal to the system level (nutrient flows, nutrient utilization efficiency)
* Nutrient balancing (exercise, data quality assessment, outlook on environmental impacts)

Previous knowledge expected

Sound basic knowledge of agricultural production and livestock sciences

Objective (expected results of study and acquired competences)

Being able to collect data, derive and interpret valid nutrient balances at farm level
You can find more details like the schedule or information about exams on the course-page in BOKUonline.