932018 Nutrient balancing in livestock farming
- Type
- Lecture and exercise
- Semester hours
- 2
- Lecturer (assistant)
- Hörtenhuber, Stefan , Zollitsch, Werner , Gierus, Martin
- Organisation
- Offered in
- Sommersemester 2025
- Languages of instruction
- Englisch
- Content
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* 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
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Sound basic knowledge of agricultural production and livestock sciences
- Objective (expected results of study and acquired competences)
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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.