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| Course title | Forage Production and Animal Nutrition III |
| Course code | VeteB006 |
| Credit points (ECTS) | 2 |
| Total Hours in Course | 54 |
| Number of hours for lectures | 16 |
| Number of hours for seminars and practical classes | 14 |
| Number of hours for laboratory classes | 0 |
| Independent study hours | 24 |
| Date of course confirmation | 20/12/2023 |
| Responsible Unit | Clinical Institute |
| Course developers | |
| Second-cycle professional higher education(līm.), pasn. Anete Freiberga |
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| Prior knowledge | |
| Ķīmi3004, Biochemistry LauZB035, Forage Production and Animal Nutrition II VeteB004, Anatomy of the Domestic Animals III VeteB008, Cell biology, Histology II VeteB010, Physiology II |
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| Course abstract | |
| Aim: to learn the basic principles of choosing the right diet for dogs, cats, and exotic animals, both in health and in illness. Domestic Animal Nutrition provides knowledge about the needs of the animal's (dogs, cats’, and small exotic animals) body for essential nutrients such as water, carbohydrates, proteins, fibres, fat, vitamins, and minerals. Balancing of the food products and suitability for certain age and physiological condition are studied during this course. | |
| Learning outcomes and their assessment | |
| Knowledge of the need and supply of nutrients (protein, carbohydrates, fat), minerals, and vitamins in feed used for pet animals. 2 tests.
Skills - ability to choose an appropriate diet for a specific animal species, age group or disease state - lectures, seminars, homework. Competence – To independently compile a nutrition plan for the patient, depending on its physiological and clinical status – lectures, seminars, homework. |
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| Course Content(Calendar) | |
| Course Content (Calendar)
16 lectures and 14 seminars 1. Clinical nutrition. Evaluation of animal and feeding plan development. 1 lecture and 1 seminar. 2. Nutrients-water, energy, carbohydrates, fibre, protein, fat. Micro, - macro-nutrients, supplements. 1 lecture and 1 seminar. 3. Commercial feed, its types, basic principles of production. Commercial food labelling and quality requirements in the EU. Raw material selection, feed production control. 1 lecture and 1 seminar. 4. Home-made feed - products used, indications. Feed safety. 1 lecture and 1 seminar. 5. Basic principles of raw feeding for dogs and cats. 1 lecture and 1 seminar. 6. Clinically healthy dog and cat feeding related to age and physiological state - geriatric, young animals, pregnancy, increased workload. 1 lecture and 1 seminar. 7. Therapeutic diets - Specific nutrition for acute diseases, enteral, parenteral nutrition .1 lecture and 1 seminar. 8. 1st test 1h. 9. Therapeutic diet for orthopaedic disease, weight loss, obesity. 1 lecture and 1 seminar. 10. Therapeutic diets for food intolerance, nutritional allergy. 1 lecture and 1 seminar. 11. Therapeutic diets for acute and chronic gastrointestinal diseases. Pancreatitis/exocrine pancreatic insufficiency. 1 lecture and 1 seminar. 12. Therapeutic diets for urolithiasis, renal insufficiency. 1 lecture and 1 seminar. 13. Therapeutic diets for endocrine diseases – 1 lecture and 1 seminar. 14. Exotic animal feeding - small mammals, rodents. 1 lecture and 1 seminar. 15. Exotic animal feeding - reptiles and birds. 1 lecture and 1 seminar. 16. 2nd test 1h. |
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| Requirements for awarding credit points | |
| Successfully passed 2 tests, the average score of which constitutes a pass with a grade. | |
| Description of the organization and tasks of students’ independent work | |
| Homework tasks are evaluated according to the tasks set in the seminars. According to the indicated literature sources and handouts, the student independently learns individual sections of the study subject in order to be able to successfully learn the entire study subject. | |
| Criteria for Evaluating Learning Outcomes | |
| Student skills are assessed in accordance with the procedures specified in the practical work. The study course is evaluated in accordance with the criteria of the 10-point system scale indicated in the Latvia University of life Sciences and Technologies Study Regulations and the lowest successful grade in the test is given if 60% of all questions are correctly answered. The final mark is the arithmetic mean of both tests. | |
| Compulsory reading | |
| 1. Small Animal Clinical Nutrition. Hand M.S., Thatceher C.D., Remillard R.L., Roudebush P., 4th edition. Mark Morris Institute. 2000. pp 1192.
2. Nutrient Requirements of Dogs and Cats. Animal nutrition series, National research council. National academic press, 2006. pp 424. 3. Applied Veterinary clinical nutrition. Andrea J. Fascetti; Sean J. Delaney 1st edition. Wiley-Blackwell, 2012. pp 400. 4. Applied Veterinary clinical nutrition. Cecilia Villaverde; Andrea J. Fascetti; Sean J. Delaney, Jennifer A. Larsen. 2nd edition. Wiley-Blackwell, 2023. pp 656. 5. Nutrition for veterinary technicians and nurses. Ann Wortinger. Iowa state University press. 2007. pp 256 6. Small animal critical care medicine. D. C. Silverstein; K. Hopper. Elsevier, 2015. Pp.1130 7. Clinical small animal internal Medicine, Volume 1. D. Bruyette. Willey Blackwell, 2020. Pp. 828 8. Canine and Feline nutrition, 2nd edition. C. Carey; H. Daristotle. Mosby, 2000. Pp. 592 |
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| Further reading | |
| 1. Forever Dog: A New Science Blueprint for Raising Healthy and Happy Canine Companions. R. Habib, K. Shaw Becker. Thorsons, 2021. pp. 464 2. Feeding Dogs Dry Or Raw? The Science Behind The Debate. C. Brady. Farrow Road Publishing, 2020. pp 540. | |
| Periodicals and other sources | |
| 1. World Small Animal Veterinary Association - www.wsava.org 2. International Renal Interest Society - http://www.iris-kidney.com | |
| Notes | |
| Compulsory study course of second cycle professional study programme “Veterinary medicine”. | |