Duration
20h Th
Number of credits
| Master in innovation management and the food design (120 ECTS) | 2 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The "complement of nutrition of companion animals" aim to give theoretical (8h) et practical knowledge (seminar and practical work) to balance complete diets for dogs and cats.
The lectures include :
-introduction, feeding during the cycle of life (growth, maintenance, reproduction, ageing) as well as feeding the owerweight/obese dog or cat
Practical work includes :
-commercial diets on the market (also specific purpose foods used in clinical nutrition) : labelling, comparisons between different foods
-unconventional foods : organic, BARF, vega, no grain, ...
-legal aspects of companion animal nutrition
-simplified formulation of homemade diets
-exercises : calculating a balance diet (clinical cases, dogs and cats)
Practical work is organized as a one-day seminar and is compulsory. The schedule will be defined.
The objective is to train students to use the resources (tables, compendium, ..). The exam will contain not only questions about knowledges but also practical questions (examples : calculating a daily diet for a cat, choosing in the compendium the best diet for an overweight dog, compare different products, ....)
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
To understand feeding practices and nutrition of dogs and cats
To choose a commercial food
To calculate a basic diet (cycle of life) and make a diet plan
To criticize petfood, for cat or dog
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Digestive physiology - Biochemistry - Chemistry
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures : face-to-face. The schedule will be communicated in January (4 lectures of 2h, same schedule than VETE-2073)
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
Lectures : 8 h
Seminars and practical work : 12h
Recommended or required readings
Available on ecampus
Written exam
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Seminar : schedule will be given later
Contacts
mdiez@uliege.be