ADVANCED EQUINE NUTRITION

AGR3AEN

Not currently offered

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

This subject provides a thorough understanding of feeds, feed processing, legislative and regulatory aspects of the industry to provide optimal, progressive, nutritional management of horses. The science of individual feeds is investigated and applied. Through a series of practicals and projects, students will develop their skills and understanding in the assessemnt of traditional and non-traditional equine feeds, feed processing technologies, the regulatory and legislative requirements for equine rations and the formualtion of a range of rations for different applications.

School: School of Life Sciences

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Penelope Smith

Available to Study Abroad Students: No

Subject year level: Year Level 3 - UG

Exchange Students: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: AGR2EN and must be admitted into SBATE

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Special conditions: N/A

Learning resources

Readings

Resource Type	Title	Resource Requirement	Author and Year	Publisher
Readings	Equine nutrition and feeding, 4th edn (revised),	Recommended	Frape, D 2010	Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, UK.
Readings	Feeding horses in Australia: a guide for horse owners and managers	Recommended	Kohnke, J, Kelleher, F & Trevor-Jones, P 1999	Rural Industries Research Development Corporation, Barton, ACT.
Readings	Nutrient requirements of horses, 6th edn	Recommended	National Research Council (U.S.) Committee on Nutrient Requirements of Horses 2007	National Academies Press, Washington, DC.
Readings	Advances in equine nutrition I-IV,	Recommended	Pagan, J (ed.) 2009	Nottingham University Press, Nottingham, UK.

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

01. Identify common forage and supplement sources ,and assess their roles in the formulation of rations for horses with different nutritional requirements.

Activities:: Lectures, practicals

02. Determine the impact of feed processing technologies on enhancing nutritive value of a range of feeds.

Activities:: Lectures, tutorials and practicals

03. Evaluate and appraise current feed manufacturing legislation and current codes of practice.

Activities:: Lectures, practicals

04. Develop an understanding of the role of nutritional models used to formulate rations.

Activities:: Lectures, tutorials and practicals

Subject not currently offered - Subject options not available.