Animal Nutrition MSc/PGDip

• Digestive physiology and metabolism
• Review of international comparison of feed evaluation and nutrient requirement systems
• Diet formulation for non-ruminants in different physiological states (maintenance, growth, pregnancy, lactation, egg-laying)
• Feed supply and management in a range of global non-ruminant production systems and environments
• Implications of nutrition for feed efficiency, product quality, fertility, health, welfare, and environmental impacts and other topics as deemed appropriate to the module content.

• Digestive physiology and metabolism; rumen microbiology; voluntary feed intake
• International comparison of feed evaluation and nutrient requirement systems
• Diet formulation for ruminants in different physiological states (maintenance, growth, pregnancy, lactation)
• Feed supply and management in a range of global ruminant production systems and environments
• Implications of nutrition for feed efficiency, product quality, fertility, health, welfare, and environmental impacts and other topics as deemed appropriate to the module content.

This module aims to provide a comprehensive introduction to the key concepts in the field of nutrition, including requirements for macronutrients (e.g. proteins, carbohydrates and fats) and micronutrients (e.g. vitamins and minerals).

• Develop an in depth understanding of the nature, structure and organisation of the industries that provide feedstuffs for farm, companion and zoo animals.
• Develop knowledge of raw ingredient markets, industry regulatory structures and associated legislation, feed evaluation systems and veterinary clinical nutrition.
• Demonstrate, through a series of case studies, a detailed understanding of feed manufacturing, and diet evaluation and formulation for various classes of farmed livestock, companion and zoo animals.

You will carry out a primary research project in an area related to animal nutrition, supervised by a specialist.

• Comparative Digestive physiology, feeding behaviour and metabolism
• Feed preferences, effective feed distribution and optimum choice of feed raw materials
• Diet formulation for companion and zoo animals, to emphasise whether diets offered are adequate for different physiological states
• Implications of nutritional inadequacies on health and well-being; clinical nutrition and other topics as deemed appropriate to the module content

• Examine the regulatory effects of nutrients, either directly or indirectly, on cellular signaling processes and gene expression and how this influences metabolism and growth in eukaryotic systems. The mechanisms of controlling gene expression will be described.
• Explore the regulation of signaling processes as well as gene expression and the potential for manipulating metabolic processes through nutrient supply.
• Understand the molecular mechanisms by which nutrients regulate cell function, the basis of their effects on whole organisms and how variation in genomic sequence is likely to impact on nutrients influence on gene expression.

This module considers:

• Research processes in animal nutrition
• Government and industry funded research
• Knowledge transfer and communication of nutritional research
• Techniques in animal and laboratory research
• Experimental design, data analysis and interpretation and other topics as deemed appropriate to the module content

This module aims to provide a comprehensive introduction to the key concepts in the field of nutrition, including requirements for macronutrients (e.g. proteins, carbohydrates and fats) and micronutrients (e.g. vitamins and minerals).

• Digestive physiology and metabolism
• Review of international comparison of feed evaluation and nutrient requirement systems
• Diet formulation for non-ruminants in different physiological states (maintenance, growth, pregnancy, lactation, egg-laying)
• Feed supply and management in a range of global non-ruminant production systems and environments
• Implications of nutrition for feed efficiency, product quality, fertility, health, welfare, and environmental impacts and other topics as deemed appropriate to the module content.

• Digestive physiology and metabolism; rumen microbiology; voluntary feed intake
• International comparison of feed evaluation and nutrient requirement systems
• Diet formulation for ruminants in different physiological states (maintenance, growth, pregnancy, lactation)
• Feed supply and management in a range of global ruminant production systems and environments
• Implications of nutrition for feed efficiency, product quality, fertility, health, welfare, and environmental impacts and other topics as deemed appropriate to the module content.

• Develop an in depth understanding of the nature, structure and organisation of the industries that provide feedstuffs for farm, companion and zoo animals.
• Develop knowledge of raw ingredient markets, industry regulatory structures and associated legislation, feed evaluation systems and veterinary clinical nutrition.
• Demonstrate, through a series of case studies, a detailed understanding of feed manufacturing, and diet evaluation and formulation for various classes of farmed livestock, companion and zoo animals.

• Examine the regulatory effects of nutrients, either directly or indirectly, on cellular signaling processes and gene expression and how this influences metabolism and growth in eukaryotic systems. The mechanisms of controlling gene expression will be described.
• Explore the regulation of signaling processes as well as gene expression and the potential for manipulating metabolic processes through nutrient supply.
• Understand the molecular mechanisms by which nutrients regulate cell function, the basis of their effects on whole organisms and how variation in genomic sequence is likely to impact on nutrients influence on gene expression.

• Comparative Digestive physiology, feeding behaviour and metabolism
• Feed preferences, effective feed distribution and optimum choice of feed raw materials
• Diet formulation for companion and zoo animals, to emphasise whether diets offered are adequate for different physiological states
• Implications of nutritional inadequacies on health and well-being; clinical nutrition and other topics as deemed appropriate to the module content

This module considers:

• Research processes in animal nutrition
• Government and industry funded research
• Knowledge transfer and communication of nutritional research
• Techniques in animal and laboratory research
• Experimental design, data analysis and interpretation and other topics as deemed appropriate to the module content