Facilities and Equipment

Code: ERU12390L

6 ECTS

Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours

Scientific Area: Rural Engineering

Teaching languages: Portuguese

Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English

Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Presentation

Basic notions of Animal Housing

Sustainable Development Goals

Educação de qualidade - Assegurar a educação inclusiva, e equitativa e de qualidade, e promover oportunidades de aprendizagem ao longo da vida para todos.

Learning Goals

To provide bases and skills for the knowledge and operation of livestock facilities and equipment. These skills will allow the student to fulfill, in his professional activity, tasks of:
- Advice / selection of different types of facilities and technology appropriate to the reality of each farm / company;
- Organization of space for the accommodation of animals in view of production systems and animal welfare;
- Equipment profitability with a view to reducing costs;
- Basic maintenance of facilities and equipment;
- Perception for security;
- Respect for the environment, namely with regard to effluents produced in the farm.

Planning of animal housings. Legislation, localization, orientation, dimensions, quantification. Layout. Quantification of animal housing and spatial distribution. Basis for the Environmental Control of Livestock Housing. Waste management. Monitoring and control systems.

Teaching Methods

Treaching
Theory-practical classes. Theoretical approach followed by the resolution of application exercises.

Evaluation:
Test (F) and Group Work (GW). The final classification (CF) is obtained as: CF=0,2T + 0,8GW.
If the student has a test classification below 8 values, should to make an writen examination (WE). In this case the final classification is obtained as: CF=0,2WE + 0,8GW.
The student is approved if:
CF=>10 values and,
T or WE =>8 values and,
GW=> 10 values