2024
Tropical Animal Production
Name: Tropical Animal Production
Code: ZOO13797M
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
Animal Science
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
This U.C. recovers thematic previously perceived in other U.C. but inserted in different geographic, climatic and social-economic contexts. The integration of these fundamental differences leads to a diversity of production systems, with different species and many different degrees of technological intensification.The skills to be acquired are developed in two main areas: scientific and professional. The scientifically it is intended to provide to the student the concepts and the knowledge for the elaboration of an alternative way of thinking. It is intended to create conditions for the student to be able to identify and understand less efficient situations relation with the production systems and to develop working hypotheses that study the possible factors of inefficiency. In the professional field, are expected that students can evaluate productive realities in several tropical environments and develop alternatives that elicit different approaches and productive options.
Contents
1. The Tropical Environment
1.1. Abiotic and biotic factors.
1.2. Rural development and investment plans.
2. Biometeorology and Adaptation
2.1. Thermal stress
2.2. Heat tolerance and acclimatization
2.3. Anatomic-physiological attributes of adaptation
3. Animal Health
3.1.Ecto and endoparasitism
3.2. Infecto-contagious diseases
3.3. Telluric diseases
4. Pastures and fodder
4.1. Natural and implanted pastures
4.2. Pasture Management
4.3. Energy, protein and mineral supplementation
4.4. Silvopastoral Systems
5. Production Systems
5.1. Bovines
5.1.1. Pure Breeds and cross-breeds.
5.1.2. Conditioners to the organization of production systems.
5.1.2. Reproductive, alimentary, environmental and health management.
5.2. Sheep
5.2.1. Pure breeds and cross-breeds.
5.2.2.Conditioners to the organization of production systems.
5.2.3. The process of breeding, rearing and fattening.
5.3. Water buffaloes
5.3.1. Reproductive, alimentary, environmental and health management.
1.1. Abiotic and biotic factors.
1.2. Rural development and investment plans.
2. Biometeorology and Adaptation
2.1. Thermal stress
2.2. Heat tolerance and acclimatization
2.3. Anatomic-physiological attributes of adaptation
3. Animal Health
3.1.Ecto and endoparasitism
3.2. Infecto-contagious diseases
3.3. Telluric diseases
4. Pastures and fodder
4.1. Natural and implanted pastures
4.2. Pasture Management
4.3. Energy, protein and mineral supplementation
4.4. Silvopastoral Systems
5. Production Systems
5.1. Bovines
5.1.1. Pure Breeds and cross-breeds.
5.1.2. Conditioners to the organization of production systems.
5.1.2. Reproductive, alimentary, environmental and health management.
5.2. Sheep
5.2.1. Pure breeds and cross-breeds.
5.2.2.Conditioners to the organization of production systems.
5.2.3. The process of breeding, rearing and fattening.
5.3. Water buffaloes
5.3.1. Reproductive, alimentary, environmental and health management.
Teaching Methods
Due to the U.C. time limitation, it was decided to distribute the programmatic content that would fulfil the dual purpose: presenting the issues and discuss them and consolidating by revisiting them throughout the program. By this way, it is possible to emphasise the importance of the functional interdependencies and a better understanding of the subjects. Although teaching methods are based on theoretical-practical classes, it is possible to present some programmatic contents together to an applied aspect by using case studies. The approval to U.C. combines the result of the individual work - presented to teachers and other students at the end of the semester (30% weighting factor) and examen (70% weighting factor) as long as the examen score exceeds 9.5 values.
Teaching Staff (2023/2024 )
