Course Outline:
Lecture No. Date Topic
1. Sun 17 Jan Course outline
2. Tue 19 Jan Introduction
3. Sun 24 Jan The importance of nutrition
4. Tue 26 Jan Nutrition terms; nutrients
5. Sun 31 Jan Nutrition of animals; scientific methods; why and how to study nutrition
6. Tue 2 Feb Animal trials; composition of plants and their products
7. Sun 7 Feb The animal body and its feed
8. Tue 9 Feb Carbohydrates
9. Sun 14 Feb Carbohydrates; complex carbohydrates
10. Tue 16 Feb Proteins
11. Sun 21 Feb Lipids
12. Tue 23 Feb Lipids
13. Sun 28 Feb EXAM I
14. Tue 2 Mar Comparative digestion
15. Sun 7 Mar Comparative digestion
16. Tue 9 Mar Postgastric digestion and absorption
17. Sun 14 Mar Ruminant digestion
18. Tue 16 Mar Fermentation
19. Sun 21 Mar Vitamins
20. Tue 23 Mar Water soluble vitamins
21. Sun 28 Mar Fat soluble vitamins
22. Tue 30 Mar Minerals
23. Sun 4 Apr Minerals
24. Tue 6 Apr Water
25. Sun 11 Apr Poultry nutrition
26. Tue 13 Apr EXAM II
27. Sun 18 Apr Milk fever
28. Tue 20 Apr Ketosis
29. Sun 25 Apr Pregnancy toxemia
30. Tue 27 Apr Other metabolic disorders