ECTS credits ECTS credits: 4.5
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 74.25 Hours of tutorials: 2.25 Expository Class: 18 EEES Clinics: 18 Total: 112.5
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary Degree Subject RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Anatomy, Animal Production and Clinical Veterinary Science
Areas: Animal production
Center Faculty of Veterinary Science
Call: Second Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable
Theoretical contents:
1 To present the basic terminology used in the subject and in the area of Animal Production regarding no ruminant species.
2. To transmit to the student the coordination and application of the physiological knowledge and animal needs and, furthermore, the installations, environmental conditions and the more adequate handling so that the rearing and exploitation of animals under study useful for men make possible the viability, return and growth of the stockbreeding enterprise.
Skills:
3. To offer informative infrastructure enough so that the veterinarian-to-be can answer the present demands of the stockbreeders, being directed towards the quality improvement of the obtained cattle products.
Attitudes:
4. To give students an integrating concept of all the different subjects of Animal Production, to promote the formation of a mentality in which the knowledge of rural environment and its protection should guide his/her professional conduct.
5. To develop a critical and non-dogmatic attitude in the capacity of diagnosis and proposal of solutions before concrete situations of stockbreeding farms and advise to their owners.
Study of the most relevant subsectors of nonruminant species: breeds and abilities; census and productions; general characteristics of accommodations; material and tools; handling of feeding and reproduction; hygiene of installations and animal welfare; analyses of production and reproduction ratings.
UNIT 1. 5 theoretical sessions. Pigs production: census and productions. COM of the swine sector. Animal bases. Systems of exploitation. Installations and equipment. Installations hygiene. Reproduction. Growth and development of piglets. Handling of sows as a basic unit of production. Handling of fattening pig. Productive ratings and profits of carcasses. The Celta pig.
1 practical session (farm): Visit swine operation: Recognition and use of the material and tools; determine the proportions planimetry and of the operation; productive indices; general planning and organization of the productive system.
1 practical sesión (laboratory/computer): Technical-economic analysis of productive and quality traits.
UNIT 2. 3 theoretical sessions. Poultry production: egg-laying poultry. Census and productions. Reproduction. Egg formation. Oviposition. Breeding and rearing of breeding animals. Animal base. Systems of exploitation of laying hens. Installations and equipment. Installations hygiene. Handling. Productive ratings. Marketing and egg quality.
1 practical session (laboratory/computer): Technical-economic analysis of productive and quality traits.
UNIT 3. 4 theoretical sessions. Poultry production: meat poultry. Census and productions. Animal base. Systems of meat chicken exploitation. Installations and equipments. Installations hygiene. Incubation and hatchability. Management. Productive ratios. Commercial types. Quality of the carcasses and meat.
1 practical session (farm): Visit bird operation: a) Recognition and use of the materials and tools; determine the proportions planimetry and of the operation; productive indices; general planning and organization of the productive system.
UNIT 4. 1 theoretical session. Poultry production: alternative poultry productions: organic chicken and eggs. Ostriches. Breeding and exploitation of turkeys, ducks and geese. Breeding and production of partridges, quails, pigeons and guinea fowls.
UNIT 5. 3 theoretical sessions. Rabbits production. Census and productions. Animal base. Systems of exploitation. Installations and equipment. Reproduction and handling. Feed and meat profits. Quality of rabbit meat.
1 practical session (farm): Recognition and use of the material and tools; determine the proportions planimetry and of the operation; productive indices; general planning and organization of the productive system.
1 practical session (laboratory/computer): Technical-economic analysis of productive and quality traits.
UNIT 6. 1 theoretical session. Horse production. Present and future situation of horses. Census. Systems of exploitation. Types, environmental conditions, and hygiene of housing. Reproduction. Handling. Horses for work, horses for meat and horses for sport. Donkeys and mules.
UNIT 7. 2 theoretical sessions. Other species of veterinarian interest: Fish farming: fish growing. Crustaceans growing. Mollusks growing.
General (basic):
Caravaca, FP.- 2003.- Bases de la produción animal. SP. Universidad de Sevilla.
Squires, E.R.J. 2006. Endocrinología animal aplicada. Ed, Acribia, Zaragoza.
Complementary:
Swine
Porci: monografía bimestral
Quiles, A., Hevia, ML.- 2004.- Produción porcina intensiva. Ed. Agrícola Española. Madrid.
Gadd, J. 2006. Soluciones en producción porcina. Ed. Servet. Zaragoza.
Gasa, Josep; López Vergé, Sergi. Iniciación a la producción y manejo del ganado porcino: breve manual de inmersión para estudiantes de veterinaria. UAB. Texto completo disponible vía PreLo.
Broiler and laying hens
Castelló, J.A.- 2010.- Produción de huevos. Real Escuela de Avicultura. Barcelona.
Castelló, J.A.- 2002.- Produción de carne de pollo. Real Escuela de Avicultura. Barcelona.
Abab, j. - 2003.- Reproducción e incubación en avicultura. Real Escuela de Avicultura. Barcelona.
Deeming, DC.- 2001.- El avestruz: biología, produción y sanidad. Ed. Acribia. Zaragoza.
FAO. Producción y produztos avícolas. http://www.fao.org/poultry-production-products/production/es/
Rabbit farming
Bennet, B. - 2011. Guia de la cría de conejos. Ediciones Omega. Barcelona.
Zago, LG- 2004.- 1996.- El conejo: cría rentable. Ed. De Vechi Barcelona.
Crespo JC. 2006. Prácticas de cunicultura industrial. Junta de Castilla y León.
UCO. Producción de conejos de aptitud cárnica. http://www.uco.es/zootecniaygestion/img/pictorex/09_10_34_Cunicultura.p…
Equids
Berner, E., Gallego, J.- 2000.- El caballo: cría y manejo. Mundi-Prensa. Madrid.
Acero, P – 2009- Planificación y manejo de la explotación equina. Junta de Castilla y León.
Aquaculture
González, F. - 2004- Acuicultura: Producción, comercio y trazabilidad. Ed. Netbiblo. A Coruña.
Brown, L.- 2000.- Acuicultura para veterinarios: produción y clínica de peces. Acribia. Zaragoza.
MAPA. Acuicultura. https://www.mapa.gob.es/es/pesca/temas/acuicultura/
The use of both basic and complementary internet resources specified is recommended, in the Bibliography section, as well as that electronic access bibliography available at the USC Library. A BUSC EN LIÑA https://busconline.gal. Also, through portico (http://sfx.bugalicia.org/san/az) and EZproxy (https: // ezbusc), managed by BUGalicia, it will be possible to search for scientific journals and electronic books (with the credentials of the USC). For specific topics, professors may provide open access articles or recommend searching through PubMed or Google Schoolar.
At the end of the academic year students should:
- be able to identify the animal needs in the different productive systems and installations, environmental conditions and the most appropriate management for the breeding and exploitation of productive livestock in optimal conditions, both from the animal point of view and the point of view of viability, return and growth of the farming enterprise.
- have the capacity of diagnosis and proposal of solutions before concrete situations of farms and advise to the owners of the farms towards an improvement in management and an increase in cattle products quality.
- be used to the acquisition and critical use of bibliographic resources (books, technical journals, databank, Internet websites, etc.).
Skills according to the report of the Veterinary Degree (Santiago de Compostela University):
Generic
(GVUSC)
GVUSC01 Ability to learn and adapt
GVUSC02 Ability for analysis and synthesis
GVUSC03 General knowledge of the work area
GVUSC05 Ability for applying knowledge in practice
Disciplinary
(CEDVUSC)
CEDVUSC03 Breeding, improvement, management and animal welfare
CEDVUSC10 To know the techniques applicable to domestic animals, including those with direct influence on animal and human health
CEDVUSC11 Knowledge of the operating systems basis and optimization of plant and animal production and its impact on the environment
CEDVUSC14 To know the rules and laws of veterinary and animal regulations and trade
Professional
(D1VUSC)
D1VUSC02 Collect and send specimens with their corresponding report
D1VUSC09 Apply basic procedures to ensure proper functioning of the reproductive activity, technological processes and the resolution of the obstetric problems
D1VUSC11 Evaluate and interpret production and health parameters of a group of animals, considering the economic, environmental and welfare concerns, looking for their optimization
D1VUSC15 Advice and management, technical and economic, to veterinary companies in a context of sustainability
D1VUSC17 Perform technical reports related to the veterinary skills
Academic
(CEAVUSC)
CEAVUSC01 Analyze, synthesize, solve problems and make decisions in the veterinary professional fields
CEAVUSC02 Behave ethically in carrying out their responsibilities to the veterinary profession and society
CEAVUSC03 Disclose information obtained during the professional practice of the the vet, fluently, oral and written, with colleagues, authorities and genral society
CEAVUSC04 Search and manage information related to the veterinary activity
CEAVUSC08 Be aware of the need to maintain current knowledge, skills and attitudes of professional skills through a lifelong learning process
Transverse
(CTVUSC)
CTVUSC02 Ability to obtain adequate information, diverse and updated by several ways such as bibliographic information and internet and to critically analyze it
CTVUSC03 Ability to develop and present an organized and understandable text
CTVUSC04 Ability to make a public lecture in a clear, coherent and concise way
CTVUSC05 Skill in the use of ICTs
CTVUSC07 Ability to solve problems through the integrated application of knowledge
Scenario 1 (adapted normality):*
Theory program:
19 expositive presential sessions, 50 minutes each, throughout the second semester according to schedules approved by the Faculty Board for each academic course. The last 10 minutes of each session can be dedicated to synthesize the treated subject, to fix the concepts exposed and to solve the possible doubts that have been able to provoke, ace as to verify of way succinct with random oral questions, the degree of compression on the part of the students of the explained subject.
Exceptionally, classroom teaching may be combined with virtual teaching up to 10% of the total hours of the subject.
Practical program:
o Active farm visit 1 (swine): 5h:20m.
o Active farm visit 2 (poltry): 5h:20m.
o Active farm visit 3 (rabbit): 5h:20m.
In each visited operation, the student will be able to observe the constructive characteristics and determine the proportions of the facilities; the environmental average control; the hygiene, cleaning and biosecurity of the facilities; the general handling of the animals carried out by the workers of the operation, including the handling of the feeding; the sanitary programs and of prophylaxis, etc. In all the operations, and especially those of pig and the bird-raising ones, given the measures of biosecurity of same and in fulfillment of the norms of effective well-being the animal, the visits will become under a strict control and without disturbing the habitat of the animal, trying to cause the smaller possible incidence on the animal and its surroundings. In each visit the students will have to complete a script previously elaborated by the professors responsible for the subject, in which he will analyze the most excellent characteristics of the visited operation, determining its productive parameters. These practical works allow to the student a direct bonding with the operation and the observation of the real situation of the same one, analyzing their problematic one and initiating to them in one of the possible professional exits of the degree as it is the technical and economic advising of the cattle operations. Also, the elaboration of these works will develop in the student the technique of critical thought and will foment the work and the dynamics of groups
Laboratory/computer classroom 1, 2 and 3 presential practical sessions:
Researching and processing technical information from web sites related to the subject. Technical-economic analysis of productive and quality traits in farming systems included in the subject schedule. The student will be taugh to interpret and calculate productive/economic traits of the different studied species (10 hours).
These practices will be complemented with memories elaborated by the students.
Tutorials:
Two hours are devoted to groupl tutorials, mainly face-to-face, nevertheless virtual sessions can be scheduled but respecting the time slots shown in the 2020-21 course calendar.
The presence in the classrooms, seminars and farms (including transfers to farms) of expositive and practical teaching will be combined with the application of biosafety measures (hydrogel, masks when it is not possible to guarantee the minimum safety distance).
All teaching will be carried out with the support of ICT and with the systematic use of the Virtual Campus as a teaching support.
*IN THE EVENT OF AN INCIDENT CAUSING THE CHANGE OF THE SCENARIO 1 PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED, SEE THE MODIFICATIONS SPECIFIED IN THE CONTINGENCY PLAN IN THE FINAL COMMENT SECTION
Scenario 1 (adapted normality):*
- Regular attendance at the classroom expositive sessions and compulsory at the scheduled practical activities. To take the exam, students must attend 100% of the practical sessions, including the work assigned to them.
- The student's final grade will be based on a classroom exam that includes the material taught in the expository classes (60% of the final grade).
- As mentioned, it will be compulsory to attend all the practices and carry out the work assigned in these practical sessions. The tasks and tests related to the practical sessions (continuous evaluation) will represent 40% of the final grade.
It is necessary to obtain a minimum of 5 points (out of 10) in each part (expository and practical) to proceed to calculate the final average grade.
*IN THE EVENT OF AN INCIDENT CAUSING THE CHANGE OF THE SCENARIO 1 PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED, SEE THE MODIFICATIONS SPECIFIED IN THE CONTINGENCY PLAN IN THE FINAL COMMENT SECTION
PRESENTIAL WORK IN CLASS
(10x Nº ECTS)
AUTONOMOUS WORK OF THE STUDENT
(15x Nº ECTS)
Lectures 19 Autonomous study 42.5
Laboratory/computer practises 10 Cases/problems resolution-Oral communications 4-6
Active farm visits 16 Reports elaboration of the practical sessions 8
Tutorial sessions 2 Examinations 3
Total hours presential work 49 Total hours autonomous work (15x Nº ECTS) 63.5
- Attending regularly to classes.
- Trying to understand and to reason the structure and functioning of a livestock farm and not only to memorize some data to be able to repeat them in an exam.
- Making a good use of tutorials with regularity and without waiting for the last week before the exam.
- Having the aptitude for gathering and processing all the information that they will receive in their visits to farms, so that it is required a great capacity to watch and big doses of curiosity.
- Fulfilling the entrusted pieces of work along the academic year.
CONTINGENCY PLAN IN THE EVENT OF AN INCIDENT CAUSING THE CHANGE TO SCENARIOS 2 OR 3
-Teaching methodology:
Scenario 2 (distancing):
• Expository classes taught synchronously and telematically using Ms Teams or any other platform designed and approved for this purpose. The telematic classes will be complemented with the systematic use of the Virtual Campus to support teaching.
• Autonomous classroom practical work in small groups and supervised by the teacher. The time in laboratory/computer classroom practices can be reduced by up to 50%, according to health recommendations, so that distance measures can be strengthened but maintaining the same hours and practical activities for each group. In the case of classroom time reduction, this will be complemented with telematic sessions.
Visits to the farms (in small groups in any of the scenarios) may be kept on schedule or replaced in whole or in part by virtual visits and practical seminars based on official health recommendations as well as those from the farms themselves.
In all practices (including transfers to farms), the hygienic-sanitary measures will be mandatory, and will be reinforced according to the sanitary recommendations of the moment (hydrogel, mandatory mask when it is not possible to guarantee the minimum safety distance). , etc.).
• Independent study of each student.
• Tutorials, only telematic.
Scenario 3 (closure of facilities):
• Expository classes taught telematically through Ms Teams or any other platform designed and approved for this purpose. The telematic classes will be complemented with the systematic use of the Virtual Campus to support teaching.
• Practical teaching in a virtual way, keeping the schedules programmed and using the Virtual Classroom of the subject as support, as well as Ms Teams or other institutional enabled platforms. In this case, visits to farms will be replaced by virtual visits and practical seminars, but the contents of the laboratory / computer classroom practices will be maintained.
• Independent study of each student.
• Tutorials, only telematic.
- Evaluation system
Scenario 2 (distancing):
- Regular attendance at synchronous telematic expositive sessions and compulsory at scheduled practical activities. To take the exam, it is necessary to attend 100% of the practical sessions, including classroom work and work carried out virtually through authorized institutional platforms.
- The final exam of the expository matter (60% of the final grade) will be carried out synchronously and telematically, although if the sanitary norm allows it, this test can be done in person, adopting the hygienic-sanitary measures regulated.
- The continuous evaluation of the practical activity (40% of the final grade) will be carried out by combining presential classroom and /or telematic test and tasks, both synchronous and asynchronous. It is necessary to obtain a minimum of 5 points (out of 10) in each part (expository and practical) to proceed to calculate the final average grade. As mentioned, attendance at practical sessions is mandatory.
In case of plagiarism, fraud or improper use of technologies for the realization of the telematic tests, the provisions of the “Normativa de avaliación do rendemento académico dos estudantes e de revisión de cualificacións” will apply.
Hygienic-sanitary measures will be maintained or implemented in accordance with sanitary recommendations (hydrogel, mask requirement when it is not possible to guarantee the minimum safety distance, etc.).
Scenario 3 (closure of facilities):
- Regular attendance to the telematic expositive sessions and compulsory to the programmed virtual practical activities. In order to take the exam, it is necessary to attend 100% of the practical sessions, and to complete all the tasks and virtual tests through the authorized institutional platforms.
- The final exam of the expository matter (60% of the final grade) will be carried out synchronously and telematically.
- The continuous evaluation of the practical activity (40% of the final grade) will be carried out by means of telematic tests and tasks, both synchronous and asynchronous. It is necessary to obtain a minimum of 5 points (out of 10) in each part (expository and practical) to proceed to calculate the final average grade. As mentioned, attendance at virtual practical sessions is mandatory.
In case of plagiarism, fraud or improper use of technologies for the realization of the telematic tests, the provisions of the “Normativa de avaliación do rendemento académico dos estudantes e de revisión de cualificacións” will apply.
Ignacio Garcia Lara
- Department
- Anatomy, Animal Production and Clinical Veterinary Science
- Area
- Animal production
- Phone
- 982822402
- ignacio.garcia.lara [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University School Lecturer
Angel Luis Ceular Villace
- Department
- Anatomy, Animal Production and Clinical Veterinary Science
- Area
- Animal production
- angelluis.ceular [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: Temporary PhD professor
Alejandro Fernandez Fernandez
- Department
- Anatomy, Animal Production and Clinical Veterinary Science
- Area
- Animal production
- alejandro.fernandez [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: LOU (Organic Law for Universities) Associate University Professor
Francisco Javier Dieguez Casalta
Coordinador/a- Department
- Anatomy, Animal Production and Clinical Veterinary Science
- Area
- Animal production
- Category
- Professor: Temporary PhD professor
Ramiro Antonio Fouz Dopacio
- Department
- Anatomy, Animal Production and Clinical Veterinary Science
- Area
- Animal production
- ramiro.fouz [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: LOU (Organic Law for Universities) PhD Assistant Professor
Ruth Rodríguez Bermúdez
- Department
- Anatomy, Animal Production and Clinical Veterinary Science
- Area
- Animal production
- ruth.rodriguez [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: Temporary supply professor to reduce teaching hours
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