Class Animal Breading and Betterment I

Developed in the third year of the integrated master's degree in Veterinary Medicine, this course is part of the intermediate training between the basic area and the specific areas of veterinary medicine . This course is taught in a conventional manner over the fifteen weeks of the regular semester at the facilities of the Lusófona University of Lisbon. It includes practical classes, with visits to model farms or locations that integrate the concepts developed during the semester.  

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1 - Beef and dairy cattle: breeds used, production cycles, and production management (nutritional, health, and reproductive). 2 - Sheep and goats: breeds used, production cycle, and management (nutritional, reproductive, and health). 3 - Pigs: breeds, production cycle, and management (nutritional, health, and reproductive).   4 - Native Portuguese breeds and their specific characteristics, conservation, aptitude, production cycle, and quality products. 5 - Animal production and methane: methods for methane mitigation. 6 - Ruminant animals and functional herbivory, ecosystem restoration, and reactivation of biodynamic forests..

The program content will be developed in lectures with data presentations, videos, and assessments using cell phones and applications (Socrative). Fieldwork classes will be preceded by brief presentations, exercises, and submissions on Moodle. The concepts taught will be assessed in the practical component seminars (agricultural activities). In this work, a challenge (disease outbreak) is presented as a possible management failure. In the development of this work, the use of Artificial Intelligence will be recommended for specific aspects.   

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