Students will acquire a comprehensive understanding of pig husbandry and competence to work as entrepreneurs or in consulting work.
Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses
Common basic studies in animal production
Contents
- Current issues in nutrition and management
- Production monitoring
- Nutrition and feed formulation
- Breeding
- Building and production technology
Recommended or Required Reading
Current material according to the students' own interest and information retrieval.
Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Lectures, discussions, problem-solving assignments, information acquisition, reports, and literature
- Contact teaching: 40 %
- Independent study: 60 %
Assessment Criteria
Acceptable level: The student is able to report a current topic related to pig production using own information retrieval, is able to plan feeding of different pig groups, is able to select animals for breeding, is able to evaluate and discuss techical solutions and is able to participate professional discussions regarding pig production.
Assessment Methods
- Active participation
- Assignments
- Written and oral final examination