2017/18 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

BLGY2142 Animal Nutrition and Metabolism

20 creditsClass Size: 200

Module manager: Dr Henry Greathead
Email: H.M.R.Greathead@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2017/18

Pre-requisite qualifications

Normally level 1 Biology core modules

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Objectives

The aim of the course is to teach students the principles of nutrition including a description of the major nutrients and their digestion, absorption and metabolism in various classes of animals including humans and other mammals, both ruminant and non-ruminant, wild and domestic. Birds are also included.

Learning outcomes
On completion of the module students should have a thorough understanding of the basic principles of nutrition and how the body deals with the various nutrients. Nutrition is now a vital topic both in everyday life and especially in biology and animal science.

There are opportunities to develop transferable professional skills.
- Team/group working (practicals/seminar)
- Debating (animal ethics seminar)
- Problem solving (practicals)
- Time management (assessment)
- Report writing (practicals)
- Delivery of oral presentation (animal ethics seminar)

Syllabus

The topics covered are as follows:
- The digestive tracts of ruminants and simple-stomached animals and birds.
- Digestion and absorption of protein, fat and carbohydrates in simple-stomached and ruminant animals.
- Metabolism of absorbed products including a review of the relevant metabolic pathways.
- The macro-elements, the essential trace elements and the toxic trace elements.
- The fat and water soluble vitamins.

We also cover some aspects of avian and fish nutrition.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Class tests, exams and assessment	1	1.50	1.50
Lecture	33	1.00	33.00
Practical	6	3.00	18.00
Seminar	1	2.00	2.00
Private study hours			145.50
Total Contact hours			54.50
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			200.00

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Unseen exam (essays, etc short answers, calculations).

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
In-course Assessment	End-of-term-MCQ test	10.00
Practical Report	One summative practical report and one formative practical report	10.00
Practical Report	Lab book	10.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		30.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Exams

Exam type	Exam duration	% of formal assessment
Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc)	3 hr 00 mins	70.00
Total percentage (Assessment Exams)		70.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 04/04/2017

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