SASA10155U Equine Nutrition and Management of Horses
This course will focus on nutrition, management and husbandry
issues pertaining to horses. The core of the course will be the
quantitative aspects of horse science, focused at group level but
extending down to individual animal and up to populations. The
course will be concerned with healthy animals. Students will obtain
knowledge of optimal nutrition and management practices incl.
breeding and training, feeding and physical environment to ensure
health, longevity and performance.
Nutrition of the healthy animal:
• as affected by life stage (growth, reproduction, lactation)
• for performance (incl the horse athlete), health and longevity
• malnutrition disorders and their prevention
Feed manufacturing and appropriate feedstuffs for horses incl.
nutritional value, quality, and feed technology
Management, husbandry and training at group, individual and
population level:
• management principles to obtain and maintain healthy individuals
incl prophylactic vaccination,
anti-parasite, hoof, harness and dental programs
• legislation regarding management and husbandry relevant to horses
• performance, training and management of the horse athlete for
performance in a life time perspective
Horse and breeding strategies:
• to maintain healthy populations
• to achieve desired performance traits
Behaviour and welfare:
• normal behaviour in horses
• environmental enrichment to maintain normal behaviour
• prevention of behaviour problems
Graduates will be equipped with academic competences enabling them
to work in several areas within the equine sector incl.
• Food companies
• Horse breeders
• Horseback riding institutions
• Veterinary support industries
• Horse advisory services
• Government advisory service
• Local government advisory service/registration
• Animal legislation
• Hunting and gamesport associations
• Sporting nutrition
• Entertainment industry
• Zoos, wildlife parks
• Research
• Teaching
This MSc-course focuses on nutrition and feeding at different life
stages, feed manufacturing, management, appropriate environment,
processing and quality, behaviour, horse breeding, physiology and
training of horses for performance and longevity. The aim is to
educate graduates with the following competence profile:
Knowledge
The student is able to:
• Account for quantitative nutrition and feeding at different life
stages (maintenance, growth,
reproduction, lactation) to optimize health, performance and
longevity and prevention of
malnutrition.
• Account for principles of different feed stuffs and feed
manufacturing
• Account for legislation relating to management and husbandry
relevant to horses
• Account for important principles in management at group level but
extending down to the
individual and up to populations regarding husbandry, breeding,
horses and their relation to the
animals’ physical environment, health, behaviour, welfare, and
longevity.
Skills
The student is able to
• Apply methods to evaluate feed formulation and feed quality
• Apply methods for evaluation of the interactions between animal
nutrition, health, animal
behaviour and physical environment and advice within these areas.
• Quantify and model animal life processes, from cellular to whole
body level, including
nutritional, biochemical, genetic, and physiological processes.
Competencies
The student is able to
• Understand relevant scientific principles, perform relevant
experiments and to analyse and
critically evaluate scientific literature.
• Use relevant scientific principles to evaluate and analyse the
animals’ nutritional-, health- and
welfare status, and the quality of their physical environment.
• Formulate and optimise diets and training schemes for horses at
different life stages and for
horses under different physical activity or training conditions to
optimize performance and
prevent malnutrition and performance related disorders.
• Apply principles of important food processing methods, and how
they influence the nutritive
value and applicability of diets of horses at different life stages
and in different physical activity
• Account for behavioural aspects of welfare
• To perform evaluation of nutrition, welfare and management
relevant to legislative issues in
horses
Relevant litterature for each topic will be announced by the teacher.
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- Category
- Hours
- Colloquia
- 11
- Exam
- 1
- Excursions
- 30
- Guidance
- 40
- Lectures
- 30
- Project work
- 300
- Total
- 412
- Credit
- 15 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Oral examinationWritten assignmentOral examination based on elaborated project report and pensum.
Weight: Oral examination 50%, project report 50%. - Exam registration requirements
- Submission of project report.
- Aid
- All aids allowed
- Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- No external censorship
Internal examinator
Criteria for exam assesment
To achieve the maximum grade of 12, the student shall be able
to:
Knowledge
• Account for quantitative nutrition and feeding at different life
stages (maintenance, growth, reproduction, lactation) to optimize
health, performance and longevity and prevention of malnutrition.
• Account for principles of different feed stuffs and feed
manufacturing
• Account for legislation relating to management and husbandry
relevant to horses
• Account for important principles in management at group level but
extending down to the
individual and up to populations regarding husbandry, breeding,
horses and their relation to the
animals’ physical environment, health, behaviour, welfare, and
longevity.
Skills
• Apply methods to evaluate feed formulation and feed quality
• Apply methods for evaluation of the interactions between animal
nutrition, health, animal
behaviour and physical environment and advice within these areas.
• Quantify and model animal life processes, from cellular to whole
body level, including
nutritional, biochemical, genetic, and physiological processes.
Competencies
• Understand relevant scientific principles, perform relevant
experiments and to analyse and critically evaluate scientific
literature.
• Use relevant scientific principles to evaluate and analyse the
animals’ nutritional-, health- and welfare status, and the quality
of their physical environment.
• Formulate and optimise diets and training schemes for horses at
different life stages and for horses under different physical
activity or training conditions to optimize performance and prevent
malnutrition and performance related disorders.
• Apply principles of important food processing methods, and how
they influence the nutritive value and applicability of diets of
horses at different life stages and in different physical activity
• Account for behavioural aspects of welfare
• To perform evaluation of nutrition, welfare and management
relevant to legislative issues in
horses
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- SASA10155U
- Credit
- 15 ECTS
- Level
- Full Degree Master
- Duration
- 1 block
- Placement
- Block 1
- Schedule
- All course activity will primarily take place on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
- Course capacity
- No limit
- Continuing and further education
- Study board
- Study Board of Veterinary Sciences
Contracting departments
- Department of Large Animal Sciences
- Department of Veterinary Clinical and Animal Sciences
Course responsibles
- Julie Fjeldborg (2-706c46797b746a34717b346a71)
Main responsible - Hanne Helene Hansen (3-6f6f6f477a7c756b35727c356b72)
- Christine Brøkner (3-676c76446c657170697874767378696d7232686f)