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Course description

This course explores issues of animal nutrition and behaviour. This involves understanding grazing behaviour to predict seasonal patterns of use of the landscape and the effects of animal impact; complementary and competitive effects of grazers and browsers and how these can be managed for maximum nutritional efficiency; digestion and nutrient requirements; pasture growth and nutritive value; the theory and practice of pasture and grazing management to optimise yield and quality of animal products; tools for monitoring nutritional status and strategies for managing nutritional deficiencies. (Minimum enrolment required: 5 for External & Internal mode, 8 for Intensive mode)