Small Ruminants

Base Knowledge

1) Biology; 2) Animal Anatomy & Phisiology

Teaching Methodologies

1. Exposure of classical themes; 2. Execution of practical tasks at sheepbarn of ESAC; 3. Literature reasearch under faculty guidance

Learning Results

Know all the routine procedures of conducting a farm of sheep and / or goats, productive skills and their differences, the importance of the sector in the regional economy and the constraints on its development

Program

a) domestic breeds of sheep and goats and their skills;. b) physiological mechanisms involved in food, nutrition, reproduction, lactation and growth and pathology of the species; c) standards of general husbandry, feeding, breeding and health, to each species; d) characteristics of the production of milk, meat and wool in each species and their economic importance; e) biometric systems and related structures involved; f) production systems and regional differences, constraints and objectives to be pursued

Curricular Unit Teachers

Grading Methods

Avaliação Contínua
  • - Objectivo 2 - Produções: 1) exame escrito (80%); 2) execução de tarefas no ovil (20%). - 30.0%
  • - Objectivo 1 - Maneio.(70%): 1) exame escrito (80%); 2) execução de tarefas no ovil (20%) - 70.0%
Avaliação Por Exame
  • - Objectivo 2 - Produções: 1) exame escrito (80%); 2) exame prático no ovil (20%). - 30.0%
  • - Objectivo 1 - Maneio: 1) exame escrito (80%); 2) exame prático no ovil (20%) - 70.0%

Internship(s)

NAO

Bibliography

BODEN, E. – Sheep and goat practice / ed. E. Boden. London: Baillière Tindall, Cop. 1991. (The in practice hanbooks

DEGOIS É. – Manual do criador de ovinos: guia para os pastores e criadores de ovinos Gráfica Europan, 1985. (Colecção Euroagro, 19)

DUDOUET C. – La production du mouton. Paris: CEP, 1997. (Produire mieux)

GOODWIN D.H. – Scheep management and production: A practical guide for farmers and students. 2nd ed. London: Hutchinson, 1989

ITOVIC (INSTITUT TECHNIQUE DE L’ ÉLEVAGE OVIN ET CAPRIN), L’élevage Ovin Paris, Hachette, 1978

CORCY Jean-Christophe – La chèvre. Paris: La Maison Rustique, 1991

BORREGO J.D. – A reprodução nos ovinos: Publicaçöes Ciência e Vida, 1982

ETIENNE, M. – Elevage ovin et protection de la forêt méditerranéenne contre les incendies: participation d’un troupeau de moutons à l’entretien d’un réseau de pare-feu. Versailles: I.N.R.A., Unité d’Écodéveloppement, 1989. (Études et recherches sur les systèmes agraires et le développement, 15

SÁ F.V. – A cabra: da produção de leite à protecção da natureza 2ª ed. corrigida e actualizada. Lisboa: Clássica, 1990. (Nova Colecção Técnica Agrária, 6

COOP, I.E. – Sheep and goat production / Edited by I. E. Coop. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1982. (World Animal Science, C1)

CENTRO INTERNACIONAL DE ALTOS ESTUDIOS AGRONÓMICOS MEDITERRANEOS Valorizacion de productos lacteos de ovinos y caprinos en el area mediterranea. Tecnologias actuales y perspectivas de mercado: curso avanzado: advanced course Valorisation des produits laitiers des ovins et caprins en mediterranee. Technologies actuelles et perspectives de marche: cours approfondi Valorization of sheep and goat dairy products in the mediterranean. Present technologies and market perspectives. Pamplona: Universidad Pública de Navarra, 1997

FAZENDEIRO, M.I. – Conselhos prácticos de ovinos e caprinos. Samtarém: Associação de criadores de caprinos e ovinos do Ribatejo e Oeste, 1996. (Série Divulgação, 1)