RUMINANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGY II

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2025 Learning Outcomes: 1. Assess source, digestion, absorption, utilization, and metabolism of nutrients in ruminants Audience: Graduate 2. Integrate concepts of carbon and nitrogen tracing and flux through ruminant body systems Audience: Graduate 3. Develop a command of modeling nutrient flux through tissues and be able to apply and extrapolate concepts to nutrient utilization and tracing methodology Audience: Graduate 4. Clearly communicate the conceptual basis, assumptions, and limitations of techniques and methodology necessary to quantify digestive and metabolic processes Audience: Graduate 5. Evaluate nutritional recommendations and current topics in ruminant nutrition Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Assess source, digestion, absorption, utilization, and metabolism of nutrients in ruminants Audience: Graduate 2. Integrate concepts of carbon and nitrogen tracing and flux through ruminant body systems Audience: Graduate 3. Develop a command of modeling nutrient flux through tissues and be able to apply and extrapolate concepts to nutrient utilization and tracing methodology Audience: Graduate 4. Clearly communicate the conceptual basis, assumptions, and limitations of techniques and methodology necessary to quantify digestive and metabolic processes Audience: Graduate 5. Evaluate nutritional recommendations and current topics in ruminant nutrition Audience: Graduate