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Jordan University of Science and Technology Faculty of Agriculture Dept. Of Animal Production Advanced Ruminant Nutrition AS 714 Instructor: Dr. Serhan G. Haddad Reference Textbooks: The Ruminant Animal – Digestive Physiology and Nutrition (1988). D. C. Church (Ed.), Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ. Nutritional Ecology of the Ruminant – 2nd Ed (1994). P. J. Van Soest, Cornell Univ. Press, Ithaca, NY. Course objectives: To become acquainted with and learn important facts and advanced theories of nutrition and their applications to feeding ruminant livestock. Grading: First exam Second exam % Total 25 25 Final exam. Total 50 100 Course Outline 1. Classification of ruminants, anatomy of the ruminant digestive tract, production of saliva, and ruminal gases 2. Ruminal microbiology – bacteria 3. Ruminal microbiology – protozoa and fungi 4. Factors affecting the ruminal microbial population 5. Kinetics of digestive processes 6. Microbial population modifiers 7. Microbial fermentation of carbohydrates I 8. Microbial fermentation of carbohydrates II 9. Microbial fermentation of nitrogenous compounds I 10. Microbial fermentation of nitrogenous compounds II 11. Microbial metabolism of lipids 12. Metabolic disorders of ruminants – acidosis, liver abscesses, bloat, ketosis, and other disorders