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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