The programme delivered in the first year (60 ECTS) has a professional orientation focus and includes lectures, individual and group practical work, a supervised individual project, technical visits and a professional traineeship.

Unit 1. Principles of animal nutrition (12 ECTS)

• Feed composition, nutrient digestion and metabolism
• Feed evaluation
• Nutrient requirements
• Feed intake

Unit 2. Feedstuffs and feed technology: composition, quality and safety (9 ECTS)

• Feed components and feed categories
• Feed technology
• Raw material and compound feed quality
• Feed safety

Unit 3. Animal feeding, and food quality and safety (15 ECTS)

• Feeding for milk production: cattle, sheep and goats
• Feeding for meat production in ruminants: cattle, sheep and goats
• Feeding for meat production in monogastrics: pigs, poultry and rabbits
• Feeding for egg production

Unit 4. Mathematical and statistical methods in animal nutrition (6 ECTS)

• Data analysis and experimental design
• The use of modelling as a tool in animal nutrition

Unit 5. Repercussions of nutrition on the environment and on animal health and welfare (6 ECTS)

• Health and nutrition
• Welfare and nutrition
• Animal production and environmental interactions
• Reducing environmental impact in intensive systems through nutritional management
• Livestock/environment interactions in extensive systems
• Environmental-friendly production systems

Unit 6. Individual project (6 ECTS)

Unit 7. Professional training stage related to animal nutrition (6 ECTS)