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The course of Zootecnia aims to train top-level professional, with solid theoretical and practical knowledge in the areas of creation, management, nutrition, feeding, reproduction and breeding of domestic animals and wildlife as well as in economics and management and rural agribusiness.
Main Activities

The Zootecnista to be a professional with solid technical and scientific training, ready to manage different systems of animal production, with skill and competence to:
know and understand the factors of production and combine them with technical and economic efficiency;
conceive, design and analysis systems, products and processes;
know and act in markets agroindustrial complex;
understand and act in the organization and management and business community;
meet, interact and influence in decision making processes of actors and institutions, management of sectoral policies of its field of action;
develop and use new technologies;
assess the impact of professional activities in the social, environmental and economic;
work in teaching in higher education, design and conduct research, interpret and disseminate results;
act ethically, participating in multidisciplinary teams.

This course is offered in Bagé in Rural Campus, in Alegrete.

The degree aims to train professionals with a solid scientific basis, able to understand and diagnose the current situation of livestock, as well as to guide the use of modern techniques to make farming economically viable activities. The professional will have power to run the profession in any area of their training. The graduate earns degree in veterinary medicine.

Under the coordination of professor José Carlos Lucena Rosa, this course offers 50 places per semester. The time duration of the course is 5 years (10 semesters), for a total of 4,470 hours / class. The classes take place in the daytime shift.

Among its general characteristics, the Course of Veterinary Medicine, University of the Region of the Campaign’s goal to form a competent professional with an overview and critique of the man in his relation with the environment and the society, dedicated to the branch of science Agrarian that studying animals, providing their cooperation in raising the living standards of the community, whose theoretical and practical knowledge to enable the exercise of the following main activities:

- Promote and implement measures to encourage the production of animals, instructing or adopting the procedures and systems, genetic and food that are most given to improvement of the various species and breeds, including the conditioning of their better adaptation to the environment, aiming to objectives of its creation and the destiny of their products;

- Study, coordination and implementation of techniques of interest to animal breeding, including the service of artificial insemination;

- Inspection and supervision from a health and hygiene of products of animal origin;

- Study and implementation of public health measures in relation to diseases of animals transmissible to humans (zoonoses);

- Perform the technical supervision of the exhibition of animals and of experimental stations for their creation;

- Clinical and surgical obstetrics domestic animals;

- Prophylaxis and control of infectious diseases and parasites of domestic animals;

- Join the examinations that the pets have to be submitted for the purpose of their registration in the companies registry of pedigree;

- Teaching and research, both in the professional sector of the veterinary sector and in basic biological sciences related.

Applications are made through UCAS and all applicants who possess the minimum entrance requirements for the BVMS degree programme will be considered by the Faculty Admissions Committee. This is composed of the Convener of the Admissions Committee, 18 members of academic staff and 15 veterinary practitioners. The faculty encourages a number of graduates into the BVMS programme each year. Consideration is given to applicants who hold, or hope to gain, a 2.I Honours degree in a science-based discipline. All applications must be received by UCAS by 15 October. If applying to the BVMS programme you must limit your choice to four veterinary schools only. If you apply to more than four veterinary schools, your application will not be forwarded to institutions by UCAS. Do I need practical experience? Success in the veterinary degree programme requires high academic achievement and a great deal of hard work, together with motivation evidenced by some prior practical knowledge. Before coming for interview, you will be expected to have gained experience with a veterinary surgeon, spent a week or two working on a dairy farm and have a variety of experience working with other animals, for example in kennels, stables or on other types of farms. It is recommended that you take a few riding lessons if you have no previous experience of horses. Some applicants may have laboratory experience and may be considering a research career. This will also be taken into consideration. Will I be interviewed? Candidates seriously considered for admission into the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine will normally be interviewed before a final decision is reached. Members of the Admissions Committee carry out these interviews between December and February each year. How is the degree programme organised? The degree programme consists of five years’ study combined with practical experience, involving long hours of work with little free time during the University term. You will be required to undertake an additional 12 weeks’ extra-mural studies (EMS) during vacation time in first and second years, during which you will gain further experience of the management and handling of domestic animals. During your third, fourth and final years you must also spend a combined total of 26 weeks’ vacation time on EMS gaining experience of general veterinary practice. In the first and second years of the programme you will study biomolecular sciences, anatomy, physiology and animal husbandry. During this pre-clinical period the anatomy of the normal healthy animal is related to function in the physiology and biomolecular sciences courses, while animal husbandry deals with all aspects of the recognition, housing and handling of the common species of domestic animals. At the end of the first two years you will have a sound working knowledge of healthy domestic animals. During third year, you will study pathology, bacteriology, virology, parasitology and pharmacology and will be introduced to the skills of clinical examination. An intensive lecture course in medicine, surgery, pathology and public health follows in fourth year, with associated practical sessions which allow clinical cases to be examined and discussed in detail. In the final year there are no formal lectures and the emphasis is on small group clinical teaching covering all the common species of domestic animals, during which time you are involved in all aspects of work in the faculty’s busy referral hospital. You will also gain first hand experience of a busy small animal clinic at the People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals in Glasgow and may spend two weeks in residence at a large veterinary practice in Lanark. A unique feature of the programme at Glasgow is the cooperative demonstration of clinical cases by clinicians, pathologists and other staff members to fourth and final year students. Can I take an intercalated science degree? At the end of third year selected candidates may be admitted to an intercalated Honours BSc (VetSci) programme, currently available in eight subjects. In addition, at the end of second year or third year, and at the discretion of the Faculty of Biomedical & Life Sciences, you may be admitted to study for a two-year intercalated Honours BSc. Provided you resume studies in the session immediately following that in which you completed or terminated your studies for an intercalated degree, you will be readmitted to the BVMS programme. What academic support is available? Support is provided by student advisers for each year and the EMS coordinator supervises extra-mural studies for all undergraduates in the faculty. The purpose-built James Herriot Library, named after the popular author who trained in Glasgow, provides a dedicated study area with online search facilities and an audio-visual room for interactive video sessions. What are my career prospects? Graduates can register as a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (MRCVS), which entitles you to practise in the United Kingdom and any other member state of the European Union. The majority of registered veterinary surgeons in the United Kingdom are in general practice, which may be small or farm animal, equine or mixed. Graduates are also employed in government service, dealing with investigation, control and eradication of important diseases. Others are actively engaged in food hygiene or in university teaching and research. The BVMS degree provides an ideal platform to progress to postgraduate work and a career in research, and veterinary surgeons have the opportunity to gain further qualifications in specialist subjects by sitting the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons’ certificate and diploma examinations, or European diploma examinations.

The Master degree programme in Domestic Animal Biology is aimed at students who do not meet the entry requirements for the Master degree programme in Animal Science, but desire a high level of biological competence in one of the fields within domestic animal science. In addition to the Master degree in Animal Science, society needs competence within domestic animal science combined with related biological subjects.Candidates are qualified to manage domestic animals at different levels in society. (Eksempler) The degree qualifies students for Ph.D. studies within Animal Sciences.

Admission requirements
A Bachelor’s degree in Biology/Science that includes at least 20 credits at the 100 or 200 level within ethology. Alternative: Bachelor’s degree in Biology/Science with a focus on nutrition or physiology. The Bachelor’s degree must contain basic courses in mathematics and statistics, a minimum of 10 credits each.

The course syllabus contains much material in English. International studies are possible provided prior course approval.

Related studies
The programme is related to the Master degree programme in Animal Science, but is more flexible and can build on another background than the Bachelor degree in Animal Science. The programme may therefore be suitable for students not qualified for the Master degree programme in Animal Science.

Learning goals
Students must specialise in one of the four fields of Animal Science: ethology, breeding, nutrition, molecular genetics and product quality or a combination of these. Knowledge and understanding will depend on the area of specialisation. The students will acquire in-depth knowledge of one or more fields, and will be able to apply their theoretical and practical knowledge to solve problems in community.

Teaching and evaluation methods
The programme applies a wide range of teaching methods, such as practical work, lectures, excursions, independent studies, exercises and seminars by students.Oral or written final exam, or continuous evaluation.

Programme content
The Master’s degree programme in Domestic Animal Biology includes two specialisations: 1. Ethology 2. Domestic Animal Biology. At least 40 credits are required within the specialisation in addition to the Master’s thesis. At least 25 credits must be at the 300 level. The Master’s thesis is selected in cooperation with adviser and is worth 30 credits, but it may, on application, be increased to 60 credits. An example plan is available for ethology. Compulsory and recommended courses: Ethology: compulsory courses are HET300, HET301, HET302, plus HET201 if absent from the Bachelor’s degree. Courses in behavioural ecology at the levels 200 and 300 are recommended. Domestic Animal Biology: Students are required to compose a study plan which must be approved by the Department. Sufficient background knowledge of the selected courses is necessary for approval.

Student advising
The study programme has a student adviser.

Evaluation
Approval of all alterations and rules by the Study Board. Mid-semester and final course evaluations are regarded by the Board. The quality and content of the programme as a whole are continually re-evaluated by the Board.

Norway has a growing and sustainable population of domestic animals. The programme aims at providing advanced knowledge of effective production which takes care of both the important productions and the growing diversity of animal production.Candidates are qualified to manage domestic animals at different levels in society. (Eksempler) The degree qualifies students for Ph.D. studies within Animal Sciences.

Admission requirements
Bachelor degree in Domestic Animal Science including: anatomy/physiology (15 credits), ethology (10 credits), nutrition (20 credits) breeding (15 credits) and molecular genetics (5 credits). In addition, 10 credits are required in each of the following subjects: chemistry, mathematics, biology, statistics, plus introduction to Domestic Animal Science (20 credits).

We recommend the students to study one or two semesters at universities abroad provided prior approval.

UMB has exchange agreements with several universities abroad.

Related studies
No related studies in Norway.

Learning goals
The student will have deep knowledge within one or more of the following fields of animal science: nutrition and ethology, breeding, physiology, product quality and molecular genetics. The students will acquire in-depth knowledge of one or more fields, and will be able to apply their theoretical and practical knowledge to solve problems in community.

Teaching and evaluation methods
The programme applies a wide range of teaching methods, such as practical work, lectures, independent studies, exercises and seminars by students.Oral or written final exam, or continuous evaluation.

Programme content
Students may choose one of six specialisations: 1.Breeding. 2. Nutrition. 3. Ethology. 4. Domestic animals and Economy. 5. Sports- and family animals. 6. General. At least 50 credits at the 200 and 300 level in Domestic Animal Science are required. At least 35 credits must be at the 300 level. The course HFX301 (5 credits) is mandatory for all specialisations. For the specialisations 1, 2, 3 and 5, at least 25 credits must be from the 300 level within the subject area. A 60-credits Master’s degree thesis can only be chosen after application approval. The remaining credits may be chosen from any 200 or 300-level courses.

Student advising
The programme has a student adviser.

Evaluation
Approval of all alterations and rules by the Study Board. Mid-semester and final course evaluations are regarded by the Board. The quality and content of the programme as a whole are continually re-evaluated by the Board.