Approximate Dates

Topic

6 September

11 September

13 September

18 September

20 September

25 September

27 September

2-4 October

9-11 October

16 October

18 October

23 October

25 October

30 October

1 November

6-8 November

13-15 November

20 November

27 November

29 November

4-6 December

11-13 December

Course Objectives, Syllabus   

Introduction and Rationale for studying Nutrition and Disease

I.          Basic Digestive Strategies—Avian and Mammalian

            a.         Monogastric

            b.         Hindgut Fermentor (cecal)

            c.         Forgut Fermentor (ruminant)

Feeding Strategies—faunivory, frugivory, folivory

Major Biochemical Pathways

Nutrient Content of Foods

a.         Animal Tissue

b.         Plant Tissue

Factors Affecting Nutrient Availability

a.         Digestibility

b.         Palatability

c.         Preference

Methods of Analysis

a.         Proximate

b.         Detergent

c.         In Vivo, In Vitro, In Situ

Specific Nutrient Requirements

a.         Energy

b.         Protein

c.         Minerals

d.         Vitamins

MIDTERM

Evaluating and Assessing Costs

a.         Maintenance Costs

b.         Production Costs

Evaluating and Assessing Costs (continued)

c.         Nutritional Wisdom

d.         Optimal Foraging

Availability of Nutrients

a.         Quality vs. Quantity

b.         Past Use of Food Resources

c.         Intake Limitations

d.         Interspecific Interactions

Availability of Nutrients (continued)

e.         Secondary Plant Metabolites

f.          Improving Nutrient Quality

Assessing Nutritional Status

a.         Captive Animal Approaches

b.         Indices for Free-Ranging Populations

Assessing Disease in Wildlife Populations

Important Diseases of Avian Species

Important Diseases of Carnivores

Important Diseases of Herbivores

Interactions Between Nutrition and Disease

Class Presentations

Class Presentations