Master of Animal Nutrition

This course offers the unique opportunity to integrate an in-depth scientific knowledge of animal nutrition with the acquisition of business skills. The course will include the some of the following depending on the syllabus of the university: Principles of nutrition including the sources and functions of macro- and micronutrients and animal metabolism, a range of methods for acquiring and interpreting biological and epidemiological information, feeding systems for livestock production, and dietary regimens for zoo and companion animals, role of diet in the causation and prevention of disease and the promotion of animal health, knowledge of feed manufacturing industries, including business organisation, operational management, raw ingredient sourcing, processing and feed evaluation and latest trends and scientific developments in animal nutrition as well as ethical issues associated with those trends. It may also include study of experimental design, research techniques in animal nutrition, data analyses and interpretation, and means of presenting scientific data.