Zootechnics
Zootechnics is the Science that studies the potentialities of captive and domestic animals, with the objective of rationally using them for obtaining food and for other purposes for human beings, in a sustainable and economic way. As a science, it directly derives from Biology but it adds up economic principles and principles related to food production, aiming at providing the market with proper food for humans. The professionals in this area can work in animal production activities, from the conception of the project to the development of diets and the supervision of vaccines. They can work in animal food factories, slaughterhouses, insemination centers, representation and sales of products related to animal production, animal food analysis laboratories, zootechnical genetics laboratories, production, implementation and management of pasture, genetic improvement in cattle and pasture, planning and executing projects for animal production facilities, prevention of diseases, wild animal management and raising, researches in the field of animal production, zootechnics teaching and also management of rural properties and industries.
Information about the Course
Type of Degree: Bachelor’s Degree
Duration: 5 years
Time: All day course
Seats available: 50 seats
CURRICULAR FRAMEWORK
General Summary of the Curricular Framework for Bachelor’s Degree in Zootechnics in FCA/UFGD
REQUIREMENT | CREDIT HOURS* | CREDITS |
Common Core of the University | 144 | 8 |
Common Core Disciplines of the Field | 360 | 20 |
Mandatory and Specific Disciplines of the course | 3.456 | 194 |
Elective Disciplines | 324 | 18 |
Final Paper | 54 | 2 |
Supervised Internship | 360 | 20 |
Complementary Activities | 36 | 2 |
Total (class hours) | 4.734 | 264 |
Total (hours) | 3.945 |
Suggested Curricular Framework of the Bachelor’s Degree in Zootechnics in FCA/UFGD divided by semesters (10-semester suggestion)
Semester 1
Discipline | Credit Hours | Credits | Requirement | Location | ||
Theoretical | Practical | Total | ||||
Common Core of the University 1 | 72 | 0 | 72 | 4 | -- | UFGD |
Fundamental Mathematics | 72 | 0 | 72 | 4 | -- | FACET |
General and Organic Chemistry | 72 | 0 | 72 | 4 | -- | FACET |
Representation of Farm Facilities | 36 | 36 | 72 | 4 | -- | FCA |
Cytology | 0 | 36 | 36 | 2 | -- | FCBA |
Histology and Embryology | 36 | 36 | 72 | 4 | -- | FCA |
Introduction to Zootechnics | 36 | 18 | 54 | 3 | -- | FCA |
Total | 288 | 162 | 450 | 25 |
Semester 2
Discipline | Credit Hours | Credits | Requirement | Location | ||
Theoretical | Practical | Total | ||||
Common Core of the University 2 | 72 | 0 | 72 | 4 | -- | UFGD |
Ecology | 36 | 0 | 36 | 2 | -- | FCBA |
Zoology | 18 | 18 | 36 | 2 | - | FCBA |
Animal Anatomy | 36 | 36 | 72 | 4 | -- | FCA |
Introduction to the Scientific Method | 72 | 0 | 72 | 4 | -- | FCA |
Biochemistry I | 36 | 36 | 72 | 4 | -- | FCBA |
Applied Analytical Chemistry | 36 | 36 | 72 | 4 | -- | FACET |
Elective Discipline | ||||||
Total | 270 | 162 | 432 | 24 |
Semester 3
Discipline | Credit Hours | Credits | Requirement | Location | ||||||
Theoretical | Practical | Total | ||||||||
Agrometeorology | 36 | 36 | 72 | 4 | -- | FCA | ||||
Probability and Statistics | 72 | 0 | 72 | 4 | -- | FACET | ||||
Animal Physiology | 72 | 0 | 72 | 4 | Animal Anatomy | FCA | ||||
Applied Physics | 36 | 36 | 72 | 4 | -- | FACET | ||||
Botany | 36 | 36 | 72 | 4 | -- | FCBA | ||||
Introduction to Soil Science | 18 | 18 | 36 | 2 | -- | FCA | ||||
Elective Discipline | ||||||||||
Total | 270 | 126 | 396 | 22 | ||||||
Semester 4
Discipline | Credit Hours | Credits | Requirement | Location | |||
Theoretical | Practical | Total | |||||
Rural Economy and Agribusiness | 54 | 0 | 54 | 3 | -- | FACE | |
Animal Bioclimatology | 36 | 18 | 54 | 3 | -- | FCA | |
Zootechnical Machinery | 36 | 36 | 72 | 4 | -- | FCA | |
Rural Extension, Sociology and Communication | 36 | 36 | 72 | 4 | -- | FCA | |
Soil Management and Physics | 36 | 0 | 36 | 2 | -- | FCA | |
Plant Metabolism and Development | 36 | 36 | 72 | 4 | Biochemistry | FCA | |
Implementation, Carrying and Analysis of Agricultural and Cattle Raising Experiments | 72 | 0 | 72 | 4 | Probability and Statistics | FCA | |
Elective Discipline | |||||||
Total | 306 | 126 | 432 | 24 |
Semester 5
Discipline | Credit Hours | Credits | Requirement | Location | ||
Theoretical | Practical | Total | ||||
Foods and Feeding | 36 | 18 | 54 | 3 | -- | FCA |
Zootechnical Prophylaxis and Hygiene I | 36 | 18 | 54 | 3 | -- | FCA |
Zootechnical Microbiology | 36 | 36 | 72 | 4 | -- | FCA |
Applied Genetics | 54 | 18 | 72 | 3 | -- | FCBA |
Agrostology | 18 | 18 | 36 | 2 | --- | FCA |
Digestive Physiololgy | 54 | 0 | 54 | 3 | -- | FCA |
Rural Management and Agricultural and Cattle Raising Projects | 54 | 0 | 54 | 3 | -- | FCA |
Soil Fertility and Fertilizing | 36 | 36 | 72 | 4 | -- | FCA |
Elective Discipline | ||||||
Total | 324 | 144 | 468 | 22 |
Semester 6
Discipline | Credit Hours | Credits | Requirement | Location | ||
Theoretical | Practical | Total | ||||
Animal Food Processing and Formulation | 18 | 36 | 54 | 3 | Foods and Feeding | FCA |
Fundamentals of Animal Improvement | 36 | 36 | 72 | 4 | Probability and Statistics / Genetics | FCA |
Zootechnical Prophylaxis and Hygiene II | 36 | 18 | 54 | 3 | -- | FCA |
Ruminant Nutrition | 36 | 36 | 72 | 4 | Digestive Physiology | FCA |
Non-ruminant Nutrition | 36 | 36 | 72 | 4 | Digestive Physiology | FCA |
Physiology of Reproduction | 36 | 36 | 72 | 4 | Animal Physiology | FCA |
Cultivation of Forage | 36 | 36 | 72 | 4 | Agrostology | FCA |
Elective Discipline | ||||||
Total | 234 | 234 | 468 | 26 | - | - |
Semester 7
Discipline | Credit Hours | Credits | Requirement | Location | ||
Theoretical | Practical | Total | ||||
Exterior Features and Judging | 18 | 18 | 36 | 2 | - | FCA |
Ethology | 36 | 36 | 72 | 4 | -- | FCA |
Apiculture | 18 | 36 | 54 | 3 | FCA | |
Dog and Cat Nutrition | 36 | 0 | 36 | 2 | Non-ruminant Nutrition | FCA |
Conservation of Food | 18 | 18 | 36 | 2 | - | FCA |
Applied Animal Genetic Improvement | 36 | 36 | 72 | 4 | Fundamentals Animal Improvement | FCA |
Beef Cattle Raising | 36 | 36 | 72 | 4 | Ruminant Nutrition / Cultivation of Forage | FCA |
Forage Cultivations of Zootechnical Interest | 36 | 18 | 54 | 3 | FCA | |
Elective Discipline | ||||||
Total | 252 | 180 | 432 | 24 |
Semester 8
Discipline | Credit Hours | Credits | Requirement | Location | ||||||||
Theoretical | Practical | Total | ||||||||||
Carcass Evaluation and Typification | 36 | 36 | 72 | 4 | -- | FCA | ||||||
Waste Management in Animal Production | 36 | 18 | 54 | 3 | -- | FCA | ||||||
Horse Farming | 36 | 18 | 54 | 3 | Non-ruminant Nutrition | FCA | ||||||
Sheep Farming | 36 | 18 | 54 | 3 | Ruminant Nutrition / Cultivation of Forage | FCA | ||||||
Pig Farming | 36 | 36 | 72 | 4 | Non-ruminant Nutrition | FCA | ||||||
Aviculture | 36 | 36 | 72 | 4 | Non-ruminant Nutrition | FCA | ||||||
Pisciculture | 36 | 36 | 72 | 4 | Non-ruminant Nutrition | FCA | ||||||
Elective Discipline | ||||||||||||
Total | 252 | 198 | 450 | 25 | ||||||||
Semester 9
Discipline | Credit Hours | Credits | Requirement | Location | ||
Theoretical | Practical | Total | ||||
Technology of Animal Products | 36 | 36 | 72 | 4 | -- | FCA |
Goat Farming | 36 | 18 | 54 | 3 | Ruminant Nutrition / Cultivation of Forage | FCA |
Milk Cattle Raising | 36 | 36 | 72 | 4 | Ruminant Nutrition / Cultivation of Forage | FCA |
Animal Welfare | 36 | 18 | 54 | 3 | - | FCA |
Aquaculture | 36 | 18 | 54 | 3 | FCA | |
Cuniculture | 18 | 18 | 36 | 2 | - | FCA |
Seminars | 36 | 0 | 36 | 2 | -- | FCA |
Molecular Techniques Applied to Animal Production | 36 | 18 | 54 | 3 | Genetics | FCA |
Elective Discipline | ||||||
Total | 270 | 162 | 432 | 24 |
Semester 10
Discipline | Credit Hours |
Credits | Requirement | Location | ||
Theoretical | Practical | Total | ||||
Complementary Activities | 36 | 0 | 36 | 2 | -- | FCA |
Supervised Internship | 0 | 360 | 360 | 20 | -- | FCA |
Final Paper | 54 | 0 | 54 | 3 | -- | FCA |
Total | 90 | 360 | 450 | 25 |
Elective disciplines offered
Elective Disciplines | Credit Hours | Credits | Location | ||
Theoretical | Practical | Total | |||
Agro-quality | 36 | 36 | 2 | FCA | |
Special Aviculture | 18 | 18 | 36 | 2 | FCA |
Reproduction Biotechniques | 18 | 18 | 36 | 2 | FCA |
Buffalo Farming | 36 | 18 | 54 | 3 | FCA |
Commercial Wild Fauna Breeding | 18 | 18 | 36 | 2 | FCA |
Brazilian Sign Language - LIBRAS | 72 | - | 72 | 4 | FACED |
Matrix and Incubation | 18 | 18 | 36 | 2 | FCA |
Ornamental Fish Production | 18 | 18 | 36 | 2 | FCA |
Topics in Zootechnics I | 36 | - | 36 | 2 | FCA |
Topics in Zootechnics II | 36 | 36 | 72 | 4 | FCA |
Total | 306 | 144 | 450 | 25 | - |
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