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Animal Feed Production: Feed Safety 

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Animal Feed Production: Feed Safety
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Overview

Duration

5 weeks

Total fee

11,044

Mode of learning

Online

Credential

Certificate

Animal Feed Production: Feed Safety
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FutureLearn 
Highlights

  • Duration 5 weeks
  • Weekly study 4 hours
  • Premium course $94
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Animal Feed Production: Feed Safety
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Course details

Skills you will learn
More about this course
  • Producing animal feed safely will ensure your animal production system remains healthy. Well-fed animals not only live longer but are healthier and more productive in quality and quantity, which means larger farming profits.
  • On this course, you'll discover the control and testing methods used to maximize the safety of animal feed. You'll explore the safety of different types of animal foodstuffs, including forages, oilseeds and by-products.
  • You'll also learn hygiene regulations around the microbiological and chemical aspects of animal feed, as well as feed processing and formulation methods.

Animal Feed Production: Feed Safety
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FutureLearn 
Curriculum

Feedstuff Categories

Welcome to the course

Forages

Animal by-products

Plant by-products

Summary

Legislation

Welcome to week 2

Principles of food and feed law

Official Controls

Additives and contaminants

Summary

Microbiological and chemical aspects

Welcome to week 3

Foodbourne pathogens in feed

Mycotoxins

Environmental pollutants

Summary

Feed Processing

Welcome to week 4

Reasons for feed processing

Food processing methods

Influence of feed processing on the food supply chain

Summary

Feed Formulation

Welcome to week 5

Fundamental Feed Formulation

Ration Evaluation

Linear Programming in Feed

Summary

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