•   Milk production BE16FHA01-3002 29.08.2022-23.10.2022  3 credits  (BE20DA-E, ...) +-
    Competence objectives of the study unit
    The student
    - understands the demands of dairy cows on their production environment, feeding and care
    - knows which factors affect the results of milk production and can optimise them
    - knows how dairy farm production facilities should be designed to be efficient, effective and humane
    - understands how feeding, accommodation and calving intervals affect the fertility of dairy cows and are aware of osteoporosis, fertility disorders and fertility treatments
    Prerequisites
    No previous knowledge required
    Content of the study unit
    General conditions for milk production in the EU and Finland
    Milk production's historical development and future opportunities in Finland
    Different milk breeds with emphasis on Finnish conditions, anatomy and physiology and the characteristics, advantages and disadvantages of different milk breeds
    Breeding work in milk production, specific breeding goals such as high milk yield, good udder health, and litter (lack of horns)
    Requirements that dairy cows impose on their production environment, feeding and care
    Design of efficient, efficient and at the same time pleasant production facilities for dairy cows
    Relationship between feeding, barn environment, care, calving interval and milk fertility
    Kidney recruitment and the sustainability of dairy cows in rational milk production, pros and cons of different milking systems
    Fertility disorders and various fertility treatments
    Diseases for dairy cows, such as udder inflammation, calving paralysis and binge spasm, preventive measures and treatment
    Quarantine diseases such as foot-and-mouth disease, BSE and other zoonoses, preventive measures and emergency government measures
    Factors affecting milk profitability, optimization of sustainable and profitable milk production
    Alternative forms of production, such as organic milk production and late calf separation
    Assessment criteria
    Assessment criteria – satisfactory (1-2)
    Vitsordsskala 0 - 5, minst 50 % av totalpoängen i tentamen för godkänd / tillfredsställande nivå, 50 % inverkan på kursvitsordet

    Projekt/seminariearbete bedöms i skalan 0 - 5, inverkan på kursvitsordet 50 %

    Godkänt deltagande i studiebesök och praktiska övningar

    Aktivitet och intresse inverkar på bedömningen och det slutliga kursvitsordet (not translated)
    Further information
    Se kursens plan för förverkligande och kursens moodlesida (not translated)

    Name of lecturer(s)

    Gun Karell

    Learning material

    Nilsson M. 2019. Mjölkkor
    Hulsen J. 2015. Kosignaler med betesdrift, utökad utgåva
    Hulsen J. 2017. Sinkosignaler. En praktisk handbok om sinläggning, sinperiod och start av en ny laktation
    Hulsen J. mfl. 2017. Juversignaler
    Hulsen J. mfl. 2015. Ungdjurssignaler
    samt olika forskningsrapporter och annan litteratur (not translated)

    Learning methods

    Föreläsningar, övningsarbeten, ev. studiebesök (not translated)

    Teaching language

    Swedish

    Timing

    29.08.2022 - 23.10.2022

    Enrollment date range

    15.06.2022 - 28.08.2022

    Group(s)
    • BE20DA-E
    • BE19DA-EK
    Responsible unit

    Faculty of Bioeconomy

    Teachers and responsibilities

    Gun Karell

    Degree Programme(s)

    Degree Programme in bioeconomy

    Campus

    Ekenäs, Raseborgsvägen 9

    Assessment scale

    H-5