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General Module

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2014/2015

Type of Course:

Related/Supplementary

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

5-year Single Cycle Master's Degree Programme in VETERINARY MEDICINE

Disciplinary Sector:

General Botanics

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NUTRITION AND FEED

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Prerequisites:

Notions of biology acquired in the first half of the course

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VETERINARY MEDICINE

AF code:

40001014

Teaching period

Second semester

Objectives

The course explains the structure and characteristics of plants and provides knowledge useful for food and livestock care; goal is the knowledge of useful plants, especially considering most significant of the plant kingdom.

Contents

Living organisms classification
Peculiar characteristics of plant cells : the wall , the vacuole and plastid
Angiosperms - Morphology and functions of the root , stem and leaf
Asexual and sexual reproduction
Flower, fruit and seed
The life cycle of Angiosperms
Characteristics and importance of the main food families forage monocots and
dicotyledons

Recommended Bibliography

Mucciarelli M., Maffei M. - Piante Foraggere e Medicinali. Atlante Iconografico. Levrotto & Bella – TORINO
Gerola F.M., Gerola P.D. - BOTANICA per i corsi di Medicina Veterinaria e di Scienze della produzione animale. UTET – TORINO
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