Dairy breeds. Close and open housing. Milk production in the world and in Italy. Milk production and milking technique, sanitary aspects. Cattle breeds. Meat production in the World and in Italy. Slaughter technology, carcass classification. Swine breeds. Pig breeding and management. Slaughter techniques and carcass classification. Quality and defects of the meat.
Oral examination on the topics of lectures and pratices
Course program
Ethnology: Dairy and beef cattle. Close and open housing, grazing. Problems concerning milk production in Italy with reference to the EU and global context. Italian milk production. Milk synthesis and influential factors. Milking Hygiene.
Problems concerning meat production in Italy with reference to the EU and global context. Beef cattle categories. Slaughter techniques, quality of carcases, sectioning and marketing.
Local and cosmopolitan pig breeds. Pig breeding and management. Slaughter techniques. Carcasses evaluation. High quality products. Quality and defects of the meat.