Master's Degree in Precision Livestock Farming Postgraduate Programme By Universitat Politecnica de Valencia |TopUniversities

Master's Degree in Precision Livestock Farming

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Main Subject Area

Agriculture and ForestryMain Subject Area

Programme overview

Main Subject

Agriculture and Forestry

Degree

Other

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

Livestock farming has evolved in recent decades, and is now facing social challenges that go beyond providing food for the population. The aim of producing quality and safe food while respecting the environment and animal welfare, and preserving the economic and social viability of the sector as well, has led to a change in the sector's paradigm.
Thus, the modernisation of livestock production (understood as the whole of the value chain) is now a fact at both regional and international level - a fact that makes it necessary for academia to respond to the demands of an increasingly technified, ever-expanding sector. The Master's Degree in Precision Livestock Farming is thus aimed at graduates in agronomy and veterinary science who wish to specialise in cutting-edge animal production systems.
The contents of this degree are based on fundamental concepts derived from the original undergraduate degrees. These concepts range from engineering applied to livestock farms and animal management to biological issues related to physiology, behaviour, reproduction and health, as well as the basics of applied biotechnology. These fundamental concepts are the basis on which precision livestock farming is now being built, by using this knowledge to develop monitoring systems, biotechnological tools for presenting molecules and organisms intelligently in order to modulate animal nutrition, health and welfare, and also tools to manage information and results in order to improve decision-making processes.
These contents have been developed in close collaboration between the academic and business worlds and students, thus covering the objectives of all the agents involved.

Programme overview

Main Subject

Agriculture and Forestry

Degree

Other

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

Livestock farming has evolved in recent decades, and is now facing social challenges that go beyond providing food for the population. The aim of producing quality and safe food while respecting the environment and animal welfare, and preserving the economic and social viability of the sector as well, has led to a change in the sector's paradigm.
Thus, the modernisation of livestock production (understood as the whole of the value chain) is now a fact at both regional and international level - a fact that makes it necessary for academia to respond to the demands of an increasingly technified, ever-expanding sector. The Master's Degree in Precision Livestock Farming is thus aimed at graduates in agronomy and veterinary science who wish to specialise in cutting-edge animal production systems.
The contents of this degree are based on fundamental concepts derived from the original undergraduate degrees. These concepts range from engineering applied to livestock farms and animal management to biological issues related to physiology, behaviour, reproduction and health, as well as the basics of applied biotechnology. These fundamental concepts are the basis on which precision livestock farming is now being built, by using this knowledge to develop monitoring systems, biotechnological tools for presenting molecules and organisms intelligently in order to modulate animal nutrition, health and welfare, and also tools to manage information and results in order to improve decision-making processes.
These contents have been developed in close collaboration between the academic and business worlds and students, thus covering the objectives of all the agents involved.

Admission Requirements

Sep

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