Escola Superior Agrária de Viseu

General information

Course name:	Animal Production
Main Scientific Field:	621 - Agricultural and animal production
Degree:	Higher Technical Professional Course (CTeSP) (Level 5 of the European Qualifications)
Duration:	2 years / 4 semesters
Department:	Department of Zootechnics, Rural Engeneering and Veterinary (DZERV)
Course Director:	Catarina Manuela Almeida Coelho (ccoelhoesav.ipv.pt)
Regime:	Daytime
Nr. of ECTS:	120 ECTS
Relevant areas for the course:	Biology and Geology, Mathematics and Physicochemistry
Entrance Testing:	Local application
Institution / course code:	3185 / T058
Other informations:	Higher Technical Professional Diploma SIGQ Annual report Course report 2017-2018 Course report 2018-2019

Objectives and skills

Program, organize and execute, autonomously or in teams, animal production activities, with holding management capacities, animal husbandry, machinery and equipment handling and livestock effluents.

Main activities

Program, organize and guide, in an integrated manner, the agro-livestock farm management;
Rationally manage the food resources available for the animals;
Plan, guide and carry out animal husbandry activities;
Select, manage and handle agricultural machinery and equipment;
Design management plans of livestock effluents;
Implement measures to manage animal and animal productivity.

Study plan

1st Year
Curriculum unit	Contact hours	ECTS
Animal Biology	60	5
Hygiene, Safety and Health at Work	45	4
Agricultural Enterprise Management	45	4
Introduction to Calculus	45	4
General Agriculture	45	4
Animal Production Systems	45	4
Anatomy and Physiology of Animal Production	60	5
Animal Sanity	45	4
Agro-Livestock Facilities and Equipments	60	5
Husbandry and Reproduction Techniques	45	4
Bovine Breeding	45	4
Nutrition and Animal Feed	60	5
Apiculture and Hunting Species	45	4
Fodder and Grassland	45	4

2nd Year
Curriculum units	Contact hours	ECTS
Poultry Farming	60	5
Applied Animal Breeding	45	4
Sheep and Goat Breeding	45	4
Cuniculture and Swine Farming	60	5
Aquaculture	45	4
Management of Livestock Effluents	45	4
Behavior and Animal Welfare	45	4
Internship	-	30

Areas of education and training

Areas of education and training	ECTS
621 - Agricultural and animal production	90
640 - Veterinary sciences	13
421 - Biology and Biochemistry	5
862 - Safety and hygiene	4
461 - Mathematics	4
624 - Fisheries	4

Access to bachelor degrees (1st Cycle)

Students with approval in all training components of the CTeSP, will be holders of a Diploma of Higher Professional Technician in Animal Production, being able to apply directly, through a special contest, to the ESAV Degree course of Animal Science and Technology.
During the course of studies a broad set of curricular units carried out in the CTeSP will be credited on the Degree courses mentioned above.

Access and admission

Consult specific application form for the course.

Component in work context

The training component in the context of work aims to apply the guideline and knowledge acquired to the practical activities of their professional profile.

The training component in the work context (internship) lasts for one semester and is ensured through protocols that ESAV has established with the entities or companies of the Viseu region and in specific cases of the bordering regions.

Protocols

ANCOSE-Associação Nacional de Criadores de Ovinos da Serra da Estrela
Savibel
AGRILAG-Comércio Agro-Pecuário, Lda.
Álvaro Herdade - Serviços Médicos, Lda.
Granja Avícola Grão Vasco, Lda.
NORTE AVES - Produção Avícola, S.A.
Aviclasse-Sociedade Avícola, SA
Rações Classe - Alimentos compostos para animais, S.A.
Ovo D'Ouro - Produção e comércio de ovos, Lda.
ANCRAS - Associação Nacional de Caprinicultores da Raça Serrana
CASSEPEDRO - Cooperativa Agro-Pecuária de São Pedro do Sul, CRL
ACGBA - Associação de Criadores de Gado da Beira Alta
Associação dos Apicultores da Beira Alta
DÃO-AGRO - Sociedade Agrícola do Dão S.A.
Associação de Produtores Florestais de Montemuro e Paiva
Davide Manuel Santos Silva