Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Study Details: Full-time: 12 months Part-time: 24 months
You’ll study farm, companion and zoo animal nutrition and the international animal feed industry. You’ll learn about the latest developments in animal nutrition and consider the ethical implications associated with these trends. The programme covers the principles of nutrition including the role of diet relating to disease. You’ll study feeding systems and operational management.
You will cover nutrition from the molecular level through to the whole animal production system. This includes the effects of nutrients on cellular signaling processes, as well as gene expression and how this influences metabolism and growth in eukaryotic systems. Site visits, case studies and guest lectures will build your industry knowledge.
2:2 level or above (or its international equivalent) in a biological, chemistry, biochemical engineering or other relevant science from a recognised university; relevant workplace experience may also be accepted
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There is a clear demand for animal nutritionists worldwide. Our graduates have gone on to work in livestock-based roles including ruminant nutritionist, developmental pig nutritionist for ABN. In companion animal-based roles; research and development scientist for Blue Buffalo in the US, research scientist for Waltham Petcare Institute. In zoo animal roles; zoo nutritionist at Illinois Zoo and PhD studies on captive animals.
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