Become one of the most demanded professionals of the moment: Educate yourself yourself with our postgraduate certificate in Animal Nutrition and Feeding”

This postgraduate certificate in Animal Nutrition and Feeding is unique given its level of specialization and the logical sequence of learning with which the content is ordered.

The study of animal nutrition is based on two fundamental pillars: animals and food. Therefore, nutrition is conceived as a set of interrelated phenomena through which a living organism assimilates food and uses it to carry out different processes, such as growing, repairing and maintaining tissues or manufacturing products.

This postgraduate certificate is designed for professional nutritionists to update and improve their technical and practical knowledge in this sector. A complete and effective Postgraduate Certificate that will propel The to the highest level of skill.

An ambitious, broad, structured and intertwined proposal, which covers everything from the fundamental and relevant principles of nutrition to the manufacture of food. All this with the characteristics of a postgraduate certificate of high scientific, teaching and technological level. 

Join the elite with this highly effective educational program and open new paths to your professional progress”

This postgraduate certificate in Animal Nutrition and Feeding contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features include: 

• The latest technology in online teaching software
• A highly visual teaching system, supported by graphic and schematic contents that are easy to assimilate and understand
• Practical cases presented by practising experts
• State-of-the-art interactive video systems
• Teaching supported by telepractice
• Continuous updating and recycling systems
• Autonomous learning: full compatibility with other occupations
• Practical exercises for self-assessment and learning verification
• Support groups and educational synergies: questions to the expert, debate and knowledge forums
• Communication with the teacher and individual reflection work
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection
• Supplementary documentation databases are permanently available, even after the course

A postgraduate certificate that will enable you to work in the sectors of food production for or with animal origin, with the solvency of a high-level professional”

TECH's teaching staff is made up of professionals from different fields related to this specialty. That way, TECH ensures to offer students the educational program and updating intended. A multidisciplinary team of professionals trained and experienced in different environments, who will cover the theoretical knowledge in an efficient way, but, above all, will bring the practical knowledge from their own experience to the course: one of the differential qualities of this program. 

This mastery of the subject is complemented by the effectiveness of the methodological design of this postgraduate certificate. Developed by a multidisciplinary team of e-learning experts, it integrates the latest advances in educational technology. In this way, our students will be able to study with a range of convenient and versatile multimedia tools that will give them the operability they need during the program. 

The design of this program is based on Problem-Based Learning: an approach that views learning as a highly practical process. To achieve this remotely, telepractice will be used: with the help of an innovative system of interactive videos, and Learning from an Expert they will be able to acquire the knowledge as if they were facing the case they are learning in real time. A concept that will allow students to integrate and memorize what they have learnt in a more realistic and permanent way. 

You will be able to download all the content to any electronic device from the Virtual Campus and consult it whenever you need it, even without an Internet connection"

TECH seeks to project your professional career without neglecting other areas of your life, so it offers a flexible and adaptable teaching to your needs"

The objective is to enable highly qualified professionals for work experience. This objective is complemented, moreover, in a global manner, by the promotion of a human development that lays the foundations for a better society. This objective is materialized in helping medical professionals to access a much higher level of competence and control. A goal you will easily achieve with a course of high intensity and precision.

If your goal is to reorient your capacity towards new paths of success and development, this is the course for you: a program that aspires to excellence"

General Objectives

• Determine the properties, use and metabolic transformations of nutrients in relation to the nutritional needs of an animal
• Provide clear and practical tools so that the professional can identify and classify the different foods that are available in the region and have better elements of judgment to make the most appropriate decision in terms of differential costs, etc
• Propose a series of technical arguments which allow for a better quality of diet and nutrition and therefore, improve the end produce (meat or milk)
• Analyze the different raw material components with both positive and negative effects on Animals. Nutrition and how animals use them for the production of animal protein
•  Identify and understand the different levels of digestibility for each of the various nutritional components according to their origin 
• To analyze the key aspects for the design and creation of diets (food) aimed at achieving the maximum utilization of nutrients by animals intended for animal protein production
• Provide specialized training on the nutritional requirements for the two main species of pigs to be used in animal protein production
• Develop specialized understanding of the nutritional requirements of the porcine species and the different feeding strategies needed in order to guarantee that they reach the expected welfare and production standards according to their production stage
• Provide practical, theoretical and specialized knowledge on the physiology of canine and feline digestive systems
• Analyze the digestive system of ruminants and their particular way of assimilating nutrients from fiber-rich foods
• Analyze the main additive groups used in the food production industry, focused on ensuring the quality and performance of different food products
• Analyze, in a clear way, how the complete animal feed manufacturing process is developed: the phases and processes which feed undergoes to guarantee its nutritional composition, quality and safety

Specific Objectives

• Develop the most relevant concepts of Animal Nutrition and Feeding
• Determine how digestive systems are formed and the differences between animal species (monogastrics and ruminants)
• Analyze the functionality, metabolism and differences between the digestive systems of different species
• Establish the different nutritional components of the raw materials used in food production and their function within animal nutrition
• Determine how the nutrients are used by different animal species
• Compare and contrast the digestive systems of the main species of zootechnical interest
• Identify the different nutritional components of the raw materials used in feed production and their function within animal nutrition
• Examine the analyses used to the determine the composition of different feeds
• Develop the variables and units used to estimate the nutritional intake and requirements
• Determine how to measure the energy content of foods and their expressions

A path to achieve education and professional growth that will propel you towards a greater level of competitiveness in the employment market"