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LPES Curriculum

The LPES Curriculum CD available from MWPS contains all lessons at print quality resolution, is searchable, and includes an index and PowerPoint presentations for each lesson. A full, printed version is available as is a 2-CD set of the lessons in PageMaker format. For more information or to purchase LPES materials, contact MWPS by phone at 1-800-562-3618, by fax at 1-515-294-9589, or by e-mail at mwps@iastate.edu

View Lesson 10 (PDF file). Individual sections can be accessed below.

Intended Outcomes

The participants will learn:

• The basic principles of animal nutrition.
• How animal nutrition interrelates with nutrient excretion.

Contents

• Introduction
• Nutrient Use
• Feed Waste
• Improving the Nutrient Yield from a Feed
• Interaction of Feed with the Animal
• Precision Nutrition
• Nutritional Interventions Targeting Ammonia
• Nutritional Interventions Specifically Targeting Odor and Dust
• Water, the Overlooked Nutrient
• Economics of Reducing Nitrogen and Phosphorus Excretion
• APPENDIX A
• APPENDIX B

Activities

The participants will:

• Evaluate what feed formulation strategies can be applied to a farm for reducing nutrient excretion.

Authors: Theo van Kempen and Eric van Heugten