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COURSE OUTLINE                                                                                         Fall 2020

Course Title: Vitamins in Nutrition

Course Code: ANNU-7103

Credit Hours:3(3-0)

This postgraduate-level course tells about the significance of vitamins in the nutrition of the animals. This course studies details of chemical nature of all water-soluble and fat-soluble vitamins and estimation of their quantity in animal feed

Theory:

1. History and development of the vitamin concepts and their classification
2. Fat-soluble vitamins: vitamin A, D, E and K; functions, deficiency, bioassay interactions with other nutrients, sources, requirements and hypervitaminosis
3. Water-soluble vitamins: vitamin B-complex and vitamin-C; functions, deficiency, sources, requirements and interrelationships with other vitamins and nutrients
4. Chemistry and metabolism of the fat-soluble and water-soluble vitamins and their roles in animals
5. Integrates cellular biochemistry and metabolism of the vitamins in the vertebrate animals
6. Stability of vitamins under different storage conditions

Pre-requisite: Nil

1. McDonald, P., Edwards, R.A.  &  Greenhalgh, J.F.D. (1996). Animal Nutrition. Longman Scientific and Technical, Publisher, U.K.
2. McDowell, L.R. (2000). Vitamins in Animal and Human Nutrition. Academic Press Inc., Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, London.
3. Sarwar, M. & Zia-ul-Hasan. (2000). Nutrient Metabolism in Ruminants. University of Agriculture Press, Faisalabad.

Sessional:12

Mid-term:18

Final Exam:30

Following items are mandatory:

• 80% of class attendance.
• Participation in all practical performances or class activities.