Course Description
Biochemistry profoundly impacts animal productivity and efficiency through the nutrition of the animal. Understanding pathways and mechanisms behind energy capture, metabolism, and biosynthesis are important to understanding how we can impact animal physiology and carcass composition. Students will examine how biochemistry impacts nutrient absorption and utilization in animal tissues.
Athena Title
Nutritional Biochem Livestock
Prerequisite
ADSC 3300 or permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
After completing this course, a student will differentiate the basic relationship between enzymes and the pathways they catalyze. Students will explain how end products of pathways impact animal efficiency and physiology. Students will be able to deconstruct the interplay between biochemical pathways of the gut and animals and how biochemistry affects all aspects of animal production.
Topical Outline
Lecture - Topic 1 - Introduction; Basic terminology of biochemistry 2 - Water and pH 3, 4 - Amino acids and peptides 5 - Protein structure levels 6, 7, 8 - Enzyme Activity, Kinetics, and Regulation 9, 10 - ATP and Bioenergetics 11, 12 - Oxidative phosphorylation and respiration 13 - Carbohydrates 14 - Glycolysis 15, 16 - Citric Acid Cycle 17 - Glycogen metabolism 18 - Gluconeogenesis and blood sugar control 19 - Pentose Phosphate Pathway 20, 21 - Lipids and Ketogenesis 22 - Fatty Acid Synthesis 23, 24 - Lipid transport and storage 25 - Formation of VFA and metabolism 26 - Protein and amino acid catabolism 27 - Intestinal digestion and absorption 28 - Proton Motive Force 29, 30 - Muscle proteins The course syllabus is a general plan for the course; deviations announced to the class by the instructor may be necessary.
Syllabus