Improving the quality of practical teaching with the support of animal breeding and higher education for students from the subject of animal husbandry

Ensuring of animal health and achieving suitable breeding conditions for improving the quality of food production are among the main objectives of the EU, which are reflected in current legislation and education of future veterinarians and state inspectors. Despite the good level of theoretical knowledge and its availability, it is necessary to implement them in breeding practice to cope with critical factors starting from the technologies used, in compliance with zootechnical and zoo hygienic conditions of breeding, adequate nutrition to the diagnosis and treatment of animals diseases encountered by breeders and veterinarians daily. The project is aimed at supporting practical skills by implementing teaching directly in the conditions of breeding facilities and making the subject Animal husbandry and technology of animal production more attractive by creating a breeding facility for poultry and herbivorous fur animals on the campus of the University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, as well as by elaborating a university textbook – Special Animal husbandry