The importance of incorporating functional food in veterinary medicine

The Professional Master’s Degree Veterinary Food Safety of TECH trains professionals capable of supplying holistic and integrated care

Priming holistic animal care is of great benefit mainly in their diet that has all the variety of nutrients, vitamins, natural fats, and antioxidants needed to take care of their health completely. For that reason, the Professional Master’s Degree Veterinary Food Safety is focused on the design of functional foods aimed at improving physiological functions. In this way, the diet must be adapted to the characteristics of each animal, considering factors such as size, physical activity, among others.

However, it is important not to confuse functional foods with food supplements, because functional foods are not tablets or capsules, it is food that we find in our daily lives and their positive effect goes far beyond their basic nutritional value by adding specific health benefits for the animals. Also, it helps to guarantee a good physical and mental state, favouring important aspects such as mobility, since the good bone and muscle health guarantees an excellent quality of life.

Research in animal nutrition has led to the discovery of a wide variety of natural antioxidants such as lycopene (present in tomatoes), carotenoids (found in many vegetables such as carrots), as well as omega 3 fatty acids (found in fish, algae and some seeds such as flaxseed), can help prevent cardiovascular diseases, improve learning processes, strengthen the immune system, improve inflammatory processes at the joint and skin level, improve intestinal transit, and prevent diseases of the digestive system.

Professional Master’s Degree Veterinary Food Safety

The need for an integrated management of veterinary food safety is becoming increasingly important, considering the management of projects, quality, primary production, processes, and products. Therefore, TECH Technological University created this master's degree as one of the most comprehensive programs globally to train professionals for the prevention of accidental and intentional contamination, fraud, traceability, and regulatory certification schemes in this field.

It is focused on different professional profiles in basic sciences, experimental sciences, engineering, social sciences, and the field of modern technologies, in this way, the students from TECH will get knowledge with the development of case studies presented by experts, graphics, schematic and practical contents, theoretical lessons, and access to the content from any device.

In each module this program deeps into key topics such as traceability of raw materials and consumables, digitization of the quality management system, analytical and instrumental techniques in process and product quality control, validation of new methodologies and processes, planning and batch traceability, novel foods and ingredients, development, coordination and execution of projects, among others.

Re-Learning method

The Professional Master’s Degree Veterinary Food Safety of TECH are developed entirely online. During the 12 months of training, the student has access to the program's contents at any time and from any device, allowing them to self-manage the study time with maximum flexibility and adapt to each student's schedule.
It has its own learning method, 'Re-Learning', based on asynchrony and self-management. The contents are presented in an attractive and dynamic way in multimedia capsules that include audio, videos, images, diagrams, and conceptual maps to corroborate knowledge.

TECH Technological University

TECH Technological University, the world's largest university, is also the official online university of the NBA (National Basketball Association) in Latin America. It belongs to the TECH educational group, a Spanish-owned multinational recognized by the Financial Times as one of the 200 fastest-growing companies in Europe. The company, founded and directed by Manuel Sánchez-Cascado de Fuentes, has also been considered the most highly valued Spanish technology company in the last 15 years.

Thanks to its fully digital learning system, it supplies training to students from anywhere in the world. An international trajectory has allowed it to become a benchmark in distance learning, with a catalogue of over 10,000 programs, over 100,000 new students each year, and 500,000 graduates from over 150 countries.

Specialized highly qualified postgraduate programs, they offer their students the best training programs at an international level, being leaders in employability with 99% of their students working in the first twelve months, according to data from the consulting firm KPMG.

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