Postgraduate Course: Companion Animal Welfare (AWAB11025)
Course Outline
| School | Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Animal Welfare and Animal Behaviour |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | The following topics will be covered in this course: effects of environmental experience and the human-animal bond on behaviour and welfare, effects of selective breeding on physiology and behaviour, clinical causes of behaviour problems, methods involved in behaviour therapy, training and welfare of human assistance animals, national and global welfare issues. Companion animals include dogs, cats, small mammals and exotic species commonly kept as pets. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | No |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14 Flexible, Available to all students (SV1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
05/08/2013 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. 1. Cultural, social and historical influences on our attitudes to dogs and cats
2. 2. Animals as pets $ú our responsibilities to their welfare
3. Welfare assessment in owned and feral dogs and cats
3. 4. Companion animal population control, TNR, shelters, responsibilities and management
4. 5. Companion animals in trade; fur, meat and slaughter
5. 6. Infectious disease control; rabies in Europe, India and the USA |
Assessment Information
Online in-course assessments will incorporate a variety of activities constituting 100% of the overall course mark. These in-course assessments provide the opportunity to give students feedback on their performance during the course, and will include:
&· Development of husbandry and management guidelines for one of 5 allocated animal examples (50%)
&· Develop an innovative educational activity to disseminate accurate rabies educational information in a rural community. (30%)
&· Evaluation (short report) of the different modification treatments for a specific behavioural problem in a companion animal species (20%)
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Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Study Pattern |
Online flexible distance learning |
| Keywords | Dog behaviour and welfare, cat behaviour and welfare, small animal welfare |
Contacts
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