Undergraduate Course: Animal Health, Welfare and Food Safety (GEP) (BVMS08055)

Course Outline
School	Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies	College	College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	20	ECTS Credits	10
Summary	This course is comprised of lectures on the husbandry and welfare of farm animals including poultry, horses, cats, and dogs. Practical sessions on the handling of the species are also included. It includes the study and control of diseases in populations of humans and animals, including control of zoonotic infections, food hygiene and state veterinary medicine. An introduction to evidence based medicine and the evaluation of data are included in the course.
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Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Full Year
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 83, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 37, Summative Assessment Hours 4, Revision Session Hours 6, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 66 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 80 %, Coursework 10 %, Practical Exam 10 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	In Course Assessment (10%) Multiple choice Question Assessment (end of semester one) End-of-Course written degree examination (80%) Short answer questions and multiple choice questions covering all material from the course. (semester two) Practical Examination (10%)(semester two)
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Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Outwith Standard Exam Diets April	Animal Health Welfare and Food Safety (GEP) Written Paper		2:30
Resit Exam Diet (August)	Animal Health, Welfare and Food Safety (GEP) written paper		2:30

Learning Outcomes
Students should understand the basic principles of husbandry of and be able to safely handle farm animals, poultry, horses, cats and dogs. They should have a basic understanding of the livestock industry and pet ownership. They should be able to recognise the common breeds of these animals. Further, they should be able to understand the basic facts of veterinary public health issues, state veterinary medicine, epidemiology and statistics.