Postgraduate Course: Production Animal welfare (AWAB11024)
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 | 1. The animals in global agriculture: past, present and future
2. On-farm animal welfare: housing and husbandry, genetics, disease and other welfare problems
3. Off-farm animal welfare: transport, markets and slaughter
4. World trade: farmer to consumer and everything in between
5. Legislation, regulation, inspection and assurance worldwide
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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
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. - The students will be able to describe the use of animals for food and discuss the patterns and changes in global animal agriculture over time
2. - Students will be able to explain the effects that different housing and husbandry systems have on animals and discuss the associated welfare issues.
3. - The students will be able to discuss the welfare consequences of live animal transport, markets and slaughter of animals across the globe
4. - The students will be able to discuss the trade aspects of animal production that directly, or indirectly affect welfare
5. - Students will be able to discuss regulatory and legislative frameworks used in the regulation of the welfare of animals used for production and trade, how this is inspected and assured |
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:
&· Presenting webinars on animal transport (25%)
&· Individual essay on consumer-animal welfare interactions (50%)
&· Development of a poster $ú welfare issues in relation to a specific species. (25%)
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Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
Latest reviews and research articles from this field as directed by the course organiser and lecturers. Students will be provided with a reading list at the start of the course. |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Online Flexible distance learning |
| Keywords | Agricultural animal welfare, production animal welfare |
Contacts
| Course organiser | |
Course secretary | Miss Bryony Waggett
Tel: (0131 6)50 8783
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