Common part (20 h). The chapters of this section are :
air pollutants in animal houses; lighting and sound level; wastes management; climatic characteristics (temperature, relative humidity, air speed) and their effect on animal thermal comfort; isolation, ventilation and heating of animal houses; housing design and equipments for cattle, pigs and poultry housing; legislation on animal transport.
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The chapters of this section are:
the housing of horses;
the legislations concerning dogs, cats and other pet animals housing and breeding;
the legislation concerning laboratory animal housing and protection
Course objective :
common courses
This course details the environmental factors influencing the production, health and welfare of farm animals. The course also describes the effects of farm animals on the human environment
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see VT0036 A-a
Prerequisites :
common courses
some knowledges in chemisty, physics and physiology