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Study programmes 2011-2012Last update : 14/06/2012
VETE0466-1  Animal Welfare

Duration :  10h Th
Number of credits :  
Master in Veterinary Medicine, 2nd yearFirst semester1
Lecturer :  Marc Vandenheede
Language(s) of instruction :  
French language
Course contents :  
Animal Welfare can be defined as a state of dynamic balance between the animal and its environment. Each animal as sentient being has special needs and limited coping abilities. The attempts of the animal to maintain or to adjust this balance may induce physical and mental sufferings, eventually harmful even on a health than on a performance point of view. Human-animal relationships can also be disturbed. Animal Welfare Science enables to enlight the debate concerning Animal Ethics. The place of the veterinarian in in the heart of this debate...
Learning outcomes of the course :  
  • Animal Welfare: definition, background, needs, suffering, measure
  • Animal Ethics
  • Production Animal welfare?
  • Pets welfare?
  • Laboratory animals welfare?
  • Captive wild animals welfare?
Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :  
  • Animal structure, working and behaviour
  • Animal Production
  • Pathology
  • Open-mindedness...
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :  
  • Conferences (10h)
  • Link with another activity ("Veterinary management of animal resources" VETE2032-A-a): debate in a small group on a given topic.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :  
face-to-face
Recommended or required readings :  
See files on "My ULg"
Assessment methods and criteria :  
Multiple choice test
Contacts :  
Marc Vandenheede
University of Liège Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Veterinary Ethology and Animal Welfare
Bd de Colonster, 20 Bât. B43 4000 Liège Belgium
tél.: 32/(0)4/366.41.48 GSM: 32/(0)474/74.84.08 fax.: 32/(0)4/366.41.22
email: Marc.Vandenheede@ulg.ac.be


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