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| ANIM0011-3 | Welfare and ethics in animal productions
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| Duration : | 12h Th, 8h Pr, 4h FT |
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| Lecturer : | Nadia Everaert, Daniel Portetelle |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the second semester |
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Course contents :
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| * Introduction: domestication and place of animals in the society with the passing centuries: farm animals producing food, pets, animal as a bioreactor, laboratory animals - Knowledges and accepted values.
* Ethic and welfare of farm animals.
- Basis of animal behaviour: normal vs. anormal behaviours;
- What is animal welfare? definitions; stress;
- Distress vs. pain;
- Indicators of animal welfare;
- How to improve farm animal welfare? Actions on the animal surroundings vs. actions on the animal themselves.
* Ethic and welfare of laboratory animals.
- Fields of application: teaching, fundamental research including transgenesis; applied research (drugs and vaccines; food and feed additives; pharmacotoxicology; cosmetics, pesticides, ...);
- 3Rs concept in animal experimentation: replacement, refinement, reduction; examples; limit point; Mepham matrix;
- Alternatives methods: possibilities and limitations.
* Legal aspects: european and belgian legislations; ethic council.
* Personal or small groups research of informations and critical analysis of a production systems or of an experimental protocol; alternative production systems; alternative experimental methods; visits of farms, laboratories, slaughterhouses, cattle markets, ..., survey, ... |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| By ethical reflections concerning the relationship between human and animal making the students aware of animal welfare in animal production systems and experimentation.
After completing the course the student is expected to
- become acquainted with different aspects of animal welfare;
- establish specifications of production systems and experimental protocols respectful of animal welfare;
- give an ethical standpoint on animal production systems and experimental designs. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| -- BIOL2013-2- General microbiology I
-- BIOL2013-3- General microbiology II
-- SPRA0001-1- Animal production
-- ANIM0003-1- Immunology, immunochemistry
-- ANIM0015-1- Dairy husbandry
-- ANIM0017-1- Meat and eggs sectors
-- ANIM0008-1- Animal cell culture
-- ALIM0002-1- Animal nutrition and feed |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Lectures : 12h;
Personnal Works : 12h;
Part of the course in English |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Recommandations du Conseil de l'Europe
Directives européennes et législation belge en la matière
Farm Animal Well Being(Ewing, Lay, Von Borall) - Prentice Hall, 1999, 357 pages.
Le bien-être animal - Regard éthique (ouvrage collectif) - Editions du Conseil de l'Europe, 2006, 296 pages.
PowerPoint available on line. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Personnal works(100 %) |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| Portetelle Daniel
081 62 23 54 |
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| Items online : |
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| Notes on line |
| PowerPoint available on ecampus.
Electronic version of documents on MyULg. |
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