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| VETE0466-1 | Animal Welfare
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| Duration : | 10h Th |
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| Lecturer : | Marc Vandenheede |
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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 first semester, review in January |
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Course contents :
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| 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... |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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- Animal Welfare: definition, background, needs, suffering, measure
- Animal Ethics
- Production Animal welfare?
- Pets welfare?
- Laboratory animals welfare?
- Captive wild animals welfare?
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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- Animal structure, working and behaviour
- Animal Production
- Pathology
- Open-mindedness...
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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- Lectures (10h)
- Link with another activity ("Veterinary management of animal resources" VETE2032-A-a): debate in a small group on a given topic.
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| face-to-face |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| See files on "My ULg" |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Multiple choice test |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| Marc Vandenheede
University of Liège
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Veterinary Ethology, Animal Welfare and Ethics
Bd de Colonster, 20 Bât. B43
4000 Liège
Belgium
tél.: 32/(0)4/366.41.48
email: Marc.Vandenheede@ulg.ac.be |
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