Study Programmes 2015-2016
VDOC0048-1  
Complement of veterinary ethology, animal welfare and animal ethics
Duration :
10h Th
Number of credits :
Doctoral training in veterinary sciences3
Lecturer :
Marc Vandenheede
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
All year long
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Course contents :
Topics of this postgraduate course are:
-) animal welfare science, definition and topics; -) scientific assessment of animal welfare; -) ethics of the human animal relationships; -) legislation concerning animal welfare: -) application to various domestice animals (production, companion, laboratory, sport) and captive wild animals .
Learning outcomes of the course :
Controling the use of concepts and tools concerning animal welfare science.
Knowlegde of legislation related to the working topics.
Be able to debate about ethics related to the working topics.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
Recommended or required readings :
According to the working topics.
Assessment methods and criteria :
Oral examination
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
Contacts :
Prof. M. Vandenheede

marc.vandenheede@ulg.ac.be