VETE2036-1 : Well-being of production animals : scientific and regulatory aspects

VETE2036-1

Well-being of production animals : scientific and regulatory aspects

Duration :

10h Th

Number of credits :

Specialised master in specialised veterinary medicine		1

Lecturer :

Marc Vandenheede

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

All year long, with partial in January

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Course contents :

Topics of this postgraduate course are:

-) definition of welfare;
-) scientific measurements of welfare;
-) sociological aspects and economic costs of improving farm animal welfare;
-) legislations on farm animal welfare:
during the production cycles
during transport
in the slaughterhouse.

Learning outcomes of the course :

To give a detailed view on the legislation on farm animal welfare.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :