2018-2019 / VETE2036-1

Well-being of production animals : scientific and regulatory aspects

Duration

10h Th

Number of credits

 Specialised master in specialised veterinary medicine1 crédit 

Lecturer

Marc Vandenheede

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

All year long, with partial in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit 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 learning unit

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)

Recommended or required readings

Powerpoint files on "MyULiège"

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral examination

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Prof. M. Vandenheede

marc.vandenheede@ulg.ac.be