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On completion of this module students should be able to:
Explain/understand the different forms of animal behaviour.
Evaluate management decisions that influence/modify behaviour.
Explain the concepts of animal welfare and evaluate the welfare implications of various systems of animal production.
Contribute to the welfare debate on agricultural issues.
Apply the principles of disease control and prevention in practical situations and evaluate the economic implications of disease for animal production enterprises.
Principles of Animal Health, Behaviour & Welfare
Health
• Animal Health Introduction
• Animal Health in Ireland
• How to Raise Healthy Calves
• Lameness in sheep
• Sheep Health & Introduction to sheep preventive medicine
• Understanding infectious disease & disease investigation
• Farming today vaccine paper
• Disease in Livestock-A Practitioner's Perspective
• Metabolic diseases of the Transition Dairy Cow
Behaviour
• Ethology, ethograms and observation
• Behaviour and stockmanship
• Social behaviour and communication
• Abnormal behaviour, stereotypic behaviour
• Hierarchy; agonistic, avoidance, sexual behaviour
• Feeding behaviour, grazing, eating, drinking
• Foetal behaviour
• Neonatal and maternal behaviour, parturient behaviour, mother-offspring communication
• Behaviour and animal development
• Behavioural development / learned vs innate
Welfare
• Concepts of Animal Welfare
• Pig welfare
• Dairy Cow Welfare
• Equine Welfare
• Companion animal welfare
• Introduction to Animal Ethics
• Introduction to Learning Theory and Behaviour Modification Techniques
• EU legislation for Farm animal slaughter
• EU legislation for Farm animal transport
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 36 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 64 |
Total | 100 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Participation in Learning Activities: In class exercises will be carried out ~weekly during the semester. Activities will vary from individual to group work and range from short online quizzes and wordclouds, crosswords and reporting. |
n/a | Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% | No | 20 |
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Exam (In-person): Multiple Choice Questionnaire: Matched set and multiple choice questions on all Health, Behaviour and Welfare topics covered in the course. |
n/a | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 80 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Summer | Yes - 2 Hour |
• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
Feedback will be delivered through different approaches such as oral in out of class meetings in person or over the phone, or written by email. An assessment rubric is available for the project.
Name | Role |
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Professor Alison Hanlon | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Meta Osborne | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |