| Module Identifier |
RS33510 |
| Module Title |
APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR AND WELFARE |
| Academic Year |
2004/2005 |
| Co-ordinator |
Mr Sebastian D McBride |
| Semester |
Semester 1 |
| Course delivery |
Lecture | 22 Hours 22 x 1 hour |
| |
Seminars / Tutorials | 12 Hours 4 x 3 hour |
| Assessment |
| Assessment Type | Assessment Length/Details | Proportion |
|---|
| Semester Assessment | Outcomes 1, 3, 7 Oral presentation: modifying a behavioural problem in a chosen companion species. | 40% |
| Semester Assessment | Outcomes assessed: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Practical assessment of animal welfare | 40% |
| Semester Assessment | Outcomes assessed: 2 Interpreting multivariate analysis | 20% |
| Supplementary Assessment | Candidates will be required to resit the element(s) of assessment that led to failure of the module | 100% |
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Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
A range of normal behaviours for companion, farm and captive animal species are explained in terms of their evolution, development and underlying control.
The ability to objectively quantify behaviour
'Abnormal' behaviours are recognised and explained in terms of cause, function and overlying motivation.
The concepts of stress and animal welfare are understood.
Current animal welfare legislation is understood.
Current methods of animal welfare assessment are applied to a practical situation.
Common welfare and behavioral problems of companion and farm animals are understood and methods for their control explained.
Brief description
This module will provide an insight into the behaviour of farm, zoo and companion animal species, with particular reference to the evolution, development and underlying control of behaviour. The objective measurement of behaviour will be studied, and an emphasis placed on understanding and recognising 'normal' and 'abnormal' behaviour. The causes and function of abnormal behaviour will also be discussed. The concept of animal welfare will be introduced and current welfare legislation outlined. Welfare problems commonly found within the domestic or captive environment will be identified and put in the context of current husbandry techniques with particular attention to strategies for their control. The module will also deal with the concept of stress, its measurement and how this relates to animal welfare.
Aims
On completion of this module, students should be able to:
1. Describe behaviours in terms of their evolution, development and underlying control.
2. Objectively quantify behaviour.
3. Be able to recognise and discuss 'normal' and 'abnormal' behaviour.
4. Understand the concepts of stress and animal welfare.
5. Discuss current animal welfare legislation.
6. Discuss current methods of animal welfare assessment.
7. Describe common welfare problems of companion and farm animals and discuss methods for their control.
Reading Lists
Books
Cooper J R, Bloom F E and Roth R H (1982) The biochemical basis of neuropharmacology
McFarland D (1993) Animal behaviour
2nd. Longman
Lawrence A B and Rushen J (1993) Stereotopic animal behaviour
CABI
Appleby M C and Hughes B O (eds) (1997) Animal welfare
CABI
Fraser, A F & Broom, D M (1990) Farm Animal Behaviour and Welfare
3rd. Bailliere Tindall
Alcock J (1993) Animal behaviour - an evolutionary approach
5th.
Carlson, N R (2001) Physiology of behaviour
7th.
Wade C and Tavris C (1993) Psychology
Wood-Gush, D G M (1983) Elements of ethology
Chapman and Hall Ltd
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 6