| Module Identifier |
RS33510 |
| Module Title |
APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR AND WELFARE |
| Academic Year |
2005/2006 |
| Co-ordinator |
Dr Basil T Wolf |
| Semester |
Semester 2 |
| Course delivery |
Lecture | 22 x 1 hour |
| |
Seminars / Tutorials | 4 x 3 hour |
| Assessment |
| Assessment Type | Assessment Length/Details | Proportion |
|---|
| Semester Assessment | Outcomes assessed: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Practical assessment of animal welfare | 50% |
| Semester Assessment | Essay | 50% |
| Supplementary Exam | | 100% |
|
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
1. Interpret a range of normal behaviours for companion, farm and captive animal species, which are explained in terms of their evolution, development and underlying control.
2. Objectively quantify behaviour
3. Recognise 'Abnormal' behaviours and explain them in terms of cause, function and overlying motivation.
4. Understand the concepts of stress and animal welfare.
5. Understand current animal welfare legislation.
6. Apply current methods of animal welfare assessment to a practical situation.
7. Understand common welfare and behavioural problems of companion and farm animals and explain methods for their control.
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.
Module Skills
| Research skills |
Students' ability to work independently and solve problems will be developed by the assignment. |
| Communication |
Students will be required to present information precisely and concisely in a clear and informative manner. Oral discussions and presentations will form part of the module. |
| Improving own Learning and Performance |
Students will have to manager their own time in developing the assignment. |
| Information Technology |
To complete the asignment, students will have to obtain information from a variety of sources including books and websites. This will involve the use of IT to compile the finished report, as well as retrieving relevant information (eg Voyager). |
Reading Lists
Books
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
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
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 6