Unit ETHOLOGY AND ANIMAL WELFARE

Course
Veterinary medicine
Study-unit Code
85A00015
Curriculum
In all curricula
Teacher
Silvana Diverio
CFU
5
Course Regulation
Coorte 2019
Offered
2022/23
Type of study-unit
Obbligatorio (Required)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa integrata

ANIMAL WELFARE DURING TRANSPORT AND AT SLAUGHTER

Code GP005405
CFU 1
Teacher Luca Grispoldi
Teachers
  • Luca Grispoldi
Hours
  • 13 ore - Luca Grispoldi
Learning activities Caratterizzante
Area Discipline anatomo-patologiche ed ispettive veterinarie
Academic discipline VET/04
Type of study-unit Obbligatorio (Required)
Language of instruction Italian
Contents Regulation 1099/2009
Regulation 1/2005
Reference texts ) Textbook: La macellazione religiosa. Protezione degli animali e produzione igienica delle carni. B. Cenci Goga e A.G. Fermani. 2010. Point Veterinaire Italie.
-) Textbook: Igiene e tecnologie degli alimenti di origine animale. 2008. G. Colavita. Point Veterinaire Italie
-) Textbook: Ispezione degli alimenti. 2018. B. Cenci Goga. Point Veterinaire Italie

All supplementary material and material for the flipped learning and cooperative learning are available at the official web page of the professor:
http://www.unipg.it/cencigog
Educational objectives Dublin descriptors
(knowledge and understanding
have demonstrated knowledge and understanding in the fields of food safety and official control, and that provides a basis or opportunity for originality in developing and/or applying ideas in the field of animal welfare and animal protection;
applying knowledge and understanding
can apply their knowledge and understanding, and problem solving abilities in new or unfamiliar environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to animal welfare and animal protection;
making judgements
have the ability to integrate knowledge and handle complexity, and formulate judgements with incomplete or limited information, but that include reflecting on social and ethical responsibilities linked to the application of their knowledge and judgements;
communication skills
can communicate their conclusions, and the knowledge and rationale underpinning these, to specialist and nonspecialist audiences clearly and unambiguously;
learning skills)
have the learning skills to allow them to continue to study in a manner that may be largely self-directed or autonomous
Teaching methods ¿ Lezioni frontali - face-to-face
¿ Flipped learning – flipped learning
¿ Esercitazioni - Practical training
¿ Lezioni teoriche ed esercitazoni pratiche - Theoretical lessons and practical training
¿ Seminari - Seminars
¿ Escursioni - Field trips
¿ Laboratorio - Laboratory
¿ Lezioni frontali a carattere seminariale con audiovisivi - Seminar lectures with audiovisual material
Extended program Regulation 1099/2009
Regulation 1/2005
Staging points
Travel time
More detailed info: http://www.unipg.it/cencigog

Animal welfare in zootechnical productions

Code GP005406
CFU 1
Teacher Andrea Verini Supplizi
Teachers
  • Andrea Verini Supplizi
Hours
  • 13 ore - Andrea Verini Supplizi
Learning activities Caratterizzante
Area Discipline della zootecnica, allevamento e nutrizione animale
Academic discipline AGR/19
Type of study-unit Obbligatorio (Required)
Language of instruction Italian
Contents Evaluation of animal welfare related to different environmental conditions
Reference texts All the slides used during lectures and free lecture notes are available to student on-line in the faculty web site (Teledidattica) .
The suggested books are
Etologia applicata e benessere animale - vol.II - Carenzi et al. 2009 Le point veterinaire

Comportamento e benessere degli
animali in produzione zootecnica
Napolitano, De Rosa, Grasso.
- Aracne ed 2007
Educational objectives D1 - KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING The student must know the biological bases of welfare in farm animals, know the principles and laws on welfare, know the indicators of wellbeing.
D2 -APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING At the end of the training the student must be able to carry out an assessment of the welfare of animals of zootechnical interest.
D3 - MAKING JUDGMENT At the end of the training activity, the student must be able to assess, at basic levels, indicators of the welfare state of farm animals.
D4 - COMMUNICATION At the end of the training activity, the student must be able to support an adversarial process with people of equal preparation and experts in different issues, of a regulatory, scientific, procedural and / or technological nature on activities related to animal management breeding for welfare aspects.
D5 - LIFELONG LEARNING SKILLS At the end of the training activity, the student must be able to: - consult and understand scientific texts, even innovative ones, bibliographic updates, normative dictations, in such a way as to employ them in contexts not only usual for the profession, including the research, but also the originals, - possess a sufficiently broad mastery of the subject to guarantee an acceptable basis for continuing professional updating throughout life, through ongoing lifelong learning.
Prerequisites
Teaching methods Theoretical lessons and practical training
Seminars
Field trips
Laboratory
Other information
Learning verification modality
Extended program theoretical

1. Definition of welfare (1.5 hours)
2. International and national organizations involved in the protection of welfare (1.5 hours)
3. welfare indicators in breeding (1.5 hours)
4. welfare in pig (1.5 hours)
5. welfare in cattle (1.5 hours).
6. Legislation on welfare (1.5 hours)


Practices
1. Evaluation of welfare in farm (4 hours).

VETERINARY ETHOLOGY AND ANIMAL WELFARE

Code 85A00014
CFU 2
Teacher Silvana Diverio
Teachers
  • Silvana Diverio
Hours
  • 26 ore - Silvana Diverio
Learning activities Base
Area Discipline della struttura e funzione degli organismi animali
Academic discipline VET/02
Type of study-unit Obbligatorio (Required)
Language of instruction Italian
Contents General ethology.
Comparative ethology. Animal welfare: short-term and long-term animal welfare indicators, stereotypes and behavioral abnormalities. Animal welfare assessment; Economic, ethical and social implications of animal welfare.
Reference texts BOOKS
Etologia e Benessere Animale. In: "Fisiologia degli animali domestici con elementi di Etologia". 2000. (G. Aguggini, V. Beghelli, L.F.Giulio Eds.) UTET - Torino.

Etologia applicata e benessere animale (vol. I e II). 2009. (C.Carenzi, M.Panzera et al.) Le
Point Vétérinaire Italie.

Lecture notes and material of the course provided by prof. Silvana Diverio

ADDITIONAL BOOKS
Il comportamento degli animali domestici. 2000. (K.A.Houpt). EMSI, Roma.
Educational objectives D1 - KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
The student must acquire the knowledge of applied comparative ethology, the ability to identify and interpret animal welfare indicators, the theory of the application of animal welfare assessment protocols. The main objective of the module is to provide students with an adequate knowledge of the ethology and welfare of domestic animals, with particular emphasis on specific behavioral repertoires, the value of the human-animal relationship and methods for assessing the state of well-being in the farm and in confined conditions. The main knowledge acquired will provide the basis for understanding the species ethogram and for understanding the systems for assessing the welfare status of animals.

D2 - ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
At the end of the training, the student must know how to understand the behavior of the species; identify the main causes of poor animal welfare; critically evaluate the physiological, ethological and pre-pathological parameters indicators of poor animal welfare; being able to carry out an assessment of the behavior and welfare status of livestock.

D3 - AUTONOMY OF JUDGMENT
At the end of the training activity, the student must be able to assess, at basic levels, the welfare state of the livestock by formulating a professional judgment and suggesting, in the case of needs, the critical issues and any interventions to be made on the farm to improve the living conditions of the animals.

D4 - COMMUNICATION SKILLS
At the end of the training activity the student must be able to support a cross-examination with people both of equal preparation and experts in different topics, of a regulatory, scientific, procedural and / or technological nature on activities related to the study and observation of animal behavior and to the evaluation of their state of well-being.

D5 - LEARNING SKILLS
At the end of the training activity, the student must be able to consult and understand scientific texts, bibliographic updates and regulations concerning the study and observation of animal behavior and the methodologies for assessing their state of well-being, in order to use them in contexts that are not only usual for the profession, including research, but also applications to improve the living conditions of animals, know how to relate to people of different roles and professionalism who work in the zootechnical field and have the motivation to continue professional updating throughout the span of life, through ongoing ongoing formation.
Teaching methods The course is organized as follows:

- Classroom lectures

- seminars

- Visits and exercises on the field,

- "Brainstorming" and group work, practical experience at kennels RandAgiamo
- Practical exercises in the classroom, at the Laboratory of Ethology and Animal Welfare (LEBA), at the Kennel Health Collestrada (PG) or other kennels that pertain to the project RandAgiamo; students will be divided into groups (maximum 10 students)
Practical experience with kennels where the RandAgiamo project is active, application of socialization protocol RandAgiamo on at least one dog.
Learning verification modality Oral exam, video production for reading the behavior of a farm or pet animal
Extended program THEORETICAL LESSONS
Study of general theology, adaptation, evolution and domestication mechanisms, instinctive processes and methods of learning in the animal. Implications on the animal behavior of the limbic system and memory, motivation, types of communication, biological rhythms. Pheromones and animal communication. (2 HOURS)

Comparative ethology: an overview of the social, nutritional, reproductive, and maternal-branch behavior of the main species of animal and animal affection. (4 HOURS)
Study of the basic mechanisms of man-animal relationship and communication, empathy and evolutionary processes in relation to animal welfare. (2 HOURS)

Animal welfare: definitions and basic concepts, stress response physiology, short-term animal welfare indicators (physiological and ethological indicators) and long-term (ethological, productive, reproductive and immune indicators). (2 HOURS)
Stereotypic and behavioral abnormalities: identification and their meaning in relation to animal welfare. State of frustration and animal suffering. (2 HOURS)
Mode of study of preferences and motivational states in animals. Understanding the basic reasons why it is important to protect and promote animal welfare: the implications of learning, the ability to feel pain and suffering, emotions and behavioral response, cognitive abilities and the study of animal intelligence, definition of state of consciousness and possible assessment In animals. (2 HOURS)

Animal welfare assessment: different approaches (natural, biological-functional, subjective, clinical) to the concept of welfare of animals of animal, wildlife, and affection and laboratory interest. Study of evaluation parameters and indicators of animal welfare to be used in the various conditions of breeding of the main species of animal interest. (2 HOURS)
Animal welfare and intensive and extensive breeding systems for species of zootechnical interest. Optimization of breeding techniques in relation to animal welfare and quality of production. Methods for the application of the methods of evaluation of animal welfare in breeding, transport and slaughter of animals of zootechnical interest. Measures and actions to improve animal welfare. Economic, ethical and social implications for the welfare of animals of zootechnical, wild and affective interest. (2 HOURS)

PRACTICAL LESSONS
Observation and assessment of the behaviour of farm animals (2 hours)
Assessment of the welfare state in farmed ruminant (2 hours)
Assessment of the welfare state in farmed pigs (2 hours)
Assessment of the welfare state in farmed poultry (2 hours)

ANIMAL WELFARE HEALTH INDICATORS

Code GP005404
CFU 1
Teacher Maria Beatrice Conti
Teachers
  • Maria Beatrice Conti
Hours
  • 13 ore - Maria Beatrice Conti
Learning activities Caratterizzante
Area Discipline cliniche veterinarie
Academic discipline VET/08
Type of study-unit Obbligatorio (Required)
Language of instruction Italian
Contents disease status as cause and effect of stress (disease influenced). Health indicators: clinical and laboratory parameters. assessment of the state of well-being in companion and food-producing animals.
Reference texts material provided by the teacher (powerpoint, articles from national and international papers)
Educational objectives D1 - KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
The student must have knowledge on:
- technopathies
- physical and laboratoristic parameters that can allow a veterinarian to assess the animal’s well-being.
- appropriate use of antibiotics in clinical practice.

D2 - APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
At the end of the training the student will be able to establish whether the alterations of the physical and laboratoristic parameters highlighted in an animal/group of animals are compatible with a well-being status.

D3 - MAKING JUDGEMENT
At the end of the training the student will have to demonstrate his ability to apply the acquired knowledge in the analysis of real examples, in order to define the more appropriate programmes.

D4 - COMMUNICATION
At the end of the training the student will be able to effectively relate with the breeder/owner, in order to create a trust relationship with them.

D5 - LIFELONG LEARNING SKILLS
At the end of the training the student will be able to:
- consult and understand bibliographic updates and normative dictations, so as to employ them in routinary practice
- manage a sufficiently broad mastery of these topics to guarantee and acceptable basis for continuing professional updating
Prerequisites
Teaching methods theoretical lessons (9 hours) and practical training (clinical rotation) at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital-VTH (4 h)
Other information
Learning verification modality
Extended program The animal interaction - environment: the state of disease as cause and effect of stress (disease influenced) (1.5 h).

Health indicators: clinical findings (1.5 h)

Health indicators: laboratoristic parameters (1.5 h).

The food-producing animals:

- The interaction between veterinary surgeon and breeders; The use of check lists in assessing the impact of disease conditional (1.5 h);

- Medication and health management (1.5 h).

Companion animals:

- The figure of the holder of companion animals; Indicators of disease defect and excess of well-being (1.5 h).

- practical training: clinical rotation at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital - VTH (4 hours)
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