COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ANIMAL WELFARE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Veterinary Medicine

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ORHAN ÖZBEY

Offered to

Veterinary Medicine

Course Objective

Transfer of basic knowledge about welfare in farm and laboratory animal breeding to students.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The student knows the definition of animal weelfare and history
2   Student learns to evaluate the animal welfare criterion while making some processess
3   Teaching importance of animal welfare during housing and transporting

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definitions and background of animal welfare
2 The importance and location of animal welfare in animal husbandry
3 The relationships between animal welfare and behaviours
4 Regulations relating to animal welfare in USA and EU
5 Evaluation methods of animal welfare
6 Welfare principles in layer hens 1
7 Welfare principles in layer hens 2
8 Welfare principles in production of broiler chicken.
9 Welfare principles in cattle breeding and veal meat production
10 Welfare principles in sheep and goat breeding
11 Welfare principles in pig breeding
12 Welfare principles in laboratory animals breeding 1
13 Welfare principles in laboratory animals breeding 2
14 Welfare principles in zoo animals

Recomended or Required Reading

Duncan, IJH, Poople, TB (1990) Hayvan Refahı, Hayvan Davranışının Yönetilmesinde, Chapman ve Hall, Cambridge, Ingiltere.
Rowan, AN, O'Brein H., Thayer, L., Patronek, G. (1999) Çiftlik Hayvanları Refahı, Tufts Hayvanlar ve Kamu Politikası Merkezi, ABD.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, question-answer, discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Students will be evaluated with the questions to be asked in the midterm and final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The responsibility of continuing to 70% of theoretical courses and 80% of laboratory practices during the semester belongs to the student.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dekanlığı, Cumhuriyet Mahallesi, Cami Sokak, No: 3, Posta Kodu: 35890, Kiraz/IZMIR

e-posta: orhan.ozbey@deu.edu.tr
Telefon: 0 (232) 572 35 30- 14502

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 1 14
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 1 10
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 38

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.155455
LO.255455
LO.355455

CONTACT INFORMATION
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Cumhuriyet Bulvarı No: 144 35210 Alsancak / İZMİR
Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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