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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
2nd degree (Master)
Responsible Department:
Veterinary Medicine
Semester:
2nd Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Rehovot
Course/Module Coordinator:
Dr. Roi Mandel Briefer
Coordinator Office Hours:
(by appointment).
Teaching Staff:
Dr. Roi Mandel Briefer
Course/Module description:
Course content:
The course includes five modules:
1. The individual (perception, learning mechanisms, memory and conscious awareness).
2. The group (models of social networks, emotional contagion, social stress buffering mechanisms, social isolation (voluntary/involuntary).
3. The environment (measuring needs (preference & motivation tests) and matching needs: (EE) social, occupational, physical, sensory and nutritional).
4. Human-animal interaction(positive/negative - intra- and intergenerational influence, caregiver resilience).
5. Welfare assessment - quantitative methods versus QBA + practical experience.
Course/Module aims:
The student will be:
1. Familiar with basic concepts in the field of animal welfare.
2. Able to identify welfare risk factors.
3. Familiar with different means to reduce suffering and promote positive/welfare.
4. Familiar with various approaches to assess animal welfare.
5. Encourage critical thinking on the topic.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
1. The student will be able to identify welfare risk factors.
2. Assess well-being through quantitative and qualitative surveys (QBA).
3. Reduce suffering and promote welfare in the farm, during transport and in the slaughterhouse.
Attendance requirements(%):
100
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Lectures, class discussions, group assignments and individual assignments.
Course/Module Content:
Ruth Harison, Brambell, Animal rights, Animal welfare (3 dimensions), Normal/abnormal behaviour (e.g. stereotypic)/damaging behaviour, Cambridge declaration on consciousness, Binocular/uniocular vision, Visual field, Visual depth, Sclera, Attention, Horizontal pupil, Photoreceptors (colour, movement), Visual acuity, Hearing range, hearing sensitivity, Vomeronasal organ, Imprinting, Habituation, Classical conditioning, Conditioned/unconditioned stimulus, Conditioned/unconditioned response, CO-occurrence, Contingency, Blocking, Latent inhibition, Reinforcement theory (pos, neg…), Fixed/variable presentation, Learned helplessness, Operant conditioning, Clicker training, Consciousness, Matriarchy, Calf/dam recognition, Hider/follower, Allo-grooming, Stress buffering, Social isolation (forced/voluntary), Spreading activation, Expression of pain, Locomotion scores, Social dominance, Linear hierarchy, Regrouping, Valence vs. arousal, Emotion, Mood, Preference test, Motivation test, Low/high resilience, Goal of Environmental Enrichment, Social Enrichment (e.g. pair housing), Cognitive Enrichment, Sensory Enrichment, Physical Enrichment, Nutritional Enrichment, Flight zone, Point of balance, Blind spot, Cattle talker, Movement in a shute, Electric prod, Cortisol/Corticosteron, eye white, Local/NSAID/anesthetization, stunning, captive bolt, DFD, rebound effect, directed breeding and more.
Required Reading:
1. Animal Welfare 3rd edition. Appleby, Olsson and Galindo(2018). Cambridge University Press.
2. Understanding animal welfare, David Fraser. Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008, 50(Suppl 1):S1 doi:10.1186/1751-0147-50-S1-S1.
3. Environmental enrichment of dairy cows and calves in indoor housing. 2016. Mandel, R., Whay, H. R., Klement, E., & Nicol, C. J. (2016). Journal of dairy science, 99(3), 1695-1715.
4. The Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness
5. The New York Declaration on Consciousness
Additional Reading Material:
1.Improving animal welfare: a practical approach/Temple Grandin (2008). Cambridge University Press.
Grading Scheme :
Written / Oral / Practical Exam 30 %
Submission assignments during the semester: Exercises / Essays / Audits / Reports / Forum / Simulation / others 70 %
Additional information:
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