| Course title | Animal and Environmental Hygiene II |
| Course code | Vete2017 |
| Credit points (ECTS) | 1.5 |
| Total Hours in Course | 40.5 |
| Number of hours for lectures | 12 |
| Number of hours for seminars and practical classes | 8 |
| Independent study hours | 20 |
| Date of course confirmation | 18/05/2011 |
| Responsible Unit | Institute of Food and Environmental Hygiene |
| Course developers | |
| Professional programme(līm.), Ance Kozulāne First-cycle professional higher education(līm.), pasn. Alīna Kļaviņa |
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| Prior knowledge | |
| LauZ1019, Forage Production and Animal Nutrition I LauZ2028, Forage Production and Animal Nutrition II Vete2016, Animal and Environmental Hygiene I Vete4104, Forage Production and Animal Nutrition III Vete6022, Physiology I Vete6023, Physiology II |
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| Course abstract | |
| Students are learning about animal welfare, hygiene and biosecurity principals in farms. During the year several animal species is being reviewed. | |
| Learning outcomes and their assessment | |
| Knowledge about animal house microclimate physical, chemical and biological components, drinking water and animal feed quality – test. Working skills with instructions of animal welfare which are developed by Food and veterinary service and the Ministry of agriculture – analyse 2 articles. Competences to assess animal welfare indices at the animal farms – practical work. | |
| Course Content(Calendar) | |
| 1.Introduction about animal welfare, hygiene, history
2.Climate, microclimate in farm, safe food; practical work - 5 welfare freedoms 3.Biosecurity meaning and principles 4.Animal welfare, hygiene in Latvia and EU legislation; practical work – Animal protection law 5.Welfare of cows; 6.Cow welfare indicators in farm; practical work – planning of farm biosecurity and layout 7.Welfare of calves 8.Welfare of sheeps; practical work – tail docking in lambs 9.Welfare of goats 10.Welfare of horses; practical work – food quality and it’s meaning in animal health 11.Welfare of laying hens and broiler chickens 12.Welfare of geese and ducks; practical work – welfare of ostrich 13.Animal welfare in slaughterhouses 14.Welfare of pigs; practical work – air quality and meaning in animal health 15.Feeding of pigs 16.Final test; practical work – journal club |
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| Requirements for awarding credit points | |
| Successfully completed final test and 2 summaries from articles. Absence of lectures and practical works are not more than 30% of the total number of lessons. | |
| Description of the organization and tasks of students’ independent work | |
| Students need to find 2 articles about animal welfare or hygiene and write a summary. In the end of the semester students present them orally. | |
| Criteria for Evaluating Learning Outcomes | |
| Student skills are assessed in accordance with the procedures specified in the tasks of the practical work.
Study course tests are evaluated in accordance with the criteria of the 10-point system scale indicated in the LLU Study Regulations. To get the final grade of the study course "passed", final test and KEGA work must be evaluated with a successful grade. |
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| Compulsory reading | |
| 1.Lindberga Z. Higiēna. Rīga: Zvaigzne, 1991. 367 lpp. 2.Labas lauksaimnīcas prakses nosacījumi Latvijā. Latvijas Republikas Zemkopības ministrija. Rīga, 2008. 66 lpp. 3.Wathes C. M., Corr S. A., May S. A., McCulloch S. P., Whiting M. C. Veterinary & Animal ethics. Wiley-Blckwell, 2013. 315 p. 4. Green M. Dairy Herd Health. UK: University of Nottingham, 2012. | |
| Further reading | |
| 1.Guide to good dairy farming practice. Animal Production and Health Guidelines. No. 8. Rome. Pieejams: http://www.fao.org/3/ba0027e/ba0027e00.pdf 2.Yeates J. Animal Welfare in Veterinary Practice. Wiley-Blackwell, 2013. 206 p. 3.Siliņa A., Arbidāns D., Jonkus D., Keidāne D., Piļiena K. Kazkopības rokasgrāmata. Ozolnieki, 2015. 76 lpp. | |
| Periodicals and other sources | |
| 1.http://www.oie.int/
2.https://likumi.lv/ 3.AWIN welfare protocols |
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| Notes | |
| Compulsory course of study programme Veterinary medicine. | |