Protection and welfare of animals, 10 hp (HV0040)
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Aim: A scientific centred course on animal welfare concepts and animal
protection legislation processes
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Content:
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Lectures and exercises
1. Animal protection legislation, national and international
2. Animal welfare and animal rights NGOs
3. Animal welfare research methods
4. Animal welfare assessment, risk analysis, epidemiology
5. Animal ethics
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Discussion seminars lead by teachers
 Research paper based seminars led by teachers. Teachers choose
papers of interest, to be read before the seminar.
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Student seminars
 Research paper based seminars led by students. Students choose
by themselves papers of interest.
 All students should read the paper before the seminar to be
prepared to be able to create good discussions
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Group project on animal welfare
 The examination will be participation in a group project and oral
presentation. Students should design an animal welfare related
study with relevant methods and experimental techniques.
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Reflections
 Students will meet (in pairs or 3) and discuss what they have
talked about and learnt during the week and hand in written
reflections.
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Schedule for ‘Protection and welfare of animals’
Date
Time
Content
Topic
Hall
Mon 17/11
9.00-15
Introduction
Lectures
Concepts of
Animal Welfare
Sal E
Linda
Keeling
Tue 18/11
9.00-10
Group work
Introduction to
group projects
Sal E
Linda
Keeling
Wed 19/11
10.00-12
13.00-15
9.00-12
Lectures
Exercises
Seminars lead by
teacher
Animal welfare
research
Discussion about
papers on animal
welfare research
Rudbeck,
JuhlinDannfelt, von
Post, Branner
Ragen
TrudelleSchwarz
Thu 20/11
13.00-16
Lectures
Fri 21/11
9.00-10
10.00-12
Lectures
Seminars led by
students
International
animal welfare
legislation and
guidelines
Swedish animal
welfare legislation
13.00-15
Reflections
Mon 24/11
10.30-12
13.00-16
Lectures
Exercises
Tue 25/11
9.00-11
11.00-12
Lectures
Exercises
Wed 26/11
9.00-12
13.00-15
9.00-11
Lectures
Exercises
Lectures
13.00-16
Seminars lead by
teacher
9.00-12
Lectures and
exercises
13.00-15
Reflections
Mon 1/12
9.00-12
Lectures
Tue 2/12
9.00-12
13.00-15
Group work
Thu 27/11
Fri 28/11
Farm animal
welfare – examples
of current research
and debate
Risk assessment
Applied animal
welfare research
Science and
legislation
Animal welfare
guidelines and
legislation
Animal welfare and
animal rights
organizations
Sal E
Sal E (9-10)
Rudbeck,
JuhlinDannfelt, von
Post, Branner
(10-12)
Sal E (13-15)
Sal E
Sal E
Sal E
Sal E
Rudbeck,
JuhlinDannfelt, von
Post, Branner
Sal E
Sal E
Animal welfare
work in the EU
Group work on
animal welfare
project
Sal E
Sal E (9-10)
Rudbeck,
Juhlin-
Responsib
le person
Lotta Berg
Birgitta
Larsson
-
Bo Algers
Bo Algers
Harry
Blokhuis
Helena
Elofsson
Lotta Berg
Harry
Blokhuis
2
Dannfelt, von
Post, Branner
(9-15)
Wed 3/12
9.00-12
13.00-15
Lectures
Exercises
Companion animal
welfare - current
research and
debate
Thu 4/12
9.00-12
Seminars lead by
students
Fri 5/12
9.00-12
Group work
13.00-15
Reflections
Discussion about
research papers on
companion animal
welfare research
Group work on
animal welfare
project
Mon 8/12
13.00-16
Seminar lead by
teacher
Tue 9/12
13.00-16
Lectures and
exercises
Wed 10/12
9.00-12
13.00-16
Thu 11/12
11.00-12
13.00-15
9.00-11
Lectures
Seminar lead by
teacher
Lectures
Exercises
Group work
11.00-12
13.00-16
Reflections
Seminar
Mon 15/12
13.00-15
Lectures
Tue 16/12
9.00-12
Seminar
discussions
13.00-15
Seminars led by
students
Discussion about
research paper on
zoo/wildlife
Lectures
Exercises
Discussion
seminars
Written home
exam
Animal ethics
Rudbeck,
JuhlinDannfelt, von
Post, Branner
Hebbe
Animal ethics
Sal E
Fri 12/12
Wed 17/12
Thu 18/12
Fri 19/12
9.00-12
13.00-15
9.00-12
13.00-15
9.00-12
13.00-16
Ethological
methods in animal
welfare research
Laboratory animal
welfare – current
research and
debate
3R
Animal Welfare
epidemiology
Group work on
animal welfare
project
PhD dissertation
by Sofie Fröberg
Zoo animal and
wildlife welfare –
current research
and debate
Zoo animal and
wildlife welfare –
current research
and debate
Sal E
Rudbeck,
JuhlinDannfelt, von
Post, Branner
Anna
Lundberg
& Frida
Lundmark
Anna
Lundberg
Rudbeck,
JuhlinDannfelt, von
Post, Branner
-
Sal E
Maria
Andersson
HVC AU20
Bart
Savenije
Sal E
Bart
Savenije
Hebbe
Jan
Hultgren
Rudbeck,
JuhlinDannfelt, von
Post, Branner
Location to be
specified later
HVC AU20
Hebbe
Lotta Berg
Jens Jung
&
Per
Eriksson
Jens Jung
&
Per
Eriksson
Per
Eriksson
Stefan
Gunnarsson
Stefan
Gunnarsson
None
3
Mon 22/12
until
Fri 2/1
Mon 5/1
Tue 6/12
Wed 7/12
9.00-12
Christmas and
New Year Holiday
None
9.00-16
None
None
None
Thu 8/1
9.00-12
13.00-15
Work at home
Holiday
Day for re-writing
missed previous
exams.
Work on project.
Presentations
Fri 9/1
9.00-12
13.00-15
Presentations
Course evaluation
Rudbeck,
JuhlinDannfelt, von
Post, Branner
Rudbeck,
JuhlinDannfelt, von
Post, Branner
(13-15 also Sal
E)
Lotta Berg
& Linda
Keeling
Lotta Berg
& Linda
Keeling
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