| Course title | |||||
| 動物福祉論 [Animal Welfare] | |||||
| Course category | Requirement | Credit | 2 | ||
| Department | Year | 3～ | Semester | 3rd | |
| Course type | 3rd | Course code | 01RN3273 | ||
| Instructor(s) | |||||
| 鈴木 馨, 竹村 勇司 [SUZUKI Kaoru, TAKEMURA Yuji] | |||||
| Facility affiliation | Field Science Center | Office | FS Center's Prefab | Email address | |
| Course description |
| Animal welfare may be misunderstood as welfare for human using animals, such as animal therapy. Animal welfare is also apt to be confused with animal rights, but animal welfare is not necessarily the case of accepting animal’s rights. We have a responsibility to treat captive animals with consideration of welfare. In this course, each types of welfare for various kinds of captive animals, such as livestock, experimental animal, zoo animal, companion animal, working animal and wild animal in captivity, will be lectured. |
| Expected Learning |
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You can recognize that there exists many welfare types for each kinds of captivity, and understand the concrete way of welfare for each captive animals. Corresponding criteria in the Diploma Policy: See the Curriculum maps. (URL: https://www.tuat.ac.jp/campuslife_career/campuslife/policy/) |
| Course schedule |
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Kaoru Suzuki, Field Science Center (Welfare for experimental animal, wild animal, household animal, and zoo animal) The position of these animals in human society, characteristic will be explained to present key facts for their welfare. In addition, proper animal experiment and appropriate euthanasia will be explained. 1. Experimental animal 2. Wild animal 3. Household animal 4. Zoo animal 5. Animal experiment, Euthanasia Yuji Takemura, Animal Science (Animal welfare of farm animals) This section provides students with welfare issues for farm animals. Learners are expected to make their own opinions on how to realize the welfare-based practice for animal production and consumption. Contents: 1. Development of animal welfare in farm animals (Part 1) 2. Development of animal welfare in farm animals (Part 2) 3. Welfare problems and solutions in the modern farm animal production system 4. Scientific methods for the assessment of animal welfare Examination: Examination shall be done twice. |
| Prerequisites |
| There need no special knowledge. |
| Required Text(s) and Materials |
| "Perspectives on the Study of Animal Welfare", Ueno & Takeda eds., Norin-Tokei Press, Tokyo, 2015 (in Japanese, 「動物福祉の現在」、上野・武田編、農林統計出版) |
| References |
| Will be introduced by each lecturer at the class. |
| Assessment/Grading |
| No. of attending the class must be 10 or more. Final grading will constitute of 30% for class performance and 70% for final examination. |
| Message from instructor(s) |
| Course keywords |
| Farm Animal, Household animal, Experimental animal, Zoo animal, Wild animal, Quality of life, Physiology, Behavior, Environmental enrichment, Psychological wellbeing |
| Office hours |
| E-mail to us: Takemura; takemura@cc.tuat.ac.jp, Suzuki; kaoru@cc.tuat.ac.jp |
| Remarks 1 |
| Remarks 2 |
| Related URL |
| Kaoru Suzuki： http://web.tuat.ac.jp/~fswild/ |
| Lecture Language |
| Japanese |
| Language Subject |
| Last update |
| 1/27/2020 11:27:33 AM |