| Course title | |||||
| 動物衛生学 [Animal Health] | |||||
| Course category | Requirement | Credit | 2 | ||
| Department | Year | 3～ | Semester | 3rd | |
| Course type | 3rd | Course code | 01VN3308 | ||
| Instructor(s) | |||||
| 竹原 一明, 林谷 秀樹 [TAKEHARA Kazuaki, HAYASHIDANI Hideki] | |||||
| Facility affiliation | Faculty of Agriculture | Office | Email address | ||
| Course description |
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In this course, students will learn the importance and necessity of livestock health administration, breeding environment, prevention and control of diseases, and understand the basic measures to control diseases based on relevant laws and regulations in order to obtain safe livestock products by raising industrial animals in a healthy manner while ensuring productivity based on the concept of animal welfare. In addition, students will understand the care and management of companion animals, exhibition animals, special-purpose livestock, and service animals. The teacher in charge of this course has practical experience as a chief farm HACCP examiner and JGAP instructor, and has written a disinfection handbook for the livestock sector and a manual for enhancing biosecurity on livestock farms. |
| Expected Learning |
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Understand and can practice the methods and strategies for animal health at farm level, including keeping production animals in healthy condition and establishment “Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point” system at farms. See the Curriculum maps. (URL: https://www.tuat.ac.jp/campuslife_career/campuslife/policy/ ) |
| Course schedule |
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1. Outline of Animal Health / HACCP at livestock farms. 2. Prevention of animal infectious diseases. 3. Disease control and disinfection. 4. Prevention of diseases by vaccination. 5. Prevention of diseases. 6. Environmental hygiene / animal welfare. 7. Animal hygiene management. 8. Poisoning for animals. 9. Management of the livestock manure. 10. Animal health for dairy cattle. 11. Animal health for beef cattle. 12. Animal health for pig and poultry. 13. Animal health for special purpose domestic animals. 14. Animal health for companion animals, exhibition animals and wild animals. 15. Summary and examination. |
| Prerequisites |
| Students are required to learn a class using lecture materials and prints before and after the class. In addition to 30 hours that students spend in the class, students are recommended to prepare for and revise the lectures, spending the standard amount of time as specified by the University and using the lecture handouts as well as the references specified below. |
| Required Text(s) and Materials |
| Animal Health 2021. Buneido-syuppan Co., Ltd. |
| References |
| Lecture materials and preprints. The Manual for Enhancement of Biosecurity at Livestock Farms ( Japan Livestock Industry Association). The Handbook of Disinfectants in Livestock Fields (Japan Livestock Industry Association). |
| Assessment/Grading |
| Terminal examination 85% and a mini-test of every time 5%, understanding degree of the preparations for lessons print 10% |
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| Course keywords |
| Standards of Rearing Hygiene Management, HACCP at farms, biosecurity, food self-sufficiency, One World-One Health |
| Office hours |
| Any time. Please contact through E-mail. takehara@cc.tuat.ac.jp |
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| Last update |
| 2/17/2022 5:44:47 PM |