Course title
動物福祉論   [Animal Welfare]
Course category   Requirement   Credit 1 
Department   Year 1  Semester 3rd 
Course type 3rd  Course code 01rn1018
Instructor(s)
鈴木 馨, 竹村 勇司   [SUZUKI Kaoru]
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 type of welfare for various kinds of captive animals, such as livestock, experimental animal, zoo animal, companion animal, and working animal will be lectured.

This class is closely related with "Human-animal interactions and relationships" class. Students are expected to attend at "Human-animal interactions and relationships" class.

This is part of the Courses of Package and/or Recommended Subject, and its completion is recommended for students in the Department of Ecoregion Science.
Expected Learning
You can recognize that there exist many welfare types for each kind of captivity, and understand the concrete way of welfare for these captive animals.

Corresponding criteria in the Diploma Policy:
  See the Curriculum maps.
  (URL: https://www.tuat.ac.jp/campuslife_career/campuslife/policy/)
Course schedule
Course schedule is presented at the first lecture.

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.
1. History of animal welfare
2. Five freedoms in animal welfare
3. Welfare problems and solutions in the modern farm animal production system

Kaoru Suzuki, Field Science Center (Welfare for experimental 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.
4. Experimental animal
5. Household animal
6. Zoo animal
7. Conclusion
Examination

Prerequisites
There need no special knowledge.

In addition to 15 hours in classes and time required for completing assignments, students are recommended to prepare for and review the lectures, spending the standard amount of time as specified by the University and using the textbook as well as the references.
Required Text(s) and Materials
References
"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)
Assessment/Grading
No. of attending the class must be 2/3 or more. Final grading will constitute of class performance (20%) and examination (80% ).
Message from instructor(s)
Remarks and details concerning this course will be explained in the first lecture time.
Course keywords
Farm Animal, Household animal, Experimental animal, Zoo 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
Course description is changed when necessary.
Remarks 2
Related URL
Kaoru Suzuki: http://web.tuat.ac.jp/~fswild/
Lecture Language
Japanese
Language Subject
Last update
1/4/2022 2:54:50 PM