Course title
先進情報工学実験Ⅳ   [Frontier Information Engineering ExperimentsⅣ]
Course category   Requirement   Credit 0.5 
Department   Year   Semester YearLong 
Course type YearLong  Course code 96124
Instructor(s)
岩井 伯隆   [IWAI Noritaka]
Facility affiliation Office   Email address

Course description
√ On Nov, 22, 2023 (Wed) 10:00 〜 at The Seminar room C, 2nd floor, Kobushi building, College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University
Classes will be changed to online classes depending on the
status of COVID-19.
√ “The forefront of animal welfare study: Farm animal and zoo animal”
It is necessary to think about how to keep animals when we rear the various animals with our life. Animal welfare that is a concept of animal's QOL recently attracts attention as a topic of animal keeping in the world. This concept presented in the early 20th century is discussed with a topic that influences QOL of us not only an ethical frame but also a science concept in the international animal usage. In this lecture, I explain the latest animal welfare research in Japan based on an international trend around the topics in the farm animal and the zoo animal.
√ This class will be held to acquire advanced professional ability of animal hygiene and management science by learning the latest knowledge and skills in the field of animal sciences.
Expected Learning
√ Understanding the concept and evaluating method of animal welfare.
√ Understanding the scientific approach in animal welfare.

Course schedule
1) Animal Welfare and animal ethics
Animal Welfare is one of the animal ethics. However, why was it developed in the Western Europe? In this section, various ethical considerations for animals and the development history of Animal Welfare concept in the West will be introduced.
2) Problems in Animal Welfare
Based on the concept of "five freedom", which is one of the Animal Welfare principles, what is the problem in Animal Welfare will be explained.
3) Evaluation of Animal Welfare
To understand Animal Welfare, evaluative method of Animal Welfare from behaviour and physiological parameters of animals will be explained.
4) Practical methods of Animal Welfare
In this section, various practical methods and environmental enrichment to improve Animal Welfare at the actual animal keeping site will be introduced.
Prerequisites
Required Text(s) and Materials
●Handouts will be provided in class.
References
●M.C.Appleby, I.A.S.Olsson, F.Galindo, 2018. Animal Welfare 3rd ed,CABI Publishing
●新村毅編,動物福祉学,昭和堂
●佐藤衆介,加隈良枝監訳,動物福祉の科学,緑書房
Assessment/Grading
●I'll take attendance in the beginning of the lecture and evaluate attitude during class.
●The student must submit the report about Animal welfare science.
Message from instructor(s)
This lecture does not require special knowledge or skills. Please fell free to register this program.
Course keywords
Animal Welfare,Animal Management, bioethics, stress, environmental enrichment
Office hours
Monday 12:00〜13:00 Please contact via e-mail
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Last update
2/6/2023 3:33:58 PM