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Degree course in
Livestock science and animal production technologies
Università degli Studi di Parma
Department of Veterinary Science

BASIC CONCEPTS OF VETERINARY ETHOLOGY
cod. 1005234

Academic year 2012/13
2° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Fisiologia veterinaria (VET/02)
Field
A scelta dello studente
Type of training activity
Student's choice
28 hours
of face-to-face activities
4 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
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Learning objectives

Knowledge of the physiological bases of animal behavior

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

Functional organization of the nervous system.
Regulation of emotional and behavioral patterns by the hypothalamus and the lymbic system. Biological rhythms. Motivation and learning. Classic conditioning. Trial and error learning: reward and punishment. Social behavior and hierarchy. Territorial behavior and marking. Pheromones. Stress and distress in domestic animals. Fight or flight reaction. Welfare in farm animals.

Full programme

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Bibliography

Etologia degli animali domestici, Per Jensen, McGraw-Hill, Milano.

Teaching methods

theoretical lessons

Assessment methods and criteria

oral exam

Other information

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