Learning objectives
Students will acquire the most advanced knowledge of applied animal welfare as well as microbial genomics applied to outbreak investigation, source attribution and risk assessment. Students will develop skills in assessing welfare in livestock using the most recent welfare assessment tools developed around the world. Using scenario-based learning the students will learn how to identify risk factors for poor animal welfare and how to develop preventive and corrective measures to reduce the risk for negative welfare consequences. Regarding microbial genomics, the benefits of a real-time outbreak investigation and a more targeted source attribution and hazard identification/characterisation will be discussed along with major challenges and opportunities.
Prerequisites
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Course unit content
Thanks to the involvement of teachers in the EFSA Animal Health and Welfare panel as well as several EU funded projects, the course contents will include the most recent and advanced knowledge of animal welfare assessment tools as well as opportunities of the very recent applications of microbial genomics and genome-wide associations studies to outbreak investigation, source attribution and risk assessment
Full programme
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Bibliography
Notes of lectures; scientific publications
Teaching methods
Student-centred approach, learning by doing, tutorials, scientific seminaries, laboratory activities
Teaching tools
projector, computer,
Assessment methods and criteria
The final grading of the entire integrated course is calculated as an average of the scores obtained in the two courses of " RISK ANALYSIS IN ANIMAL WELFARE " and "MICROBIAL GENOMICS FOR RISK ANALYSIS ". The examination commission includes teachers of both courses.
The oral examination will verify the theoretical and applicative knowledge of the student. Particularly positive will be evaluated the ability to move within the different topics and the achievement of an organic knowledge of the topics presented during the lessons
Other information
http://www.distal.unibo.it/
See the website of Barbara Padalino https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/barbara.padalino/
See the website of Frederique Pasquali https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/frederique.pasquali/
