ANIMAL WELFARE AND QUALITY OF ANIMAL PRODUCTION
cod. 1010441

Academic year 2024/25
1° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Mario BARATTA
Academic discipline
Fisiologia veterinaria (VET/02)
Field
Fondamenti di produzioni animali *
Type of training activity
Characterising
16 hours
of face-to-face activities
2 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
in ITALIAN

Learning objectives

The student will be able to
• identify the direct indicators for the assessment of animal welfare and relate them to the type of management and housing structures in a context of intensive The student will be able to
• identify the direct indicators for the assessment of animal welfare and relate them to the type of management and housing structures in a context of intensive production
• identify the crucial aspects that can determine the influence of animal welfare on production

Prerequisites

Knowledge of the regulatory bases of biology of mammalians

Course unit content

The focus of the course is to provide knowledge on understanding the concept of animal welfare in farm animals. At the end of the course the student knows how the activation of the physiological cascade in response to a stressful event in farm animals affects the state of well-being and their production

Full programme

Stress physiology pathway : hormonal and nervous regulation
Animal welfare and its impact on farm animals and their productions
Animal-based welfare indicators
Innovative methods to evaluate animal welfare

Bibliography

Slides used for the lectures are available in the platform Elly.
Additional material provided by the lecturer is made available on Elly.
Suggested text-books
Sjaastad O., Hove K., Sand O.: Physiology of Domestic Animals. Scandinavian Veterinary Press.

Teaching methods

The course is managed with frontal lectures, with slides to illustrate the concepts. Occasionally material from the international literature, in English, is illustrated. Distance learning (full or blended)

Assessment methods and criteria

The final exam consists of an oral test. The final grade is defined for 50% by an exposition of a scientific article presented during the examination and the remaining 50% is defined by an oral assessment of a topic covered by the theoretical course

Other information

NO

2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

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Contacts

Toll-free number

800 904 084

Student registry office

Toll-free number: 800 904 084
E. segreteria.farmacia@unipr.it

Quality assurance office

Education manager:
Dr. Donatella Lombardini
E. didattica.farmacia@unipr.it

Course President

Prof. Tommaso Ganino
T. +39 0521 905597
E. tommaso.ganino@unipr.it

Deputy course president

Prof. Davide Menozzi

T. +39 0521 032519
E. davide.menozzi@unipr.it

Guidance delegate

Prof. Eleonora Carini
T. +39 0521 906520
E. eleonora.carini@unipr.it

University tutors

Prof. Tommaso Ganino
T. +39 0521 905597
E. tommaso.ganino@unipr.it

Prof. Eleonora Carini
T. +39 0521 906520
E. eleonora.carini@unipr.it

International student mobility committee

Members

Quality assurance manager

Prof. Giovanni Sogari
T. +39 0521 906545
E. giovanni.sogari@unipr.it

Contact person for students with disabilities, SLD or from vulnerable groups

Prof.ssa Marilena Musci
T. +39 0521 906525
E. marilena.musci@unipr.it

Tutor students

You can find the list of Tutor student on this page