Learning Outcomes
During the course students:
Will become familiar to codes of good veterinary practice as well as their duties as practicing veterinarians.
Will be able to assess the needs for using animals for experimental purposes and the basic characteristics of quality research.
will evaluate animal behavior according to the animal species as well as the basic needs of animals according to the rearing system.
Will be able to recognize a normal animal and assess the level of its welfare as well as to evaluate the relationship between various causes and the manifestation of abnormal behavior by animals.
They will learn various ways to monitor and evaluate the indicators of health, welfare and level of productivity of animals at individual and population level (herd, flock).
They will become familiar with Veterinary Legislation in Greece and the European Union
Course Content (Syllabus)
1st-2nd hour Definitions of Deontology -Veterinary Ethics: ethics of the
veterinary profession, professional conscience, code of good
veterinary practice. Relations with colleagues, professional and
public bodies. Advertising Ethics.
3rd-4th hour Tasks for customers-animal owners and sick animals. Veterinary
remuneration. Ethics in Animal Research.
5th-6th hour Ethology: Definition, Aims and Methodologies. Evolution of
ethology. The importance of ethology in veterinary education and in
veterinary profession.
7th-8th hour Behavioral patterns depending on animal species, individual
behavior or interactions with similar or other species (food/ water
intake, social behavior, sexual behavior, native behavior, etc.)
Ethograms.
9th-10th hour Animal Welfare and Needs. General principles of measuring and
evaluating animal welfare (production and companion animals).
11th -12th hour Monitoring methods of health indicators, welfare and production
characteristics in farm animals at individual and herd levels.
Qualitative and quantitative evaluation of indicators according to
the applied breeding methods.
13th-14th hour Measurements of animal behavior in relation to the normal
function of various organs and systems: Preference and aversion
tests, behavioral denial and incentive measurement, stereotypies.
15th-16th hour Occurrence of abnormal behavior from various causes in productive
and companion animals. Methods of prevention and control for the
improvement of animal welfare at individual and farm level.
17th-18th hour Livestock management methods to ensure high levels of welfare,
according to the breeding system. Human - animal interactions.
19th-20th hour Veterinary legislation in Greece and the European Union regarding livestock.
Legislative framework for the exercise of the veterinary profession. Rights and duties of the
veterinarian - Categories of veterinary responsibility. Legislation related to Animal
Production (livestock establishments/ units, animal transportation, etc.).
Keywords
Deontology, Veterinary Ethics, Welfare, Legislation of Animal Production