Animal welfare and behaviour

Information from the course leader

2020-10-16
Zoom-link
Dear all, This is the course zoom -link, which will be the same through out the course: https://slu-se.zoom.us/j/67804906781 Passcode: 138935 Best wishes, Jenny and Anna

2020-07-01
Welcome to HV0188 – Animal welfare and behavior – 2020
Welcome to HV0188 – Animal welfare and behavior – 2020! This year the entire course will be given digital via zoom. The course starts with a course introduction November 2, 10:00-12:00. A zoom-link to the introduction will be added in a message here on the course site. If you want to prepare before the course on the basic elements of animal behavior and welfare we suggest that you read Jensen 2009 (at least part 1). This book indicates the level of knowledge that is expected at course start. • Jensen, P. (2009). The ethology of domestic animals: An introductory text. Wallingford: CABI Pub. Jensen, 2009 (or at least an older version from 2002) is available as e-book at the SLU library. Best wishes, Jenny Yngvesson and Anna Wallenbeck

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Academic year 2021/2022

Animal welfare and behaviour (HV0188-20007)

2021-11-02 - 2022-01-16

Syllabus and other information

HV0188 Animal welfare and behaviour, 15.0 Credits

Djurvälfärd, djurskydd och etologi

Subjects

Animal Science Biology Animal science Biology

Education cycle

Master’s level

Modules

Title	Credits	Code
Quiz	1.0	0102
Animal Ethics	2.0	0103
Ethology	6.0	0104
Animal welfare	6.0	0105

Advanced study in the main field

Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
Master’s level (A1N)

Grading scale

5:Pass with Distinction, 4:Pass with Credit, 3:Pass, U:Fail
The grade requirements within the course grading system are set out in specific criteria. These criteria must be available by the course start at the latest.

Language

English

Prior knowledge

Knowledge equivalent to

- 120 credits at first cycle level, of which

- 60 credits biology, animal science, equine science, veterinary nursing or veterinary medicine or 60 credits agricultural sciences (of which at least 30 credits animal science/zoology)

and

- English 6

Objectives

The course intends to provide advanced knowledge of the basic need, behaviour, environment and welfare of animal and the relationships between these.

On completion of the course, the student should be able to:

discuss and review research within ethology, animal welfare and animal protection critically
assess and discuss different animal husbandry forms based on an animal welfare, behaviour and ethics perspective
apply animal welfare legislation and/or regulations and analyse and reflect on both national and international aspects on animal welfare and animal ethics,
design and carry out projects and within animal behaviour and welfare using appropriate experimental and design methods
present scientific information aimed at a specified audience

Content

The course contains specialisation within the fields of ethology and animal welfare. The course is built-up of self-study with seminars of scientific literature, where the student leads actively the implementation. The course contains a number of key lectures, applied exercises assessment of animal husbandry forms and a project work in the form of a scientific ethological study. In the course, the general skills debate and argumentation ability through exercises where current animal welfare issues are discussed out are trained several different perspectives. The course contains a project work and study visit.

Compulsory components occur within e g exercises, seminar, project work and study visits.

Grading form

The grade requirements within the course grading system are set out in specific criteria. These criteria must be available by the course start at the latest.

Formats and requirements for examination

Passed written and oral examination. Passed participation in compulsory course modules.

If a student has failed an examination, the examiner has the right to issue supplementary assignments. This applies if it is possible and there are grounds to do so.
The examiner can provide an adapted assessment to students entitled to study support for students with disabilities following a decision by the university. Examiners may also issue an adapted examination or provide an alternative way for the students to take the exam.
If this syllabus is withdrawn, SLU may introduce transitional provisions for examining students admitted based on this syllabus and who have not yet passed the course.
For the examination of a degree project (independent project), the examiner may also allow the student to add supplemental information after the deadline for submission. Read more in the Education Planning and Administration Handbook.

Transitional provisions

Exams: At least three retake sessions (renewed exams) must be offered within two years of the decision to cancel the course. Compulsory elements: At least one opportunity for a retake session must be offered within two years of the decision to cancel the course.

Other information

The right to participate in teaching and/or supervision only applies for the course instance the student was admitted to and registered on.
If there are special reasons, students are entitled to participate in components with compulsory attendance when the course is given again. Read more in the Education Planning and Administration Handbook.

Additional information

The course assumes good prior knowledge in behavioural sciences biology, animal welfare and applied statistics/experimental design equivalent smallest 5 credits per subject.

Costs for study visits can be added.

Responsible department

Department of Animal Envrionment and Health

Further information

Biology field: Zoology

Replaces: HV0097, HV0094, HV0124

Grading criteria

Examination activity	Learning objective 1	Learning objective 2	Learning objective 3	Learning objective 4	Learning objective 4
Quiz	Mark 4 or 5: Quiz passed before deadline Mark 3: Quiz passed	Mark 4 or 5: Quiz passed before deadline Mark 3: Quiz passed	Mark 4 or 5: Quiz passed before deadline Mark 3: Quiz passed
Ethics assignment	Mark 3: The student discuss and review research on ethics related to ethology, animal welfare and animal protection critically.	Mark 3: The student assess and discuss different animal husbandry forms based on an ethics perspective.	Mark 3: The student describes different ethical standpoints in a chosen animal ethics dilemma.
Poster symposium	Mark 3: The student demonstrates an ability to present animal welfare issues in the poster format.				Mark 3: The students collaborate and produce a poster with the target group of the students of the course.
Project	Mark 3: The student demonstrates the complexity in drawing conclusions about animal welfare from data, scientific literature and real life situations.			Mark 3: The students carry out a collaborative project, using scientific literature, and finding or gathering data, analyse with an appropriate method (method should be reflected on) and discuss their results in the light of relevant scientific literature.	Mark 3: The student demonstrate knowledge on how changes in animal husbandry may affect the different parameters of animal welfare.
PBL	Mark 3: The student shall after completing the course be able to actively and critically discuss the problems chosen by the group in the light of scientific literature and real life situations.	Mark 3: The student shall after completing the course be able to assess and discuss different animal husbandry forms based on an animal welfare, behaviour and ethics perspective within the problems chosen by the group.
Home exam	See table with specific requirements
*Course objectives*	discuss and review research within ethology, animal welfare and animal protection critically	assess and discuss different animal husbandry forms based on an animal welfare, behaviour and ethics perspective	apply animal welfare legislation and/or regulations and analyse and reflect on both national and international aspects on animal welfare and animal ethics	design and carry out projects and within animal behaviour and welfare using appropriate experimental and design methods	present scientific information aimed at a specified audience

Specific criteria for the graded mark set from the home exam:

Home exam	Mark 3	Mark 4	Mark 5
LO1 Discuss and review research within ethology, animal welfare and animal protection critically	The student demonstrates the ability to review scientific literature in relation to a specific case.	The student describes hers/his assessment of the animal welfare state and/or animal behaviour based on the literature reviewed.	The student demonstrates the ability to value the quality (e.g. study design, methods chosen) of the scientific literature reviewed.
LO2 assess and discuss different animal husbandry forms based on an animal welfare, behaviour and ethics perspective	The student makes an assessment and a comparison of animal husbandry form. The assessment is based on scientific literature and evaluated with ethical arguments.	With the use of scientific literature, the student suggests improvement of the animal husbandry forms described.
LO3 apply animal welfare legislation and/or regulations and analyse and reflect on both national and international aspects on animal welfare and animal ethics	The student describes animal welfare legislation or other types of regulations used in different countries or parts of the world. Furthermore, the student describes different ethical standpoints in a chosen animal ethics dilemma.	With the use of scientific literature, the student suggests improvement of the legislation/regulations described.	The student analyses arguments might potentially affect the ethical standpoints described (see mark 3 requirements) in relation to the suggested improvements (see mark 4).

Litterature list

Obligatory literature Kommentar: 1) Fraser, D. (2008). Understanding animal welfare : The science in its cultural context (UFAW animal welfare series). Oxford ; Ames, Iowa: Wiley-Blackwell.
Scientific papers related to course activities
Not obligatory but highly recommended Kommentar: One book focusing on Animal Behaviour, of your own choice. Here are some suggestions (if you find another book on the corresponding level that is more relevant for you that is ok): Manning, A., & Dawkins, M. (2012). An introduction to animal behaviour (6th ed.). Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press. Price, E. (2008). Principles and applications of domestic animal behavior: An introductory text. Wallingford: CABI. Broom, D., & Fraser, A. (2015). Domestic animal behaviour and welfare. (Fifth edition / Donald M. Broom and Andrew F. Fraser. ed.). Wallingford: CABI. Martin, P., & Bateson, P. (2007). Measuring behaviour: An introductory guide (3.rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press.
If you want to prepare before the course Kommentar: If you want to prepare before the course on the basic elements of animal behaviour (and welfare) we suggest that you read Jensen 2009 (at least part 1). This book indicates the level of knowledge that is expected at course start.

• Jensen, P. (2009). The ethology of domestic animals: An introductory text. Wallingford: CABI Pub.

Jensen, 2009 (or at least an older version from 2002) is available as e-book at the SLU library.

Ethic litterature Kommentar: TEXTS ON ANIMAL ETHICS IN GENERAL

William Sweet, 2000, Bases of Ethics. To find e-books: log in to Ebook Central at https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/auth/lib/slub-ebooks/login.action?returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Febookcentral.proquest.com%2Flib%2Fslub-ebooks%2Fhome.action Once logged in to EBook Central you will find it under Search by subject, and then Philosophy.

Also, chapter no 2 on ethical theories of the following book might be useful: Röcklinsberg, Gjerris and Olsson (eds) 2017, Animal ethics in Animal Research, Cambridge univ Press
https://slub-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=SLUB_ALEPH001905546&context=L&vid=SLUB_V1&lang=sv_SE&search_scope=default_scope&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=default_tab&query=any,contains,ANimal%20ethics%20in%20animal%20research&mode=Basic

Gjerris, M, Juul Nielsen, M. E., Sandøe, P. 2013. The Good, the right and the Fair – an introduction to ethics. London: College publications, 180 pp.

Hursthouse, Rosalind, 2000. Ethics, Humans and Other Animals. An introduction with readings. Routledge

Sandøe, P., Christiansen, S., B., 2008. Ethics of animal use. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing

Singer, Peter, 1975. Animal liberation. Harper Collins, New York

Regan, Tom, 1987. The case for animal rights. Springer, New York

Diamond, Cora, 2001. ”Injustice and Animals”, i Elliott, Carl (ed.) Slow Cures and Bad Philosophers. Essays on Wittgenstein, Medicine, and Bioethics Duke University Press. Durham and London.

Francione, Gary L., 2008. Animals as persons: essays on the abolition of animal exploitation, New York: Columbia University Press, cop.

Bekoff M, Pierce J. 2009. Wild justice: The moral lives of animals. University of Chicago Press, Chicago

Abbate, C. 2014. Virtues and Animals: A Minimally Decent Ethic for Practical Living in a Non-ideal World. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics 27 (6):909-929

Hursthouse, Rosalind 2006. Applying virtue ethics to our treatment of the other animals. In: Welchman J (ed) The practice of virtue: Classic and contemporary readings in virtue ethics. Hackett Publishing Company, Indianapolis

Tännsjö, Torbjörn, 2010. Animal ethics: a crash course. Thales

TEXTS ON ANIMAL RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTING

Monamy, Vaughan, 2000. Animal Experimentation. A Guide to the Issues. Cambridge Univ. Press

Nordgren Anders 2010. For Our Children: The Ethics of Animal Experimentation in the Age of Genetic Engineering, vol 215. Rodopi, Amsterdam

Röcklinsberg, Gjerris and Olsson (eds) 2017, Animal ethics in Animal Research, Cambridge univ Press

Info on research ethics codes: http://www.codex.vr.se/en/index.shtml

Hippocratic oath: http://www.slideshare.net/azzipkhan/hippocratic-oath-ppt

Sveriges akademiska etologer: http://www.sverigesakademiskaetologer.se/index.php/yrkeskodex

TEXTS RELATED TO VETERINARY ETHICS

Morgan, C.A., McDonald, M., (2007). Ethical Dilemmas in Veterinary Medicine. VeterinaryClinics of North America: Small Animal Practice. 37: 165–179. Rollin, B. E., (2006). An Introduction to Veterinary Medical Ethics. 2.ed. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Rollin, Bernard E. 2011. Euthanasia, moral stress, and chronic illness in veterinary medicine. Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice, 41(3) 651-659.

Röcklinsberg, H. Gamborg, C., Gjerris, M. 2013. “A case for integrity: Advantages of including more than animal welfare in Animal Ethics Committees’ deliberations”. Laboratory Animals, Vol 48 (1) pp. 61-71.

Sveriges veterinärförbund: http://www.svf.se/sv/Forbundet/Stadgar-regler-mm/Etiska-regler/

Meijboom, F (2017), ”More Than Just a Vet? Professional Integrity as an Answer to the Ethical Challenges Facing Veterinarians in Animal Food Production”.

TEXTS ON FOOD AND PRODUCTION ANIMALS

Gjerris, M., Gamborg, C. & Röcklinsberg, H. (2016) Ethical aspects of insect production for food and feed. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, Vol 2(2), pp.101-110. http://dx.doi.org/10.3920/JIFF2015.0097

Sandøe, P., Christiansen, S., B., (2008). Ethics of animal use. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing

Thompson, P. 2015. From field to fork. Food ethics for everyone. Oxford; New York: Oxford Univ Press, 346 pp.

Borkfelt, S., Kondrop, S., Röcklinsberg, H., Bjørkdahl, K and Gjerris, M. Closer to Nature? A Critical Discussion of the Marketing of “Ethical” Animal Products. (2015) Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics: Volume 28, Issue 6 (2015), pp. 1053-1073. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10806-015-9577-4

Mepham, Ben 2000. A Framework for the Ethical Analysis of Novel Foods: The Ethical Matrix. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics (12), 165-176.

Mepham, Ben Short version: http://www.foodethicscouncil.org/uploads/publications/Ethical_Matrix_1.pdf

D’Eath, RB., Conington, J., Lawrence, AB, Olsson, IAS and Sandøe, P. 2010. Breeding for behavioural change in farm animals: practical, economic and ethical considerations. Animal Welfare 19, 17-27

Algers, Bo & Smulders, J.M. 2009. Welfare of production animals: assessment and management of risks. Wageningen : Wageningen Academic Publishers

TEXTS ON ISSUES RELATED TO PROFESSIONS

Fryer, Mick, 2011. Facilitative leadership: drawing on Jürgen Habermas' model of ideal speech to propose a less impositional way to lead Facilitative leadership: drawing on Jürgen Habermas' model. Organization, published online 7 April 2011 http://org.sagepub.com/content/early/2011/03/18/1350508411401462.full.pdf+html

Kaiser, M., Millar K, Thorstensen E & Tomkins S (2007): Developing the Ethical Matrix as a decision support framework: GM fish as a case study. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics (20), 65–80)

Jan-Ola Östman and Anna Solin /eds) 2016. Discourse and responsibility in professional settings. Sheffield, UK ; Equinox Publishing Ltd.

TEXTS RELATED TO CRITICAL/FEMINIST ANIMAL STUDIES

Dunayer, Joan 2002. Animal Equality. Language and Liberation. Lantern Books.

Kemmerer, Lisa (ed.) 2011. Sister Species. Women, Animals and Social Justice University of illinois Press.

Marvin, Garry 2005. ‘Guest Editor’s Introduction: Seeing, Looking, Watching, Observing Nonhuman Animals.’ Society and Animals. Vol. 13, 2005:1. http://psyeta.org/sa/sa13.1/garry_marvin.pdf

Adams, Carol J. 2003. The Sexual Politics of Meat. A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory. New York-London: Continuum.

Donovan Josephine and Adams Carol, 2007. The feminist care tradition in animal ethics: A reader. Columbia University Press, New York

Kemmerer, Lisa (ed.) 2011. Sister Species. Women, Animals and Social Justice. University of Illinois Press.

Nussbaum, Martha 2006. Frontiers of Justice: Disability, nationality, species membership (The Tanner Lectures on Human Values), Belknap (Harvard), 512 pp.

Robert Garner and Siobhan O'Sullivan, eds, 2016, The political turn in animal ethics. Rowman & Littlefield

Ramona Ilea 2008. Nussbaum’s Capabilities Approach and Nonhuman Animals: Theory and Public Policy JOURNAL of SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY, Vol. 39 No. 4, Winter 2008, 547–563.

TEXTS ON ANIMAL LEGISLATION AND POLICYMAKING

Lundmark, F., Berg, C., Schmid, O., Behdadi, D. & Röcklinsberg, H. 2014. Intentions and Values in Animal Welfare Legislation and Standards. J of Agri and Environ Ethics. 2014, Vol.27 (6), pp.991-1017. (e-book at SLU?)

Lundmark, F., Berg, L. and Röcklinsberg, H. 2013. “‘Unnecessary suffering’ as a concept in animal welfare legislation and standards”. In: Röcklinsberg, H, Sandin, P. (eds.) The ethics of consumption. The citizen, the market, and the law. Wageningen: Wageningen Academic Pbs., pp.114-119. (e-book at SLU?) Marcel Dol, Martje Fentener van Vlissingen, Soemini Kasanmoentalib, Thijs Visser and Hub Zwart 1999. Recognizing the Intrinsic Value of Animals. Beyond Animal Welfare. Van Gorcum Ldt. Lundmark, F., Röcklinsberg, H., Wahlberg, B. and Berg, C. (2016) Content and structure of Swedish animal welfare legislation and private standards for dairy cattle. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section A- Animal Science 66, 35-42. DOI: 10.1080/09064702.2016.1198417

Yates, J., Röcklinsberg, H., Gjerris, M., 2011. “Is welfare all that matters? A discussion of what should be included in policymaking regarding animals”, Animal Welfare, 20:423-432.

TEXTS RELATED TO BIOTECHNOLOGY

Lennart Nordenfelt, 2006. Animal and human welfare. A comparative philosophical analysis. Cambridge, Mass. Cabi.

Olsson, IAS and Sandøe, P. 2004. Ethical decisions concerning animal biotechnology: what is the role of animal welfare science? Animal Welfare 13, 139-144.

Vorstenbosch, Jan, 1993. The concept of integrity. Its significance for the ethical discussion on biotechnology and animals. Livestock Production Science 36, 109-112.

TEXTS RELATED TO RELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVES ON ANIMALS

Haidt, Jonathan, 2013 The Righteous Mind, Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion. Penguin Books

Stafleu FR, Grommers FJ and Vorstenbosch J., 1996. Animal welfare: Evolution and erosion of a moral concept. Animal Welfare 5: 225-234

TEXTS ON THE EMPATHY AND THE HUMAN-ANIMAL RELATION

Hemsworth, PH. (2003) Human–animal interactions in livestock production. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 81(3) 185-198.

Herzog, H. (2002) Ethical aspects of relationships between humans and research animals. ILAR Journal, 43(1) 27-32.

Frans de Waal, 2009. The age of empathy: nature’s lessons for a kinder society. Crown

Taylor, N., & Signal, TD. (2005) Empathy and attitudes to animals. Anthrozoös, 18(1), 18-27.