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DRPS : Course Catalogue : Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies : Veterinary Sciences

Postgraduate Course: Wildlife disease ecology in livestock ecosystems (VESC11074)

Course Outline
SchoolRoyal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies CollegeCollege of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)
Course typeOnline Distance Learning AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryThis course will give students a good understanding of the role of wildlife host social systems, demography and behaviour and how they influence rates and routes of intra- and inter-specific disease transmission. The course will explore how these factors can affect the efficacy of, and thus inform future, disease surveillance and control
Course description Introduction to the concepts of:
Wildlife ecology: population demography and structure and disease persistence and prevalence
Wildlife population management and disease prevalence (including the perturbation effect)
Role of individual hosts and host communities in maintaining disease
Host roles in disease systems and the evidence required to identify a wildlife reservoir
Principles of modelling disease dynamics and management scenarios for wildlife
Definitions of host roles in disease systems and the evidence required to identify a wildlife reservoir
Wildlife population monitoring and disease surveillance

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Gain knowledge of wildlife behavioural ecology
  2. Understand the role of wildlife population demography and structure on disease persistence and prevalence
  3. Understand the links between wildlife population reduction control and disease prevalence (including the perturbation effect)
  4. Discuss the role of wildlife as reservoirs of livestock disease
  5. Understand and discuss the role of wildlife in the epidemiology of livestock disease
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsPopulation structure,demography,disease persistence,disease control
Contacts
Course organiserDr Mike Hutchings
Tel: (0131) 535 3200
Email: mike.hutchings@sruc.ac.uk
Course secretaryDr Spiridoula Athanasiadou
Tel: (0131 6)51 9355
Email: spiridoula.athanasiadou@sruc.ac.uk
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