Postgraduate Course: Livestock behaviours as routes of disease transmission (VESC11076)
Course Outline
| School | Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
| Course type | Online Distance Learning |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | The student will gain an understanding of how livestock behaviours influence disease risk and transmission, and how disease status can in turn affect livestock behaviours. The course will explore how a knowledge and understanding of such patterns can help develop effective disease control strategies. |
| Course description |
Introduction to the concepts of:
Infectious livestock disease
How livestock behaviour affects disease risk and transmission
Influence of disease status on livestock behaviour
Principles of modelling livestock behaviours and disease transmission
Livestock disease and production efficiency and pollution
Livestock x pathogen interactions in grazing environments
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Understand how livestock behaviour may impact on disease risk and transmission
- Understand the potential for disease status to influence host behaviours
- Understand approaches to modelling interactions between livestock behaviour and disease transmission
- Understand how livestock management impacts on behaviours, disease risks and transmission
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Livestock grazing behaviour,livestock social behaviour,farm management practices |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Mike Hutchings
Tel: (0131) 535 3200
Email: mike.hutchings@sruc.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Dr Spiridoula Athanasiadou
Tel: (0131 6)51 9355
Email: spiridoula.athanasiadou@sruc.ac.uk |
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