Postgraduate Course: Wildlife disease ecology in livestock ecosystems (VESC11074)
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 | This 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
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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
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| Academic year 2016/17, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Full Year |
| Course Start Date |
19/09/2016 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
98 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
100% in-course formal summative written assessment, which will comprise two assessments each worth 50 % of the final course mark |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Gain knowledge of wildlife behavioural ecology
- Understand the role of wildlife population demography and structure on disease persistence and prevalence
- Understand the links between wildlife population reduction control and disease prevalence (including the perturbation effect)
- Discuss the role of wildlife as reservoirs of livestock disease
- Understand and discuss the role of wildlife in the epidemiology of livestock disease
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Population structure,demography,disease persistence,disease control |
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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