Postgraduate Course: Climate change and animal health (VESC11133)
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 | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | Direct impacts of climatic conditions on animal health |
| Course description |
Introduction to the concepts of:
¿ Direct impacts of climatic conditions on animal health
¿ Indirect impacts of climatic conditions on animal health
¿ Impacts of climatic conditions on disease risk (directly transmitted diseases, parasites, and vector borne pathogens)
¿ Modelling disease risk under climate change
¿ How livestock health influences GHG production and climate change
¿ Climate-smart agriculture
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2018/19, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Block 4 (Sem 2) |
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) |
One in course formal summative written assessment worth 100% of the final mark |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- To develop the ability to understand how climate is changing
- To investigate how abiotic factors affect disease risk
- To understand the approaches used to predict the impacts of climate change on parasite risk
- To discuss how livestock infection, health and productivity affect GHG emissions
- To appreciate the importance of Climate-smart agriculture
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Climate,animal health,disease,parasites,infection,GHG,emissions,temperature,rainfall,clima |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Miss Naomi Fox
Tel:
Email: Naomi.Fox@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Angela Harding
Tel: (0131 6)51 7363
Email: Angela.Harding@ed.ac.uk |
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