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:
1. Infectious livestock diseases
2. How livestock behaviour affects disease risk and transmission
3. Influence of disease status on livestock behaviour
4. Principles of modelling livestock behaviours and disease transmission
5. 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 |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
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
- Understand the potential for disease status to influence host behaviours
- Understand approaches to modelling interactions between livestock behaviour and disease 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 Lesley Smith
Tel:
Email: Lesley.Smith@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Angela Harding
Tel: (0131 6)51 7363
Email: Angela.Harding@ed.ac.uk |
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