Undergraduate Course: Animal Life & Food Safety GEP (BVMS08060)
Course Outline
| School | Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 60 |
ECTS Credits | 30 |
| Summary | The course comprises of:
Animal Husbandry
This will provide an understanding of how to care for and manage farm and companion animals so that the animal's requirements for good health and welfare are met.
Species covered include cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry, dogs, cats, horses, small mammals, fish, reptiles, and caged birds.
Practical classes will be provided on the handling and restraint of domesticated animals.
Animal Nutrition
Animal Welfare
Animal Breeding and Genetics
Evidence Based Veterinary Medicine
This will cover causality, statistical thinking, disease quantification, the principles and application of diagnostic tests in surveillance and clinical practice, animal disease surveys and the critical evaluation of veterinary medical evidence.
Veterinary Public Health
This will outline the role of the veterinary surgeon in public health including topics of waste management, HACCP, stable to table, zoonoses, food borne pathogens and biosecurity. |
| Course description |
Course Objectives and Aims
1. To encourage veterinary students to acquire sufficient knowledge and understanding of animal health and husbandry to fulfil the current and future requirements of the veterinary profession.
2. To describe the principles of animal husbandry and the relationships between management, breeding, nutrition, environment, behaviour, health, welfare, productivity, food quality and food safety.
3. To train students to handle animals competently and safely.
4. To provide veterinary students with sufficient understanding of animal husbandry
- to maintain and improve the health and welfare of farm and companion animals;
- to contribute to the productivity, economic performance and ecological perspectives of the livestock and food industry
- to ensure that food producing and companion animals contribute to the social requirements and health of man.
5. To understand the widening role of the veterinary surgeon in public health, food safety and food security.
6. To give students a clear understanding of the principles behind the scientific approach.
7. Give students the basic tools to interpret scientific evidence critically to inform their clinical decisions.
8. To provide the basic principles and techniques for quantitative investigations in animal populations, including causal studies, field surveys, clinical trials and diagnostic techniques.
9. To provide the necessary skills to allow the rational application and interpretation clinical diagnostic tests.
10. To provide a foundation for clinical teaching within the veterinary curriculum.
11. To encourage professional development and communication skills.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | Students must be enrolled on a BVMS Veterinary Medicine degree programme in order to take this course. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2021/22, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Full Year |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
600
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Lecture Hours 83,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 37,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 6,
Formative Assessment Hours 1,
Summative Assessment Hours 4,
Revision Session Hours 6,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 12,
Placement Study Abroad Hours 400,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
51 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
80 %,
Coursework
10 %,
Practical Exam
10 %
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| Feedback |
In Course Assessment feedback session.
An opportunity to review the Practical Handling Exam Assessment sheet.
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Outwith Standard Exam Diets April | Animal Life & Food Safety (GEP) Written Paper | 2:30 | | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | Animal Life & Food Safety (GEP) Written Paper | 2:30 | |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- understand the principles of the husbandry of farm animals, horses, exotic animals, cats and dogs. Be able to safely handle farm animals, horses, exotic animals, cats and dogs and be able to recognize the common breeds and feeds of these animals.
- have an understanding of the livestock industry, pet ownership, breeding and genetics and understand the principles of nutrition and ration formulation.
- understand the basic principles of evidence based veterinary medicine and statistics
- understand the basic facts of veterinary public health issues and state veterinary medicine.
- understand the basic principles of animal behaviour and welfare.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mrs Catherine Aitchison
Tel:
Email: Kay.Aitchison@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Amanda Huggan
Tel: (0131 6)50 6085
Email: Amanda.Huggan@ed.ac.uk |
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