Domestics Animals Ethology

lvete1230  2020-2021  Louvain-la-Neuve

Domestics Animals Ethology
Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the information below is subject to change, in particular that concerning the teaching mode (presential, distance or in a comodal or hybrid format).
4 credits
30.0 h + 15.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Vandenheede Marc;
Language
French
Prerequisites

The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.
Main themes


  1. 1.      Ethology: definitions and the four questions of Tinbergen; history; behavioural mechanisms (innate and acquired); evolution of behaviour (domestication effect). These notions are illustrated with examples related to domestic animals and Veterinary Medicine.
  2. 2.      Ethograms : General characteristics of the behaviour of most domestic species are presented, and the students are making aware of the veterinary applications.
  3. 3.      Questions about Veterinary Ethology and Animal Welfare: The potential applications of Ethology to improve animal welfare are discussed during seminars based on a student group work. (vol 2 ' 9h)
  4. Learning how to obtain scientific documents (use of databases) and how to use them in the framework of the seminars  (vol 2 ' 6h)
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

1

Understanding how a healthy domestic animal is behaving, and how to understand it.
Search for and use of scientific documents
 
Teaching methods

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the information in this section is particularly likely to change.

Lectures
Group work
Evaluation methods

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the information in this section is particularly likely to change.

Evaluation of the group work during seminars.
Oral examination with preliminary preparation
Teaching materials
  • matériel sur moodle
Faculty or entity
VETE


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Bachelor in Veterinary Medicine
4
LSC1181