Course: Veterinary Ecology

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Course title Veterinary Ecology
Course code KZVE/VE
Organizational form of instruction no contact
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 0
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Šoch Miloslav, prof. Ing. CSc., dr. h. c.
Course content
The course aims to provide students with information about the main aspects of health care and welfare of individual animal species and to acquaint them with the principles of disease prevention and biosecurity. Students will actively use knowledge from previously acquired knowledge in the fields: applied zoology, morphology, physiology, animal husbandry and nutrition and climatology.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Work with text (with textbook, with book), Individual preparation for exam, Work with multi-media resources (texts, internet, IT technologies), Individual tutoring
  • Semestral paper - 50 hours per semester
  • Preparation for classes - 130 hours per semester
  • Preparation for exam - 40 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The course builds on the knowledge of the basics of ecology, environmental chemistry and ecotoxicology and will be applied mainly knowledge related to veterinary ecology and ecological supervision. Students will gain an overview of welfare conditions in animals on farms and in human care, the biosphere and the relationship to health and disease of animals and humans (zoonoses). Furthermore, they will be acquainted in the form of case studies with abiotic factors (temperature, humidity, radiation, etc.) and biotic (pathogens - viruses, bacteria, parasites, fungi) in relation to their housing or grazing, sources of water pollution (antibiotic residues, hormones, heavy metals, etc.), soil, waste and raw materials for food production. Students will also get acquainted with the principles of external and internal biosecurity, to ensure animal health and food production of animal origin and with the application of knowledge in veterinary, hygiene and hygiene practice.
Graduates of the course will gain, thanks to the changing conditions of the external environment in the global world, up-to-date information on general and specific principles of care for different types of livestock. Understands the welfare conditions of livestock and wildlife, the concept of hygiene of stables and pastures. They have an overview of the issue of biosecurity in farms to prevent the spread of pathogens of significant zoonoses and remediation procedures. They will gain a general idea of legislative measures to ensure welfare conditions, as well as breeding and veterinary legal standards concerning the care of health and welfare of livestock and wildlife.
Prerequisites
Students will be able to obtain and process data from scientific and professional databases from various case studies (from home and abroad) and critically evaluate welfare conditions in farms, health issues in specific species of animals in different climatic conditions.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Analysis of the qualification work

Graduates help implement the strategy of preventive measures and oversee compliance with welfare and biosecurity conditions (animal transport, access to water resources, application of effective DDD, environmental remediation) and compliance with preventive conditions necessary to minimize economic losses caused by pathogens with zoonotic potential.
Recommended literature
  • Campbell JR and Marshall RT. Dairy Production and Processing: The Science of Milk and Milk Products. Waveland Press, 2016.
  • Flanders F and Gillespie JR. Modern Livestock & Poultry Production. Cengage Learning, 2015.
  • Geoff Hosey and Vicky Melfi. Zoo Animals: Behaviour, Management, and Welfare. Oxford : OUP, 2013.
  • Horák J. Klimatológia. Nitra : Slovenská poľnohospodárska univerzita v Nitre, 2017.
  • Kouba V. Clinical Propedeutic for Investigation of Large Farm Animals. CZU Prague FTA, 2013.
  • Kursa, Jaroslav. Zoohygiena a prevence chorob hospodářských zvířat. 1. vyd. Č. Budějovice : Jihočeská univerzita, Zemědělská fakulta ; Praha : Česká zemědělská univerzita, Agro, 1998. ISBN 80-7040-290-3.
  • Malá G, Novák P, Knížek J, Procházka D. Stájový chov koz - zásady správné chovatelské praxe. Praha Uhříněves : Výzkumný ústav živočišné výroby, v.v.i, 2017. ISBN 978-80-7403-184-7.
  • Novák P, Malá G. Hodnocení chovného prostředí v objektech pro ustájení hospodářských zvířat. Praha Uhříněves : Výzkumný ústav živočišné výroby, v.v.i., 2018. ISBN 978-80-7403-213-.
  • Novák P, Malá G, Pekáriková I. Manual for dairy farmers - ilustrated guide of cattle housing. Prague: Institute of Animal Science CR, 2017.
  • Novák P, Malá G, Treml F. Zásady biosecurity v chovech hospodářských zvířat. Praha Uhříněves : Výzkumný ústav živočišné výroby, v.v.i., 2017.
  • Novák P, Šoch M. Záchrana zvířat - zásady správné manipulace se zvířaty. Ostrava : SPBI, 2003.
  • Payne WJA, Wilson RT. An Introduction to Animal Husbandry in the Tropics. Oxford : Blackwell Science, 1999.
  • Tančin V a kol. Všeobecná zoohygiena. Nitra : Vydavateľstvo SPU, 2016.
  • Webster J. Welfare Životní pohoda zvířat aneb střízlivé kázání o ráji. Praha : Nadace na ochranu zvířat, 1999.
  • Williams ES, Yuillt T, Artois M, Fischer J, Haigh SA. Revue scientique et technique Emerging infectious diseases in wildlife. Paris : OIE, 2002.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Agriculture and Technology Study plan (Version): General animal husbandry (1) Category: Agriculture and forestry - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Agriculture and Technology Study plan (Version): General Animal Husbandry (1) Category: Agriculture and forestry - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Agriculture and Technology Study plan (Version): Zoohygiene and livestock diseases prevention (1) Category: Agriculture and forestry - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Agriculture and Technology Study plan (Version): Zoohygiene and livestock disease prevention (1) Category: Agriculture and forestry - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -