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Education Courses Animal Welfare

Animal Welfare

Language
English
Nature
mandatory
Method of evaluation
semi-final examination
Year in the curriculum
1
Semester in the curriculum
2
Credits
3
Lectures
30
Practical lessons
15
Specialization
veterinary (English)
Documents
Documents
Allow for
  • Vet EN

Course description

Responsible for the subjects:
Dr. habil Kinga Fodor Ph.D.,
associate professor, head of department
e-mail: [Click to see email]

Lecturers:
• Dr. Kinga Fodor associate professor
• Dr. Gabriella Korsós, assistant research follow
• Dr. Annamaria Kiss, PhD. student

Invited lecturers:
• Attila Márton, dog-welfare journalist, blogger

Administrator:
Krisztina Sényi secretary of the department

Lectures theme

STUDY PLAN OF ANIMAL WELFARE

THEORY
Title of topic

Kotlán Lecture Hall

Date (2×45) Teacher
1) Technical information

Definitions: animal welfare, wellbeing, protection. The concept, goals and task of animal protection.

2024. 02. 05.

15.15- 17.00

dr. Kinga Fodor
2) History of animal protection.

the appearance of animals in religious history

2024. 02. 12.

15.15- 17.00

dr. Gabriella Korsós
3) The issue of animal rights. Relationship between animal abuse and social aggression.

Recognition, prevention and alleviation of animal pain and estimation of the degree of suffering.

2024. 02. 19.

15.15- 17.00

dr. Kinga Fodor
4) Relationship between animal and environmental protection. Wildlife protection 2024. 02.26.

15.15- 17.00

dr. Gabriella Korsós
5) Dogs: special species, special problems (domestication-adaptation to human life, zoonosis, overpopulation, breeds problems etc.) 2024. 03. 04.

15.15- 17.00

dr. Kinga Fodor

Attila Márton

6) Ethical aspects of euthanasia. Problem with the non-competent civil animal protection. Case reports.

Animal abuse reporting options

2024. 03. 11.

15.15- 17.00

dr. Annamaria Kiss
7) Critical areas in animal protection I.

(Experimental animals)

 2024. 03.18.

15.15- 17.00

dr. Gabriella Korsós
Spring BREAK 2024. 03. 25. Spring BREAK
8) Critical areas in animal protection II. (Stray-, zoo, circus-, non-professional breeding) 2024. 04.06. SATURDAY working day instead of 04.01.

12.15 – 14.00

dr. Gabriella Korsós
9) Critical areas in animal protection III. (companion animals, veterinary cases) 2024. 04. 08.

15.15- 17.00

dr. Gabriella Korsós

dr. Annamária Kiss

10) Protection of animals kept for farming purposes 2024. 04. 15.

15.15- 17.00

dr. Gabriella Korsós
11) Protection of animals during transport and slaughter 2024. 04.22.

15.15- 17.00

dr. Gabriella Korsós
12) Critical areas in animal protection IV.

(Hunting. Legislation and ethics)

2024. 04. 29

15.15- 17.00

dr. Márton Battay
13) How to teach animal protection on from kindergarten to adult education 2024.05.06.

15.15- 17.00

dr. Gabriella Korsós
14) Consultation, thesis topics 2024.05.13.

15.15- 17.00

dr. Kinga Fodor

dr. Gabriella Korsós

dr. Annamária Kiss

Practical lessons theme

PRACTICALS

Title of topic

in Kotlan Lecture Hall

Time (3×45’) Teacher
Interpretation of media articles and events

 

gr. 6-10 2024.02.08. 14.15 -17.00

gr. 1-5 2024.02.09. 14.15 – 17.00

dr. Gabriella Korsós
The practice of preparing expert opinions on animal protection gr. 6-10 2024.02.29. 14.15 – 17.00

gr. 1-5 2024.03.01. 14.15 – 17.00

Dr. Kinga Fodor
Shelter or dog pouds? The past, the present and the future of “Illatos street”

Short presentations about shelters

gr. 6-10 2024. 03.21. 14.15 – 17.00

gr. 1-5 2024.03.22. 14.15 – 17.00

dr. Gabriella Korsós

dr. Annamária Kiss

Practical animal welfare aspects of farm animal keeping and husbandry (cattle, pigs, poultry). gr. 6-10 2024.04.11. 14.15 – 17.00

gr. 1-5 2024.04.12. 14.15 – 17.00

dr. Viktor Jurkovich
Saved wild animals (bears, wolves, raccoons)

Central Europe largest bear refuge, the Bear Farm Veresegyház

gr. 6-10 2024.05.02. 14.15 – 17.00

gr. 1-5 2024.05.03. 14.15 – 17.00

dr. Kinga Fodor

dr. Gabriella Korsós

dr. Annamária Kiss

Exam information

Electronic exam during the exam period

The exam has 50 test questions (single choice and true or false questions) and 2 short essays (5-5 points each) and 1 longer essay (10 points).
For 70 points altogether, with the standard UNIVET scoring system, so:
<60% – 1
60-69% – 2
70-79% – 3
80-89% – 4
90≤ – 5

You will have 60 minutes for the exam (75 minutes for students on the officially sent learning disability list).

It is important that you will not be able to navigate backwards in the exam, so never let any question blank before moving to the next page (there is no penalty for wrong answers).