Module Details
| Module Code: |
AGRI8003 |
| Title: |
Animal Health & Welfare
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Long Title:
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Animal Health & Welfare
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| NFQ Level: |
Advanced |
| Valid From: |
Semester 1 - 2016/17 ( September 2016 ) |
| Field of Study: |
6210 - Agriculture
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| Module Description: |
This module is designed to allow the learner to create an understanding of the development of respiratory diseases and scours in neo-natal calves, and of mastitis and lameness in dairy cows, which will enable the learner to assess the economic implications of both.
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| Learning Outcomes |
| On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to: |
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Learning Outcome Description |
| LO1 |
Analyse the implications of good health and welfare from neo-nate to adult dairy cow. |
| LO2 |
Explore the impact of respiratory disease and scours in neo-natal dairy calves |
| LO3 |
Evaluate the factors contributing to the development of mastitis and lameness in Dairy herds. |
| LO4 |
Develop a treatment response protocol to high somatic cell count and lameness in Dairy herds |
| LO5 |
Investigate the economic implications of the main calf diseases, mastitis and lameness in dairy cows at farm level. |
| Dependencies |
Module Recommendations
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is strongly recommended before enrolment in this module. You may enrol in this module if you have not acquired the recommended learning but you will have considerable difficulty in passing (i.e. achieving the learning outcomes of) the module. While the prior learning is expressed as named MTU module(s) it also allows for learning (in another module or modules) which is equivalent to the learning specified in the named module(s).
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| 6494 |
AGRI6003 |
Animal Management 2 |
| 6496 |
AGRI6012 |
Animal production |
Incompatible Modules
These are modules which have learning outcomes that are too similar to the learning outcomes of this module. You may not earn additional credit for the same learning and therefore you may not enrol in this module if you have successfully completed any modules in the incompatible list.
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| No incompatible modules listed |
Co-requisite Modules
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| No Co-requisite modules listed |
Requirements
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is mandatory before enrolment in this module is allowed. You may not enrol on this module if you have not acquired the learning specified in this section.
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| No requirements listed |
| Indicative Content |
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Health and Welfare
neo-natal health and welfare, development of respiratory disease, nutritional and infectious scours, biological and physical organisms associated with calf disease, replacement heifer health and welfare
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Contributing factors
drying off techniques, increase in SCC, bacteria involved, development of clinical mastitis, machine contribution, foot anatomy, locomotion, lameness disease organisms
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Treatment response
identification of high SCC, reducing high SCC in dairy cows, California Milk Test, Bulk milk samples, management of cows with high SCC, identification of biological and physical factors associated with lameness, eliminating causitive factors of lameness, use of antibiotics, culling decisions
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Economics
economic implications of calf diseases at farm level, costs of high SCC at farm level, treatment costs, milk quality implications, co-op penalties, costs of lameness at farm level, economic implications for fertility and milk production
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Module Content & Assessment
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| Assessment Breakdown | % |
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| Coursework | 40.00% |
| End of Module Formal Examination | 60.00% |
Assessments
| End of Module Formal Examination |
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| Reassessment Requirement |
Repeat examination
Reassessment of this module will consist of a repeat examination. It is possible that there will also be a requirement to be reassessed in a coursework element.
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The University reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment
Module Workload
| Workload: Full Time |
| Workload Type |
Contact Type |
Workload Description |
Frequency |
Average Weekly Learner Workload |
Hours |
| Lecture |
Contact |
Lecture |
Every Week |
3.00 |
3 |
| Independent & Directed Learning (Non-contact) |
Non Contact |
Independent Study |
Every Week |
4.00 |
4 |
| Total Hours |
7.00 |
| Total Weekly Learner Workload |
7.00 |
| Total Weekly Contact Hours |
3.00 |
| Workload: Part Time |
| Workload Type |
Contact Type |
Workload Description |
Frequency |
Average Weekly Learner Workload |
Hours |
| Lecture |
Contact |
Lecture |
Every Week |
2.00 |
2 |
| Independent & Directed Learning (Non-contact) |
Non Contact |
Independent Study |
Every Week |
5.00 |
5 |
| Total Hours |
7.00 |
| Total Weekly Learner Workload |
7.00 |
| Total Weekly Contact Hours |
2.00 |
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Module Resources
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| Recommended Book Resources |
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by A. T. Chamberlain and J. M. Wilkinson. (1996), Feeding the dairy cow, Chalcombe, Welton, [ISBN: 978-0948617324].
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Jane Williams RCVS CertEd VN (Editor). (2009), The Complete Textbook of Animal Health & Welfare, First. Saunders Ltd., [ISBN: 978-0702029448].
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Farming Press. (1999), A veterinary book for dairy farmers, Roger William Blowey.
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Gordon Throup,. (1998), Making Profits With Dairy Cows and Quotas, Diamond Farm Book Pubns, [ISBN: 9780852362815].
| | This module does not have any article/paper resources |
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| Other Resources |
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Website, Research,
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Website, Irish Government Departments,
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Website, Agrictulture and the Enviroment,
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Website, Animal Health Resource,
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