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Course code: BHS20088f14
Semester: 2014/2015 summer
Name: Ethology and Welfare of Horses
Major: Animal Science
Study Type: second cycle
Course type: optional
Study Semester: 1
ECTS points: 3
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 20 / 0
Lecturer: dr hab. Ewa Jodkowska
Language of instruction: Polish / English
The course taught in English if the group has ≥6 students. The course taught in Polish with a possibility of support in English if the group has <6 students

Learning outcomes: Knowledge: student knows the biological processes that determine horse behavioral patterns; student has in-depth knowledge of the functioning of the sensory organs of horses; student knows how to deal with horses for the better results of their use. Skills: student canindependently carry out behavioral assessment of the animal; student is able to determine the impact of the environment on the behavior of horses and the presence of stereotypes; student has the ability to identify errors in the rearing and development of foals.

Competences: Student is aware of the ethics of professions in the equitation; student is aware of the responsibility for the safety of people working with horses; student is aware of the need to raise awareness in the field of communication with horses.

Prerequisites: Basis of breeding and use of horse

Course content: Terms of horses servive in the environment, horses sensory function, the behavior of horses in the stables and pasture, behavior play and learning, methods of communication with horses, naturalhorsemanship, stereotypies in horses. Rules of European Union on keeping, use and welfare of horse.

Recommended literature: Diacont K.: Praca z końmi od podstaw. Sp. Pracy „Hoża”, , 2001; Miller R.M.: Imprint training. Western Horseman Inc,1998; Roberts M. Człowiek, który słucha koni. Media Rodzina of Poznań. 1998; Swift S.: Harmonia jeźdźca i konia. Galaktyka, 2004; Regulacje prawne w zakresie ochrony dobrostanu koni:Rozporządzenie Ministerstwa Rolnictwa i Rozwoju wsi (Dz. U. 2003 r., Nr 167, poz. 1629, rozdział 3)

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