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University of Padua

Italy

Applied Sciences

Agriculture & Animal Sciences

BSc Animal Care

3 years

€561 - 2597 pa

Programme profile

The course aims at providing the knowledge, skills and competences required to develop qualified professionals, specialised in animal care, husbandry and welfare, able to operate in international contexts.

The specific learning objectives meet the requirements of professionals who can be then employed in companies, private and public organizations in which the management, health, welfare and the preservation of animals is conducted in accordance to a modern and international approach.

Multidisciplinary field experience, including visit to zoological parks, rehabilitation centres, research facilities, will be organized during the course of study to introduce students to the practical activity. Furthermore, the second semester of the third year will be dedicated to a compulsory practical training. Students will work at affiliated structures under the direct supervision of an expert in animal care.

Programme content

FIRST YEAR
Bioethics and legislation; Applied chemistry and biochemistry;Applied mathematics and physics; Animal biology and genetics; Comparative animal anatomy


SECOND YEAR
Comparative Animal Physiology; Physiological basis of pain, suffering and distress;; Principles of Prevention and Control of Transmissible Animal Diseases; Animal Husbandry and welfare; Basics of animal nutrition and feeding; General concepts of pharmacology; General pathology and laboratory techniques; Comparative animal reproduction, neonatology and breeding techniques

THIRD YEAR WILD ANIMAL CURRICULUM
Wild animal care in clinical settings; Comparative ecology and ethology; Wild animal husbandry, management and welfare; Principle of post-mortem techniques;

THIRD YEAR LABORATORY ANIMAL CURRICULUM
Laboratory animal husbandry, management and welfare; Comparative Pathology; Laboratory animal care in clinical settings; Laboratory animal ethology and welfare; Statistics of experimental designs

Entry Requirements

Three A-Levels and three GCSEs. Maths, Biology, Chemistry and Physics preferred.

Six passes at Leaving Certificate (inc. 2 x H5). Maths, Biology, Chemistry and Physics preferred.

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