Basic Issues of Ethology

Describing and measuring behaviour - methods

Experience and learning

Cognition, behavioural priorities and emotions

Organization of behaviour, main types of behavioural patterns

Social and reproductive behaviour

Early and parental behaviour

Animals and humans - interactions

Behavioural tests of maternal responsiveness

Tests of adaptation abilities

Preference tests of cognition abilities

Social behaviour , social hierarchy, evaluation of social status

The animal welfare in different housing systems – methods of evaluation

Knowledge:

Student specifies the operation of the senses in animals and cognitive processes in different species

Student is able to characterize different types of behaviour and behavioral priorities of different species.

Student defines and describes behavioural problems in animals and knows the solutions.

Student describes the human-animal relations and their impact on the welfare of animals

Skills:

Student identifies the activity and resting phases in animals and the behaviours belonging to each phase

Student indentifies the factors influencing the animal behaviour including social and maternal behaviour. Student is able to use behavioural tests.

Social competences:

Student understands the problems of identification of animal behaviour, including abnormal behaviour and the impact of human activity on the animal welfare level

Student cares about the animal welfare