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APSC-5254: Managed Animal Ethology and Welfare

Description: Animal welfare from holistic frameworks. Assessing physical and mental health. Philosophical frameworks and practical assessment of animal welfare. Ethology as a tool for assessing welfare in companion, working, and shelter animals such as horses, cats, and dogs; and other managed populations such as community animals. Data-based interventions, focusing on enrichment and interventions of behavioral change, to improve both immediate and distal welfare.

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Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: APSC-5154

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 2

Average GPA: 3.63 (A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 53.60%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

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