To successfully complete the course, the student must participate in practicals and lectures in

accordance with the study regulations, present a seminar paper, and pass a written examination in

the semester with a grade of at least 51%. The student may repeat the written examinations twice.

The revision dates will be announced by the course tutor. The course ends with an examination.

Course completion gives knowledge about the principles of animal behavior. Students will be

familiar with the behavior of domesticated animals and have information on the prevention and

treatment of primary and secondary abnormal behavioral forms in animals.

Veterinary ethology, introduction, history, inner behaviour, learned behaviour, behaviour and

problems behaviour of cattle, pigs, horses, goats, sheep, zoo animals, behaviour and problems

behaviour of pets, therapy.

Lectures:

1. History of ethology, ethology and domestication.

2. Regulation of behaviour, stress and reaction of animals.

3. Animal welfare, animal senses, communication of animals.

4. Ethology and ethopaties of Zoo animals, parrots.

5. Ethology and ethopaties of pigs.

6. Ethology and ethopaties of cattle.

7. Adaptation, innate behaviour.

8. Motivation, neurobiology.

9. Ethology of the dog.

10. Learning

11. Ethology of the cat.

12. Social behaviour. Ethology and ethopaties of the horse.

13. Ethology and ethopaties of the poultry and sheep.

Seminars:

1. Veterinary Ethology – introduction, normal and abnormal behaviour.

2. Methodology

3. Examples of laboratory observations.

4. Zoo Košice – ethogram, zoo evaluation.

5. Zoo Košice – ethogram, zoo evaluation.

6. Farm Zemplínska Teplica – ethogram, farm evaluation.

7. Farm Zemplínska Teplica – ethogram, farm evaluation.

8. Questionnaire of behavioural problems, therapy of behavioural problems.

9. Ethopaties of the dog

10. Behaviour of the dog -shelter

11. Ethopaties of the cat

12. Test, cases

13. Credit

1. Barnard,Ch.: Animal Behaviour, Mechanism, Development, Function and Evolution. Pearson Education Liited 2004.

2. Bowen,J., Bowen,J., Heath,S.: Behaviour problems in small animals: practical advice for the veterinary team. Elsevier Health Sciences, 2005, pp. 283.

3. Jensen,P.: The Ethology of Domestic Animals. An Introductory Text. CABI Publishing. 2005, pp. 218.

Continuous assessment:

Regular checking is carried out in the form of seminar papers, protocols and the completion of written tests.

Conditions for completion of course:

To successfully complete the course, the student must participate in practicals and lectures in

accordance with the study regulations, present a seminar paper, and pass a written examination in

the semester with a grade of at least 51%. The student may repeat the written examinations twice.

The revision dates will be announced by the course tutor. The course ends with an examination.

Final assessment:

exam