1. Chapter 1 - Introduction
1.1 What is animal welfare?
1.2 How to assess animal welfare?
1.3 Frequent abnormalities regarding animal welfare
2. Chapter 2 - Animal Physiology & Stress
2.1 What is animal stress?
2.2 How to manage animal stress?
2.3 Basic Animal Physiology
2.4 What is a “Feeling” State?
3. Chapter 3 - Animal Behaviour
3.1 Animal Behaviour
3.2 Vision
3.3 Audition
3.4 Smell
3.5 Common distractions when handling cattle
3.6 Flight zone, point of balance and blind spot
4. Chapter 4 - Animal Handling
4.1 Animal Handling
4.2 Equipment for animal handling
4.3 Safe Cattle Handling
4.4 Handling Lambs
5. Chapter 5 - Safety principles and emergency animal care
5.1 Safety principles
5.2 Protective equipment
5.3 Emergency Animal Care
6. Chapter 6 – Regulations Applied to Animal Transport
6.1 Fitness for Transport
6.2 Means of Transport
6.3 Transport Practices
6.4 Additional provisions for livestock vessels or vessels transporting sea containers
6.5 Watering and feeding interval, journey times and resting periods
6.6 Additional provisions for long journeys of domestic Equidae and domestic animals of bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine species
6.7 Space allowances
6.8 Animal Welfare Legislation
7. Chapter 7 – Issues & Accidents
7.1 Detected issues and accidents
7.2 Mortality
7.3 Other problems related to livestock vessels
7.4 Accidents regarding animal transport
7.5 Key items that a surveyor should check
· Key Items
· Deficiencies
· Inspections of livestock carriers before approval
· Crew Competence
Exam & Certification
- Exam on animal welfare onboard ships course
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Animal welfare onboard ships course Certificate
