Course overview
Veterinary professionals play an integral role in emergency events that impact animal welfare such as floods, bush fires, earthquakes and terrorist attacks. Animal emergency management is a new discipline that provides a framework for various agencies to work together with a transdisciplinary approach to prepare for, respond to, and recover from emergency events. Animal emergency management requires an understanding of the core principles and phases of emergency management (mitigation, preparedness, response, recovery) at a state, regional and local level. This course will provide the student with basic tools and skills to contribute to animal emergency management and improve human and animal wellbeing.
Course learning outcomes
- Explain the four phases of emergency management and how animals should be integrated into each phase.
- Analyse the potential consequences of disasters and emergency events on animal welfare.
- Explain the interdependencies of humans, animals and the environment and how these interdependencies can impact emergency management.
- Apply a relevant incident coordination system and analysis limitations and benefits in relation to animal emergency management.
- Integrate the principles of animal emergency management in an animal facility
Availability
Class details
Roseworthy Campus
Class number 26687
Section FW01
Size 30
Available 30
Class number 26688
Section LE01
Size 30
Available 30
Notes:
Class number 30580
Section LE02
Size 30
Available 30
Class number 26689
Section PR01
Size 30
Available 30
Class number 26690
Section TU01
Size 30
Available 30
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