A complete and total update on Animal Welfare during Slaughter with the most complete and effective online program on the market”

The postgraduate certificate in Animal Welfare during Slaughter is a new and up-to-date program that arises from the growing demand among veterinary professionals for specialized training in animal welfare to minimize animal suffering, since, nowadays, consumers demand not only healthier and safer food, but also food obtained through practices that ensure animal protection and welfare. 

It addresses the concept of Animal Welfare, its evolution and applied ethology, one of the main welfare problems in all animal facilities. 

It also covers animal ethics, or bioethics, as a differentiating element with respect to other similar specialization courses. Since this topic is usually included in philosophy programs, it is usually addressed very superficially in health sciences. This highly relevant ethical aspect today will be extensively discussed in depth throughout this postgraduate certificate in Animal Welfare during Slaughter.

The program will help veterinary professionals acquire specialized and updated training in the field of animal welfare, which is increasingly in demand in society, as conflicts between animal advocates and food producers are the order of the day.

Join the elite, with this highly effective program and open new paths to help you advance in your professional progress"

This postgraduate certificate in Animal Welfare during Slaughter contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features include:

• The latest technology in online teaching software
• A highly visual teaching system, supported by graphic and schematic contents that are easy to assimilate and understand
• Practical cases presented by practising experts
• State-of-the-art interactive video systems
• Teaching supported by telepractice
• Continuous updating and recycling systems
• Autonomous learning: full compatibility with other occupations
• Practical exercises for self-evaluation and learning verification
• Support groups and educational synergies: questions to the expert, debate and knowledge forums
• Communication with the teacher and individual reflection work
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection
• Supplementary documentation databases are permanently available, even after finishing the course

With a methodological design based on proven teaching techniques, this innovative program will take you through different teaching approaches to allow you to learn in a dynamic and effective way”

Our teaching staff is made up of professionals from different fields related to this specialty. That way we are sure to offer the training update we intend to provide. A multidisciplinary team of professionals trained and experienced in different environments, who will impart the theoretical knowledge in an efficient way, but above all, who will bring the practical knowledge from their own experience to the course: one of the differential qualities of this refresher program.

The efficiency of the methodological design of this postgraduate certificate enhances the student's understanding of the subject. Developed by a multidisciplinary team of e-learning experts, it integrates the latest advances in educational technology. This way, you will be able to study with a range of comfortable and versatile multimedia tools that will give you the operability you need in. 

The design of this program is based on Problem-Based Learning: an approach that conceives learning as a highly practical process. To achieve this remotely, we will use telepractice learning: with the help of an innovative interactive video system, and learning from an expert, you will be able to acquire the knowledge as if you were actually dealing with the scenario you are learning about. A concept that will allow you to integrate and fix learning in a more realistic and permanent way.

A complete program that will allow you to acquire the most advanced knowledge in all the areas of intervention of a specialized veterinarian"

Our innovative telepractice concept will give you the opportunity to learn through an immersive experience, which will provide you with a faster integration and a much more realistic view of the contents: “learning from an expert”

Our objective is to train highly qualified professionals for the working An objective that is complemented, moreover, in a global manner, by promoting human development that lays the foundations for a better society. This objective is materialized in helping professionals to reach a much higher level of competence and control. A goal that students will be able to achieve in just a few months, with a high intensity and effective specialization program.

If you seek to broaden your skill set to include new paths of success and development, this is your postgraduate certificate: A renewal of knowledge that aspires to excellence” 

General Objectives

• Analyze the concept of animal welfare
• Examine human involvement in animal welfare
• Establish animal welfare assessment systems
• Examine neurological and physiological principles in stunning and slaughtering
• Assess the effectiveness of stunning systems and detect animals at risk of regaining consciousness
• Determine the main risk factors in improper stunning
• Identify the repercussions of the stunning system on meat quality

Specific Objectives

• Examine the concept of animal welfare in all its implications
• Analyze the physiological stress response in animals and its quantification
• Develop the concepts of stress and acute and chronic stress responses
• Fundamentalize the concepts of "eustress" and "distress"
• Determine the animal welfare implications in this stress response
• Develop the concept of freedoms and needs to understand animal welfare
• Examine the concept of animal welfare assessment
• Specify current animal welfare assessment systems
• Analyze the principles of consciousness and insensibility in animals
• Define the potential causes of pain during animal slaughter
• Specify the most effective stunning systems for each animal species
• Examine the indicators for correct stunning
• Identify the main factors that can lead to inadequate stunning
• Assess the repercussions of stunning systems on carcass and meat quality
• Provide a foundation for animal euthanasia principles

A path to achieve specialization and professional growth that will propel you towards a greater level of competitiveness in the employment market”