PART A: Presentation 

Your group (3-4 people) is part of an international Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) team charged with developing livestock disease treatment and prevention plans that you will present, in a 15-minute PowerPoint (or similar) presentation, to Ministry of Agriculture (or equivalent) staff in a low- or middle-income country. Students will select their own groups.

You are to choose one of the following livestock diseases and settings:

    o Highly pathogenic avian influenza, chickens, chicken farmers, Indonesia

    o Brucellosis, goats, goat farmers, Mexico

    o Fasciolosis in sheep, sheep farmers, Iran

    o Foot and Mouth Disease in cattle, smallholder cattle farmers, Kenya

The emphasis of your presentation should be on prevention and treatment strategies, and include the following:

    o Introduce the disease: pathogen, hosts, severity, pathogenesis, domestic and international distribution

    o Discuss the implications of this disease on production e.g. quality of meat, financial strain etc.

    o Diagnosis, signs and symptoms of the disease

    o Suggest relevant prevention and treatment methods. Provide instructions on how to administer specific treatments and/or implement prevention methods.

    o Outline how these prevention and treatment plans will improve production and market access

    o Discuss how and when you would review this treatment plan

    o Provide brief concluding remarks

    o Provide a list of references (This should just appear as a slide at the end of your presentation, it is not necessary to read through it)

Your presentation must be in a PowerPoint or similar format (with audio) and uploaded onto the Moodle site for this unit. Instructions on how to add audio to a PowerPoint Presentation can be found here: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/record-a-slide-show-with-narration-and-slide-timings-0b9502c6-5f6c-40ae-b1e7-e47d8741161c

Presentations must be no shorter than 14 minutes and no longer than 16 minutes.

You must reference at least 10 sources, including 4 peer-reviewed academic journal articles and demonstrate this in your presentation (Reference list on last slide(s)).

PART B: Self and Peer Evaluation

15% of the total mark of Assessment 2 will come from marks from group member evaluations (Details on conducting the Self and Peer Assessment will be provided on Moodle.)

Both Part A and Part B of this assessment are due on 01/04/2019 at 11:45PM. A marking rubric will be made available for this assessment on Moodle

You will be marked based on your:

1. Ability to discuss all the required points

2. Clear and professional communication

3. Incorporation of culturally relevant considerations

4. Adhere to the time limit

5. Peer-assessment (as submitted by your group members)

Based on the information and activities in the practicals and field trip(s) you are to write a 2500 word report that can be used to assist Australian livestock producers to implement on-farm health and welfare strategies for a livestock disease/health issue. Your report must be followed by a 300-word Note (Appendix 1) outlining how the information presented in the practical activities and/or field trip(s) informed your report.

Your report should follow the basic outline, with the approximate words along side each section in parentheses:

1. Title

2. Introduction to the report (~250 words)

3. Basic information on the disease (causes, symptoms, global and local distribution, diagnostic/evaluation methods) (~400 words)

4. Implication of the disease on livestock welfare (including how to assess livestock welfare) (~350 words)

5. Prevention strategies and biosecurity measures (~550 words)

6. Treatment strategies (~550 words)

7. Relevant regulations: Any reporting requirements (is it a notifiable disease and who should farmers report to?) or other legislation & regulations (~200 words)

8. Conclusion (200 words)

9. References

10. Appendix 1 (300 words)

You may include figures, tables and graphs (these must be appropriately captioned). The title, figure/table/graph captions, in-text references and reference list are not included in the word count. You must use American Psychological Association (APA) referencing style. Your report must adhere to the word count within a range of ±10% (i.e. between 2250 to 2750 words for the report and 270 to 330 words in Appendix 1). You must write the report in third person.

This assessment task will require you to draw on a variety of resources, including peer-reviewed academic articles and government resources. You must reference at least 15 sources, including no less than seven (7) peer-reviewed academic journal articles.The report is worth 50% of the final grade of this unit. A marking rubric will be made available for this assessment on Moodle

In Part A you will be assessed on:

Your ability to repeat the animal health evaluation methods demonstrated to you.

In Part B you will be assessed on:

· A clear introduction

· A demonstrated understanding of the basic biology of the livestock disease/health issue and how it impacts livestock production

· A demonstrated understanding of the associated animal welfare issues

· The quality of your discussion on prevention, biosecurity and treatment strategies

· Your ability to identify, analyse and explain relevant laws, regulations and disease reporting requirements

· Your adherence to the word count (within allowable 10% leeway)

· Clear and understandable writing

· Consistent and relevant referencing

· Any formatting with regards to figures, table and graphs, including clear captions

· Your ability to draw on a variety of resources, no less than 15 and from at least seven (7) peer-reviewed academic journal articles. Failure to adhere to these minimum number of references will attract a 5% penalty from the report. (i.e. 5 marks out of 100 for this assessment)

Increased societal expectations around animal welfare has led many to believe that the livestock industry’s “welfare credentials” must continually be fulfilling or exceeding consumer expectations. An increasing body of scientific knowledge on animal welfare also guides the industry's approach to livestock welfare. You will be required to write an essay outlining your position on whether or not the Australian Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines – Land Transport of Livestock (Part A General standards and guidelines for the transport of livestock) should be adapted, both in light of the scientific understanding of livestock welfare and social perspectives around the ethical treatment of livestock during transport. Your essay is to discuss this issue in the context of the transport of all livestock but you may choose to provide examples for transporting specific types of livestock e.g. alpacas, deer, cattle etc.

As part of the research for your essay, you will engage in a discussion on certain aspects of the Standards and Guidelines in the week 8 lecture and tutorial. You must also draw on other resources in developing your essay, including academic research, industry reports and resources, government documents, animal advocacy documents and newspaper articles.

Part A: Community Consultation (5%)

In preparation for the week 8 tutorial, you will use the Australian Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines – Land Transport of Livestock (Part A General standards and guidelines for the transport of livestock) and other resources to develop a set of questions/points for in-class discussion in the Week 8 tutorial with your peers.

You will be required to submit a 200-word summary capturing the points of the in-class discussion. These may appear in dot point form. Your summary must be included as an appendix to your essay (i.e. at the end of the Essay, after the references section)

Part B: Essay (25%)

You are to write a 1000 word essay outlining your position on whether or not the Australian Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines – Land Transport of Livestock should be adapted.

Your essay should follow the basic format (approximate word counts in parentheses):

1. Introduction (~200 words)

2. Body: with various subheadings (the names and content of which depend on your argument) (~650 words)

3. Conclusion (~150 words)

4. References

Part A

You will be assessed on your ability to accurately reflect the relevant points of the in-class discussion in the week 8 tutorial.

Part B

You will be assessed on the way in which you explain the laws, regulations and standards relevant to livestock transport in Australia, how you formulate your argument, your ability to communicate effectively (including proper punctuation and grammar) and your ability to draw on a variety of resources and evidence to support your argument, including the responses received during the week 8 tutorial session.

You must remain within 10% over and 10% under the word count (1000 words). You may write the essay in third or first person. A marking rubric will be made available for this assessment on Moodle