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Study in the study programme Animal Welfare and Protection is aimed at mastering the theoretical knowledge in the field of environmental protection related to animal husbandry. The student will learn the methods of environmental sanitation, disinfection, disinsection and deratisation in animal breeding, the principles of water protection, water resources, gain knowledge of the tasks of health management in animal breeding, the use and processing of organic waste in terms of their use for fertilisation of pastures and soil in the framework of veterinary care for the environment and public health, gain an overview of the legislation governing the breeding and possession of farm, companion, wild, used for experimental purposes, which are mainly aimed at their protection and well-being. Gain knowledge of animal behaviour.

Graduates of the study programme Animal Welfare and Protection can be employed as an animal protection inspector (inspection of farmed and pet animals) or as an environmental protection inspector, as a highly specialised expert in breeding facilities for the breeding of animals for use in experiments, as a highly specialised expert with competence for experimental menageries, zoos and institutions dealing with the keeping of abandoned and handicapped animals, as an employee of state administration bodies in the veterinary field (police, army, rescue and fire brigades), within the competence of municipalities and cities as an indispensable expert for solving animal protection issues and problems related to the keeping and breeding of animals, as a service provider in the field of physiotherapy and rehabilitation of animals, as a highly qualified expert in research organisations and laboratories, in secondary and higher education institutions dealing with animal welfare and protection issues, etc.

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