title: [Teaching and advanced training in the field of animal welfare and behavioral science].
abstract: Since 1986 the regulations for receiving the veterinary surgeon medical licence include the subjects animal protection and ethology, thus causing demand for appropriate fields of teaching to be offered by the faculties of veterinary medicine. It is explained why the partially fluid boundaries between this new subject and animal hygiene have lead to corresponding combinations of subjects in Hannover and München. The fields of subjects offered in München for example illustrate important questions, especially in connection with practical application and definition towards other subjects. Difficulties within this subject are caused by the varying conditions of the particular university departments of veterinary medicine in the respect of teaching, research and services on the one hand and in the lack of appropriate to-be-scientists despite of excellent professional prospects on the other hand. The aspect of the professional standing is also mentioned, pointing out the fact that the professional stand of veterinary surgeons cannot afford to neglect further fields of occupation.
authors.affiliation: Lehrstuhl für Tierhygiene und Verhaltenskunde der Tierärztlichen Fakultät der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Unshelm
mesh_terms: D000827:Animal Welfare; D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D004500:Education, Graduate; D004520:Education, Veterinary; D005860:Germany, West
vernacular_title: Lehre und Fortbildung auf dem Gebiet Tierschutz und Verhaltenslehre.