The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is a national open and distance learning university known for its numerous courses with quality education. IGNOU is India’s largest distance education provider. IGNOU offers a variety of courses with no age bar with an effective fee structure.
The School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS) was established in 2007 by IGNOU with the objective of providing quality training, quality study material, and education in extension and development studies like economics, human, and social development. One of the popular courses offered by them is a PG diploma in Animal Welfare (PGDAW).
Animal Welfare education is a multidisciplinary subject that is updating and evolving day by day with the main components of welfare sciences. We all are very much concerned about animals whether we have their responsibility or not. For a long time, the greatest concern about animal welfare has been related to production in agriculture, and thus ‘farm animal welfare is the main source of attraction. Over time, welfare issues pertaining to working, performing, zoo, and lab animals have also received attention. Keeping everything in mind, the PGDAW program has been designed in such a manner that it covered welfare science, ethics, laws, and standards of all managed animals like sheep and goats; cattle and buffaloes; pigs; poultry; working, performing, pet, zoo, and lab animals.
The main objective of the program is to impact science-based animal welfare education through distance learning and to build capabilities in stakeholders to make the right decisions concerning animal welfare.
We hope this article helps you to clear your all doubts regarding the IGNOU Veterinary course. If you are an animal lover and you own any animal, then you must go for this course to understand them better and to help them when they need you.