Animal Welfare Student Scholars Meeting 2019
Wednesday 11th December 2019
University of Edinburgh
The Roslin Institute, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, Easter
Featuring talks by students who undertook UFAW & HSA* Student Scholarships in 2019
Topics of talks include:
- Social bonds in pigs and their effect on health and welfare
- Pre-purchase motivations of dog owners and those who have had to relinquish their dog
- To determine current implementation of stress reducing practices during the consulting experience for UK canine and feline veterinary outpatients
- Validating heart rate variability and behavioural changes as an indicator of affective state using the judgement bias test in dairy cattle
- To range or not to range – Exploratory behaviour in chickens
- Comparing health and welfare of pigs farmed in conventional systems and in organic systems with no access to outdoors
Talks will last approximately 15 minutes. 10.30am – 4.00 pm. Refreshments provided
FREE TO ATTEND
For further information and to register, please contact Dr Stephen Wickens, wickens@ufaw.org.uk
*UFAW’s sister charity, the Humane Slaughter Association.
