Dairy Cow Welfare Assessment
September 20 – 21, 2019
PDFs of the speakers’ presentations are linked below:
- K Proudfoot: On-farm welfare assessment – How do we know if dairy cows have good welfare?
- N Douglas: proAction—Current cow welfare assessment on farm
- S McKenna: The role of the NFACC Dairy Code
- K Proudfoot: Reducing the risk of lameness and hock lesions by improving cow comfort
- K Proudfoot: Special needs housing from the cow’s perspective
additional resource: OABP 2019 Down Cattle Management (Quick Guide)
Whale Stranding
September 14 – 15, 2018
- Food for Thought: How we all kill whales (pdf) Dr. M Moore
- Interview with Dr. Michael Moore Sept 14 (CBC PEI Main Street, with host Angela Walker)
- Physical examination and assessment of cetaceans (pdf) Dr. A Ortenburger
- Live cetacean strandings, clinical management and response (pdf) Tonya Wimmer
- Cetacean euthanasia field guide (pdf) Drs. A Ortenburger and P-Y Daoust
Links to all Animal Welfare In Practice Symposia
- 2017 Feline Behaviour
- 2016 Sheep Welfare
- 2015 Applied Equine Behaviour
- 2014 Mink Farming
- 2013 Companion Animal Behaviour
- 2012 Poultry Welfare
- 2011 Lameness in Dairy Cattle
- 2010 Exotic Pets September
- 2009 Issues and Dilemmas
- 2008 Fish and Lobster Welfare