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Animal Welfare in Practice

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

  • 2019 Dairy Cow Welfare Assessment
  • 2018 Whale Stranding
  • 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

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