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  • AWSC / RSPCA Seminar – Now on-line

    AWSC / RSPCA Seminar – Now on-line

    The Animal Welfare Science Centre was pleased to present this seminar in conjunction with RSPCA Australia.

    Professor Peter Sandøe from the Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark will challenge your thinking on the ethical treatment of animals.

    •     Is there a clear distinction between animal welfare science and the ethical discussions about what is right and wrong in our dealings with animals?

    •     Does it matter how animal welfare is defined?

    •     What are the ethical assumptions affecting the study of animal welfare?

    •     Why do these assumptions vary depending on whether we’re talking about farm animals or companion animals?

    •     How can researchers present results in a way that makes their ethical assumptions transparent?

    You can download Peter's presentation by visiting our seminar page http://www.animalwelfare.net.au/article/scientific-seminars

    and listen to his presentation by visiting our vimeo page   http://vimeo.com/awsc

     

     

  • Broadening Our Perspectives on Negative and Positive Animal Welfare Impacts - Now on-line

    Broadening Our Perspectives on Negative and Positive Animal Welfare Impacts - Now on-line

    The AWSC was pleased to host Prof. David Mellor of Massey University's Animal Welfare Science and Bioethics Centre in early March 2012. 

    While David was in Melbourne, he gave a thought-provoking seminar which focused on the effect of both positive and negative experiences on animal welfare.

    You can find a link to David's presentation by going to our Seminar page http://www.animalwelfare.net.au/article/scientific-seminars

    and listen to David's presentation by visiting our Vimeo page http://vimeo.com/awsc

  • St Michael's Medallion awarded to Paul Hemsworth

    St Michael's Medallion awarded to Paul Hemsworth

    As a part of St Michael’s day, each year St Michael’s Uniting Church in Melbourne, presents two “St Michael’s Medallions.” The award is designed to recognise their work in the prevention of violence, trauma and destructiveness or the promotion of growth, health and well-being. 
    This year the two recipients were Dr Helen McCraken and Prof Paul Hemsworth. Helen McCraken is currently the Senior Veterinarian at Melbourne Zoo. Helen is recognised as an authority on the diagnosis and management of mycobacterial infections in zoo animals, and has produced many important studies on animal disease and medicine. 
    Prof Hemsworth is the director of the Animal Welfare Science Centre. He has built a research career studying the behaviour and welfare of farm and companion animals, particularly examining the influence of the social and physical environment on farm animal behaviour.

  • Prizes for AWSC PhD students working in dairy industry

    Prizes for AWSC PhD students working in dairy industry

     

    Australian Dairy Conference Ltd and their event major sponsor, Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry, have announced that Anoma Hetti Arachchige has been chosen as a finalist in the 2012 DAFF Dairy Science Communications Award to be judged at the 2012 Australian Dairy Conference at Lardner Park, Gippsland in February 2012.

    Anoma is a student within the School of Veterinary Science at The University of Melbourne and is working on defining dairy cow behaviour and welfare in feeding systems based on total mixed ration fed in conjunction with grazed pasture. The quality of her work was also recognised within the School with her award of the V.W. Officer Prize in Veterinary Science for 2011.

    Also within the School of Veterinary Science, Joanne Coombe has won the Dairy Farmers of Victoria Postgraduate Scholarship Prize and the John Nevill Research Scholarship Prize. Jo is studying the effects of flexible feeding systems on the health and welfare of dairy cows.

    Congratulations to Anoma, Jo and their supervisors.

Animal Welfare Science Centre is a joint centre of:

The University of Melbourne
Monash University
The Ohio State University
Department of Primary Industries Victoria

 

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