Day 1 of ISAE NA
Day 1 of ISAE NA is a wrap! We had great talks on enrichment, lit reviews, meta-analyses, and the human factor—covering companion animals, lab animals, and livestock. Huge thanks to all our speakers and session chairs!
Researchers Convene at Guelph for 2025 ISAE Regional Meeting on Animal Welfare Science
University of Guelph hosts 15th annual North American event focused on applied ethology
Celebrating 10 Years of the Saputo Dairy Care Program
In 2015, the Ontario Veterinary College (OVC) and the Campbell Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare (CCSAW) launched the Saputo Dairy Care Program with a commitment of $500,000 from Saputo. Ten years later, the world’s first and only formal dairy cattle welfare training program for veterinarians is celebrating Saputo’s second investment renewal that will bring the company’s total support for dairy cattle welfare at OVC to $1.75 million.
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Bringing Justice to the Barn
Veterinary forensics may sound like something out of a TV crime show, but for Dr. Shane Bateman and Gayle Ecker, Director of Equine Guelph, it’s a crucial, real-world tool to improve animal welfare—particularly for horses. Thanks to a CCSAW (Campbell Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare) mini-grant, the two have teamed up to launch a unique educational initiative that aims to give veterinarians the knowledge and confidence they need to take an active role in identifying and responding to cases of animal cruelty and neglect.
Bridging the Gap: Empowering Northern Canadian Communities Through Animal Welfare
A recent collaboration between Campbell Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare (CCSAW) researchers and Veterinarians Without Borders North America (VWB) is seeking to pilot a sustainable model for improving animal healthcare grounded in community engagement and empowerment. Led by graduate student Tsai-Ping (Hannah) Liao, under the supervision of Dr. Lauren Van Patter, the project centers on the development and implementation of Community Animal Health Worker (CAHW) programs in Northern Canada. These programs train local individuals to offer basic animal health services in areas where veterinary care is inaccessible or limited. VWB has an existing Northern Animal Health initiative where they partner with remote Indigenous communities in Northwest Territories and Nunavut to support the communities with their identified needs including access to veterinary care.
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UFAW Animal Welfare Student Scholarship Award
Congratulations to Olaseke Johnson from the Widowski Lab, who received…
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John Brindle’s PhD Defense
Yesterday John Brindle defended his PhD thesis “Down Dairy Catle:…
DeVries’ Dairy Defenses
Mondays are for MSc defenses in the DeVries' lab! Kristen…
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ISAE NA Last Call
There are only a few in person registration spaces left for the 2025 North American Regional Meeting of the International Society of Applied Ethology (ISAE NA)!
