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  • 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…


  • Bringing Justice to the Barn

    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…