GUELPH – Ontario Veterinary College Professor and forensic veterinarian Dr. Shane Bateman will be hosting a workshop on October 1st to continue his advocacy regarding animal abuse/neglect – with a strong focus on the equine industry.
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CCSAW saw eight of its grad students successfully defend their theses over the winter semester. Congratulations to them all.
University of Guelph hosts 15th annual North American event focused on applied ethology
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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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.
Congratulations to Lea Nicklas who was awarded the Blair-Curtis-Pfleiderer-Wachter Award at the 41st International Winter Workshop on Clinical, Chemical, and Biochemical Aspects of Pteridines, held at the University of Innsbruck, Austria, from February 5-7, 2025.
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What do dolphins, pigs, octopuses, show cattle, caged laying hens, penguins and frogs have in common? They have all been animals studied in the ANSC4010 Animal Welfare Judging class. A fourth year Animal Biosciences class, this unique course gives students an opportunity to develop many skills including critical thinking, public speaking, ethical reasoning, concise messaging, and more, all within the context of evaluating of animal welfare on the basis of scientific theory and data.
On Friday, April 26, 20 students from the Campbell Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare (CCSAW) had the opportunity to do a behind-the-scenes tour of the Toronto Zoo.
Congratulations to Caleigh Copelin for receiving the Best Student Research Presentation award at the 2024 International Society of Equitation Science (ISES) conference in New Zealand on March 16. The award includes free- registration for a future ISES conference and will be giving a presentation at the 2024 ISES annual meeting.
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We were so happy to host veterinary students from around…
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