animal welfare – Campbell Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare

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.

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.

Lea Nicklas, CCSAW PhD Student wins prestigious international award.

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.

Learning to Judge Animal Welfare

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.

CCSAW Students Tour Toronto Zoo

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.

Caleigh Copelin wins Best Presentation award at ISES Conference

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.

Dairy Welfare Rotation for Budding Veterinarians

We were so happy to host veterinary students from around…

Strychnine poison ban incoming!

We are extremely happy to hear that there will be a complete ban on the use of strychnine poison in Canada this year! Great news for wolves, coyotes, foxes and many other animals across Canada!

International Women’s Day!

Happy International Women's Day 2024!

Black History Month

As Black History month ends for another year, we'd like to celebrate some of our wonderful Black colleagues: please check out excellent talks given to CCSAW by Dr Joao Costa on personality in dairy cows

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