Additional Resources

Farm animal welfare additional resources: protocols, the power of data course, and more.

Additional farm animal welfare resources

The farm animal welfare resources cover a broad range welfare challenges associated with the current pig production systems, including issues linked with housing and management systems, nutrition, health, and other welfare issues common to all production systems. Other resources are provided below.

Videos

Farm aninal welfare - welfare assessment (10mins)

Courses

The power of data in farm animal practice - delivered by the Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems, University of Edinburgh

farm data flyer

This free, short, online course aims to up-skill farm animal professionals based in Scotland and the rest of world, in data science, allowing participants to utilise and interpret on-farm data and apply it to health, productivity and welfare improvements.

The course will contain video lectures, data tutorials, interviews, and online reading materials (PDFs), delivered by researchers and industry experts.

Resources

The following are useful resources about farm welfare:

FAWEC: a number of useful resources on pigs, cattle, sheep, poultry, and general concepts.

Welfare Quality Network (home page)

 

AWIN welfare hub (home page)

Other resources:

 

Conferences

Animal welfare and sustainability - March 2022

Dealing with the climate crisis and ensuring food security are vital components of agricultural policy. Animal welfare and sustainable food production methods are part of this debate but are often thought to be in opposition. Access the recording

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