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A history of social science research from UBC’s Animal Welfare Program
Since its inception, the Animal Welfare Program has used a range of tools from the social sciences to bring together experts (farmers, veterinarians, scientists, animal advocates) to identify new solutions to problems in animal industries. The graphic below highlights theses from our program from this area of research. Download as a PDF * https://awp.landfood.ubc.ca/publications/ (1) https://open.library.ubc.ca/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/831/items/1.0090498 (2) https://open.library.ubc.ca/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/831/items/1.0091066…
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Animals, Climate Change and Global Health: Webinar series
Are you interested in the intersection of animals, climate change and global health? Animalsclimatehealth is offering a series of webinars that explore these topics in the time of COVID-19. Please see https://animalsclimatehealth.com/ for full details. The first session, entitled Animals, Pandemics and Global Health will be held September 18, 2020.
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Increase pasture use: Steps to success
Use of pasture can provide many benefits for dairy farmers across the globe. See this article featuring research conducted by UBC’s Animal Welfare Program Alumna Dr. Anne-Marieke Smid: https://www.dairyglobal.net/Nutrition/Articles/2020/8/Increase-pasture-use-Steps-to-success-628733E/
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Individual variability in response to social stress in dairy heifers
Congratulations to Emeline Nogues for publishing her first paper with the Animal Welfare Program, together with PhD candidate Benjamin Lecorps, in Animals! The paper, ‘Individual variability in response to social stress in dairy heifers’, examined whether it is better to engage or avoid social interactions when mixed with older cows. Mixing unfamiliar animals (or regrouping)…
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Public and producer attitudes: working together to maintain social licence
Professor Dan Weary’s Presentation at the 2020 Dairy Research Foundation’s Online Symposium: Public and producer attitudes: working together to maintain social licence Dan Weary is a Professor at The University of British Columbia. In 1997 Dan co-founded UBC’s Animal Welfare Program and co-directs this active research group. Dan’s research focuses on developing behavioral measures for…
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Aug 12-13: The Future of Youngstock Management Symposium
All are welcome to attend the The Future of Youngstock Management Symposium, organized by the University of Sidney, the University of British Columbia and AgResearch, taking place August 12 & 13. The event is free to all and featuring speakers from around the world. Email futureyoungstocksymposium@gmail.com for more information.
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Review: scientific evidence of emotional distress during CO2 exposure in rodents
Dr. Lucia Amendola, Post-Doctoral Researcher and Dr. Dan Weary have recently published a review in the journal Translational Psychiatry, reviewing scientific evidence of emotional distress during CO2 exposure. World-wide, most rodents that are used for scientific purposes are killed with carbon dioxide (CO2), but for years debate has swirled regarding the humaneness of this agent. The review,…
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Moving online: roadmap and long-term forecast
With most post-secondary institutions moving online for teaching in the fall, Nina von Keyserlingk and several colleagues have written an article to address issues related to the discipline of animal science. Read the article, “Moving online: roadmap and long-term forecast”: https://academic.oup.com/af/article/10/3/36/5875648
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Behavioral changes associated with fever in transition dairy cows
New research from the Animal Welfare program looks at behavioural changes associated with fever in transition dairy cows. Dairy cows are often diagnosed with fever without showing clinical symptoms of disease. The aim of this study was to investigate changes in feeding, social, and lying behaviors of cows with fever but without clinical disease, as…
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Efficacy of motion-activated sprinklers as a humane deterrent for urban coyotes
Brynn McLellan, 2019 AABI graduate (recipient of Medal in Applied Biology), recently published her research from her undergraduate thesis project. The manuscript “Efficacy of motion-activated sprinklers as a humane deterrent for urban coyotes” is now available online in the journal Human Dimensions of Wildlife. Brynn’s work was a collaborative effort with the Stanley Park Ecology…