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Scottish Centre for Animal Welfare Sciences
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The purpose of the Centre is to advance animal welfare through the
relevant sciences. It
lays emphasis on a multi-disciplinary research programme,
drawing on expertise from the behavioural, genetic, immunological,
physiological, agricultural and veterinary sciences.
Members of the Centre conduct research within their own
institutions, but joint research programmes are encouraged. Many members
are also involved in teaching e.g. the MSc course in Applied Animal
Behaviour and Animal Welfare at the University of Edinburgh. The Centre
can also provide scientific information on animal welfare.
Examples of current and past research include:
Housing and husbandry systems
- Modified cages for laying hens
- Outdoor systems for pigs
- Farrowing systems for pigs
- Environmental enrichment for primates
- Environment and olfaction
- Resource allocation and group size
Transport and pre-slaughter management
- Poultry, sheep, deer, cattle, horses and pigs
Castration and tail docking
Behaviour and motivation
- Pre-laying motivation of hens
- Spacing behaviour
- Foraging behaviour
- Maternal behaviour in sheep and pigs
- Stereotypic behaviour
- Cognitive abilities
Behavioural strategies
- Social strategies
- Foraging strategies
- Individual variation
Nutrition and diet
- Food restriction in poultry
- Nutrition and social organisation
- Foraging devices
Understanding stress and welfare
- Qualitative assessment of animal welfare
- Animal rights
- Pain and fear in poultry and calves
- Stress effects on sheep, deer and poultry
- Metabolic stress in dairy cows
For further information, please contact:
Dr David Henderson
SCAWS Co-ordinator
Ardbucho, Broughton, Biggar,
Lanarkshire MU2 6HQ
email:
ardbucho@hotmail.com
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