Welfare and Epidemiology Conference -- Agenda

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Agenda

Monday, July 14, 2008

6:30 - 7:30pm	Registration
7:30 - 9:00pm	Welcome Reception Welcome Remarks Dean Wendy Wintersteen, College of Agriculture and Life Science, Iowa State University Dean John Thomson, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University Opening Address Dr. Joy Mench, Department of Animal Science, University of California-Davis, Davis, California, US, Professor and Chair of the Center for Animal Welfare Where We Have Been: Assessing Animal Welfare Assessment and On-Farm Applications


Tuesday, July 15, 2008
7:00 - 8:00	Posters Available for Viewing
8:00	Welcoming Remarks/Introductions
8:15	Dr. David C. J. Main, University of Bristol, BVA Animal Welfare Foundation Senior Lecturer in Animal Welfare, Bristol, UK, Senior Lecturer in Animal Welfare Application of Welfare Assessment to Commercial Livestock Production
9:15 - 10:00	Research presentations Bruce Stewart-Brown, Perdue Farms, Salisbury, Maryland US Running a Welfare Program in an Integrated Poultry Environment Using a Best Practices Approach John Prickett, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, US Practical Disease Surveillance in Growing Pig Populations Tom Fangman, Boehringer, Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc., Boonville, Missouri, US Willingness to Approach Behavior and Feed Disappearance of Weaned Pigs Following Vaccination with Mycoplasma Vaccines.
10:00 - 10:30	Refreshment Break & Poster Viewing
10:30 - 12:30	Research presentations Karianne Muri Daae, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Oslo Norway Aggression, Salivary Cortisol and Measures of Immune Competence in Goats Housed at Two Different Space Allowances Brian Lubbers, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, US Comparison Between Plasma Substance P and Cortisol Concentrations Following Castration in Beef Calves Sabrina Lomax, The University of Sydney, St. Peters, NSW, Australia Anesthesia for Livestock Husbandry Procedures- An Australian Perspective Camilla Kielland, The Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Oslo, Norway Risk Factors for Cow Mortality in New Norwegian Dairy Cattle Free Stalls Jennifer Woods, Innovative Livestock Solutions, Blackie, Alberta, Canada Animal Welfare Assessment Tool for On-Farm Euthanasia Christa Irwin, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, US Systematic Review of Swine Euthanasia Methods and Welfare Measures Reported Hsin-Yi Weng, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, US Animal Welfare in Planning Foreign Animal Disease Outbreak Management: What Can Epidemiologists Contribute? Murali Pai, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, US A Non- Lethal Method for Control of Fecundity in Gray Squirrels
12:30 - 1:30	Lunch
1:30 - 2:30	Afternoon Session Topic: Dr. John Barnett, The University of Melbourne, Animal Welfare Science Centre, Melbourne, AUS, Associate Professor Welfare Monitoring Schemes - Using Research to Safeguard Farm Animal Welfare
2:30 - 3:00	Ms. Sherrie Niekamp, National Pork Board, Director for Animal Welfare, Des Moines, Iowa, US Swine Health & Welfare Program
3:00 - 3:30	Refreshment Break & Exhibits
3:30 - 4:00	Dr. Helen Wojcinski, Hybrid Turkeys, Science and Technology Manager, Ontario, Canada
4:00 - 4:30	Dr. Hugo Medina, Sparboe, Litchfield, MN, US
4:30 - 5:00	Dr. Dan Thomson, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, Jones Professor of Production Medicine and Epidemiology/Assistant Professor

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

8:00	Morning Remarks
8:15 - 9:15	Dr. Cate Dewey, Department of Population Medicine, University of Guelph, Guelph, CA, Professor and Department Chair Using Data Collected for Production or Economic Purposes to Research Production Animal Welfare: An Epidemiological Approach
9:15 - 10:15	Dr. Ken Leslie, Ontario Veterinary College, Department of Population Medicine, University of Guelph, Guelph, CA, Professor of Ruminant Health Management Research on Dairy Cattle Well-Being: Finding Synergy between Ethology and Epidemiology
10:15 - 10:45	Refreshment Break & Poster Viewing
10:45 - 12:15	Research presentation Roy Edler, Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc., Ames, Iowa, US Drinker to Nursery Pigs Ratio: Effects on Drinking Behavior and Performance Anita Tucker, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada Normal Profiles for Dental Eruption in Commercial Swine from 0 to 35 Days of Age John Deen, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, US Considerations for Inconsistent Effects on Inadequate Environments Amy Stanton, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada An Evaluation of the Effects of Low, Average, and High Post-Weaning Weight Gains on Short Term Behavior and Future Growth of Dairy Calves Sharad Yadav, Department of Epidemiology and Preventative Medicine Veterinary University, Mathura, India Detection of IBR Virus Antibodies Using i-ELISA Pernilla Fajersson, Veracruz, Mexico An Approach to Raise Awareness About Animal Welfare Among Students in Mexico
12:15	Concluding Remarks