Welfare Assessment and Enhancement

Friday, 10 July 2009 13:30 - 15:00, Hall A

Chair Andrew D Fisher Faculty of Veterinary Science and Animal Welfare Science Centre, University of Melbourne Australia
The effect of treatment for lameness on the relationship between nociceptive threshold and locomotion score
  • Richard A Laven, IVABS, Massey University, New Zealand
Post-operative behavioural change in rabbits undergoing abdominal surgery: potential indicators of pain
  • Mark J Farnworth, Unitec Institute of Technology, New Zealand
Short-term effects of general anaesthesia and analgesia on the suckling order and behaviour of piglets after castration
  • Eberhard von Borell, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Department of Animal Husbandry & Ecology, Germany
Comparison of novel methods to alleviate the pain caused by castration in pigs
  • Mhairi A Sutherland, Texas Tech University, United States
Development of electrical activity and responses to noxious stimuli in the chicken brain
  • Amanda E McIlhone, Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand, New Zealand
Improving the welfare of calves through the use of topical anaesthesia
  • Sabrina H Lomax, The University of Sydney, Australia