The 4th International Workshop on the Assessment of Animal Welfare at Farm and Group Level (WAFL) will be held in Ghent, Belgium during September 10th-13th 2008.
WAFL 2008 is the successor to the highly successful 1st, 2nd and 3rd WAFL held in Copenhagen (1999), Bristol (2002) and Vienna (2005), respectively. This combination of congress and workshops will be of great interest to all scientists, practitioners and other stakeholders involved in the field of animal behaviour, health and welfare related to the assessment of welfare of farmed and laboratory animals housed and managed in groups.
Topics will include, besides free papers:
General topics
- Development, validation and automated measurements of indicators of animal welfare
- Development and improvement of welfare assessment protocols
- Application of welfare assessment protocols
Specific topics
- Assessing emotional state
- Improving animal welfare by adapting animals to their environment
- Assessing health status of groups of animals in relation to welfare
- Stakeholders’ views on animal welfare
For more information, please visit our website at http://www.wafl2008.com, or contact:
Frank Tuyttens (frank.tuyttens@ilvo.vlaanderen.be)
Dominiek Maes (dominiek.maes@ugent.be)