SLU calculates and reports emissions and uptake from Sweden's Land use, Land Use Change and Forestry sector (LULUCF).
The Centre of Excellence in Animal Welfare Science is a Swedish network for researchers in natural and social sciences aiming to improve animal welfare. Once a Formas strong research environment project between SLU and Linköping University, the centre today continues to establish scientific excellence in this multidisciplinary research area. The network is coordinated by SLU.
The 53rd Congress of the International Society for Applied Ethology (ISAE) 2019 in Bergen, Norway, was well attended by members of The Centre of Excellence in Animal Welfare Science. Eleven talks were given by members, as well as three poster presentations.
A group of 28 international postgraduate students, veterinarians and professional horse trainers gathered at the Swedish Equestrian Centre Strömsholm for an intensive course week to learn more about equitation science, horse welfare and training and why research is important when discussing the sustainability of the equestrian sport. It is, to the organisers’ knowledge, the first postgraduate course in the Nordic countries solely devoted to equitation science.
In the peak of Swedish mid-summer light, SLU Ultuna was visited by a group of international researchers in animal welfare, travelling from near and far to learn and discuss important matters in a new way. While small in credits and length, there was something new and unique happening – nowhere else in the world is there anything like this PhD-course on the relationship between animal welfare and the UN sustainable development goals.
In the project Stunning of warm-water fish at killing and slaughtering, SLU researcher Albin Gräns will work on facilitating the farming of 'warm-water' fish species (e.g. Nile tilapia and African sharptooth catfish) in Swedish Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS) by evaluating and optimizing commercial stunning techniques to ensure humane slaughter.
On 25th May Professor Linda Keeling, seen here with Professor Jordi Altimiras, Head of the Biology Division, was awarded an honorary doctorate in the Technical Faculty at Linköping University.
The 4th Annual Animal Welfare Symposium was held in Uppsala on May 16-17. The venue attracted almost 60 participants with different associations to the science of Animal Welfare. The aim of the symposium is to engage researchers in animal and veterinary sciences, human-animal interactions, ethics, policy and law, economics and marketing in sharing and discussing their results and ideas in a broad context of animal welfare, by providing a friendly scientific forum.
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