European Reference Centre for animal welfare for ruminants and equines

Last changed: 06 February 2024
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A consortium of international partners, coordinated by SCAW, has been appointed to a European Reference Centre for animal welfare for ruminants and equines, EURCAW-RE. The mission of the centre is to support Member States in their implementation and control of the animal welfare legislation for ruminants and equines in the EU. EURCAW-RE started its activities in June 2021.

Harry Blokhuis (SLU) is the coordinator and the consortium consists of the following partners:  

Sweden
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) & Swedish Centre for Animal Welfare (SCAW), Harry Blokhuis and Birgitta Staaf Larsson

Italy
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise “G. Caporale” (IZSAM), Silvia D'albenzio

Austria
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Christoph Winckler

France
French National Institute for Agriculture, Food, and Environment (INRAE), Isabelle Veissier

Ireland
University College Dublin (NUID UCD), Alison Hanlon

Greece
Ellinikos Georgikos Organismos-DIMITRA (ELGO-DIMITRA), Veterinary Research Institute (VRI), Evangelia Sossidou

 


Contact

scaw@slu.se