European Reference Centre for animal welfare for ruminants and equines - EURCAW
The European Reference Centre for Animal Welfare – EURCAW for ruminants and equines – is tasked with supporting EU Member States in the implementation and enforcement of animal welfare legislation relating to these animal groups.
International partners
Sweden
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) & Swedish Centre for Animal Welfare (SCAW), Harry Blokhuis, Lena Tuominen 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
Harry Blokhuis (SLU) is coordinator for the consortium.