European Reference Centre for animal welfare for ruminants and equines - EURCAW

Page reviewed:  15/04/2025

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.