Research

Research drives change and continuous improvement in how livestock are cared for and handled.

• Farm animal welfare research database
• Canadian Virtual Centre for Poultry Welfare
• Farm Animal Welfare & Research Projects in Canada (to Jan 2008)
  A list of Canadian animal welfare research projects under the themes: transportation, pain, production methods, housing and general.
• Research Watch, a collection of recently published research news

Canadian Animal Welfare Research Institutes

• University of British Columbia - Animal Welfare Centre
• Lacombe Research Centre - Agriculture & Agri-Foods Canada
  
• Lethbridge Research Centre - Agriculture & Agri-Foods Canada
• University of Alberta - Department of Agricultural, Food & Nutritional Science
• Livestock Production: Animal Welfare, Alberta Agriculture & Food
• Prairie Swine Centre, SK
• University of Calgary, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
• University of Guelph, Animal & Poultry Science
• University of Prince Edward Island - Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Centre
• Université Laval, Quebec
• Université de Montréal, Faculté de médecine vétérinaire
• Western College of Veterinarian Medicine, University of Saskatchewan

Animal Welfare Research Around the World

• College of Veterinary Medicine - Michigan State University
• Purdue University - Center for Food Animal Research
• Temple Grandin Dr.
• University of California - Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
• University of Edinburgh, UK - The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
• University of Minnesota, Certified Pork Program
• US Department of Agriculture
  • Agricultural Research Service
  • Animal Welfare Information Center

Other Groups involved in animal welfare research

• Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC), Setting and maintaining standards for the ethical use and care of animals in science in Canada
  Conseil canadien de protection des animaux (CCPA), Élaboration et mise en œuvre des normes relatives à l'utilisation et au soin éthiques des animaux en science au Canada
• Canadian Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA)
• National Institute for Animal Agriculture
• World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), Animal welfare

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