Document type Training announcement fromIdele
Author: Idele
Presentation : This training course offers an approach to cattle welfare, from the basics to on-farm assessment for advisory purposes, via an overview of the various welfare indicators and assessment methods.
Objectives:
- Define bovine welfare and explain the issues involved
- Identify the indicators and main assessment tools, and set a target
- Measure welfare on a cattle farm by observing the animals
- Integrate welfare into advisory services
Public: livestock advisors, technicians
Pre-requisites: none
Program:
- The different representations of animal welfare (BEA) in society, stakeholders
- The scientific definition of BEA
- Frameworks for work on BEA
- Welfare assessment methods
- Measuring BEA on a cattle farm based on animal observation
- Integrating BEA into your advisory activity: workshop work
Training coordinator: Anne Aupiais
