We bring stakeholders together
The Strategy hosts an annual Forum which brings together Australia's providers of Animal Welfare RD&E along with industry funders, animal welfare groups and Government representatives.
2020 Forum
10th National Primary Industries Animal Welfare RD&E Forum
"Pain – elimination, mitigation and inter-disciplinary learnings"
Wednesday December 2nd
was conducted via webinar
"Pain – elimination, mitigation and inter-disciplinary learnings"
Wednesday December 2nd
was conducted via webinar
FORUM PDF Presentations (for personal use only)
- Prof Lorimer Moseley - We all know what pain is – Right??
- Dr Meredith Craigie - Current thinking pain diagnosis and management in humans
- Dr Danila Marini - Pain assessment and development of effective pain relief strategies in livestock
- Prof Rachel Ankeny - How philosophy of biology and ethics can help to inform potential testable hypotheses
- Prof Wendy Umberger - Consumers’ value and perceptions of animal welfare attributes: industry and policy implications
- Dr Ruth Davis - How regulatory authorities determine appropriate schedule for pain medications
- Dr Hans Coetzee - USDA programs in pain mitigation and how they align with industry QA standards
- Dr Jeremy Marchant-Forde - Current activities of the 3Ts Alliance: a global alliance of stakeholders exploring ways to end painful piglet procedures (TBA soon)
- Dr Ellen Jongman - New developments in breech modifications of sheep for the prevention of flystrike
- Dr Michael Laurence - Future developments in pain related research in the red meat industry
FORUM Recorded Presentations
Session 1: Fundamental pain science - Moseley, Craigie, Marini
Session 2: Societal, ethical and practical challenges and opportunities - Ankeny, Umberger, Davis
Session 3: Industry developments - Coetzee, Marchant-Forde, Jongman, Laurence - Presentations
2019 Forum and Priorities Workshop
The 9th Annual Forum was held at the University of Melbourne on Wednesday 6th November. The Forum explored the topic of Driving Change.
Professor Gabriele Bammer (ANU) delivered the keynote presentation: Integrating scientific outcomes into effective mechanisms to get change PDF
Presentation Handout - PDF AUDIO PPT
Speaker Profiles; PDF
Presentations:
Alan Tilbrook - Introduction; PDF AUDIO PPT
Lauren Hemsworth - Monitoring public attitudes to livestock industries and livestock welfare; PDF AUDIO PPT
Caroline Lee - Virtual herding for cattle and sheep; PDF AUDIO PPT
David Miller - Remote sensing methodologies to monitor sheep welfare on farm; PDF AUDIO PPT
Cheryl McCarthy - Novel detection of chicken welfare using machine vision; PDF AUDIO PPT
Rob Hewitt - The practical application of young pig euthanasia – facilitation of a “good death”; PDF AUDIO PPT
Emily King - Lifetime Ewe Management Program – changing practice; PDF AUDIO PPT
John Penry - Pathways for male dairy calves – where does this sit on the RD&E spectrum?; PDF AUDIO PPT
Pauline Brightling - Lessons learnt in delivering effective programs to change practice; PDF AUDIO PPT
The NAWRDES Committee convened a Workshop on Thursday 7th November. The aims of the workshop, which was held at the University of Melbourne, were to:
Alan Tilbrook - Overview of The Animal Welfare Collaborative; PDF
Animal Welfare Priorities 2020 - 2022:
Australian Eggs Limited; PDF
Australian Meat Processor Corporation; PDF
Australian Pork Limited: PDF
Australian Wool Innovation; PDF
Dairy Australia; PDF
LiveCorp; PDF
Meat and Livestock Australia; PDF
PoultryHub; PDF
RSPCA Australia; PDF
Participants at the workshop considered the relevance of the RD&E Themes which guide the Strategy's activities. To assist in this process 3 expert researchers were asked to briefly address Novel approaches using learnings from other fields of research, Gaps and Cross-sectoral opportunities relating to each Theme:
Presentations:
Drewe Ferguson, CSIRO (delivered by Andrew Fisher, AWSC, Univ. Melbourne)
Animal Welfare Assessment; Pain Assessment & Management; Management, Housing & Husbandry and Transport, Euthanasia & Slaughter Impacts - PDF
Lauren Hemsworth, AWSC, Univ. Melbourne
Attitudinal Effects on the Welfare of Livestock throughout the Value Chain - PDF
Ruth Nettle, – Rural Innovation Research Group, Univ Melbourne
Education, Training & Extension - PDF
Professor Gabriele Bammer (ANU) delivered the keynote presentation: Integrating scientific outcomes into effective mechanisms to get change PDF
Presentation Handout - PDF AUDIO PPT
Speaker Profiles; PDF
Presentations:
Alan Tilbrook - Introduction; PDF AUDIO PPT
Lauren Hemsworth - Monitoring public attitudes to livestock industries and livestock welfare; PDF AUDIO PPT
Caroline Lee - Virtual herding for cattle and sheep; PDF AUDIO PPT
David Miller - Remote sensing methodologies to monitor sheep welfare on farm; PDF AUDIO PPT
Cheryl McCarthy - Novel detection of chicken welfare using machine vision; PDF AUDIO PPT
Rob Hewitt - The practical application of young pig euthanasia – facilitation of a “good death”; PDF AUDIO PPT
Emily King - Lifetime Ewe Management Program – changing practice; PDF AUDIO PPT
John Penry - Pathways for male dairy calves – where does this sit on the RD&E spectrum?; PDF AUDIO PPT
Pauline Brightling - Lessons learnt in delivering effective programs to change practice; PDF AUDIO PPT
The NAWRDES Committee convened a Workshop on Thursday 7th November. The aims of the workshop, which was held at the University of Melbourne, were to:
- consider cross-sectoral RD&E Funding Opportunities in the Livestock Sector and
- determine relevant Themes to guide the facilitation of RD&E by the Strategy
Alan Tilbrook - Overview of The Animal Welfare Collaborative; PDF
Animal Welfare Priorities 2020 - 2022:
Australian Eggs Limited; PDF
Australian Meat Processor Corporation; PDF
Australian Pork Limited: PDF
Australian Wool Innovation; PDF
Dairy Australia; PDF
LiveCorp; PDF
Meat and Livestock Australia; PDF
PoultryHub; PDF
RSPCA Australia; PDF
Participants at the workshop considered the relevance of the RD&E Themes which guide the Strategy's activities. To assist in this process 3 expert researchers were asked to briefly address Novel approaches using learnings from other fields of research, Gaps and Cross-sectoral opportunities relating to each Theme:
Presentations:
Drewe Ferguson, CSIRO (delivered by Andrew Fisher, AWSC, Univ. Melbourne)
Animal Welfare Assessment; Pain Assessment & Management; Management, Housing & Husbandry and Transport, Euthanasia & Slaughter Impacts - PDF
Lauren Hemsworth, AWSC, Univ. Melbourne
Attitudinal Effects on the Welfare of Livestock throughout the Value Chain - PDF
Ruth Nettle, – Rural Innovation Research Group, Univ Melbourne
Education, Training & Extension - PDF