Second Announcement for the
ISAE 2017 Satellite Meeting:
"From beak to tail – mechanisms underlying damaging behaviour in laying hens and pigs"
By
joining efforts on an interspecies level, we have the opportunity to
greatly enhance the understanding of the mechanisms underlying tail
biting and feather pecking. Both behaviours
are challenging, from an animal welfare and from an economic
point-of-view, while in several countries, as well as at the EU level,
the ethical justification of tail docking and beak trimming is currently
being debated.
This full-day meeting will be held at the ISAE 2017 congress venue on August 7th , 2017, starting at 9am.
The meeting will focus on two main themes: 'Mechanisms underlying the
link between health and damaging behaviour' and 'Predisposing factors
for damaging behaviour during early development'. Both themes will be
introduced by invited experts, followed by short
research presentations by participants, and then elaborated on in
inter-species discussion groups. In addition, the program will include a
networking session, with the aim to facilitate knowledge exchange and
future cooperation between researchers working
on damaging behaviour in pigs and poultry.
Registration for the meeting will be open until May 15th, 2017. The meeting participation is limited to 80 persons, so early registration is recommended.
The workshop is sponsored by Topigs Norsvin, RSPCA and COST.
