LASA – LARN Meeting on Laboratory Swine
Date: 18/05/2021
Online
6th Meeting of the Large Animal Research Network (LARN)
Session 2 – How to engage with laboratory swine and learn more about their emotional state
Tuesday 18th May 2-4pm
This session includes talks from Marianne Farish (SRUC) a senior technician with over 20 years experience with pigs and Dr Emma Baxter (SRUC) an animal welfare and behaviour scientist specialising in pig welfare.
14:00 – A senior technician’s experience with pigs engaged in research: Husbandry, training, habituation, enrichment, 3Rs and welfare
Marianne Farish, SRUC
14:35 – Can PLF technology identify indicators of pig emotional state?
Dr Emma Baxter, SRUC
15:30 – Questions and close.
This session is free for LASA members and £15 for non-members.
Further sessions are being held on poultry in biomedical research (11th May) and sheep models and learning more about influenza in pigs (25th May).