9th International Conference on the Welfare of Animals at Farm Level (WAFL)
Date: 30/08/2024
Albani Hotel, Florence in Italy
The Future of Farm Animal Welfare Science
The WAFL organising committee are collaborating with the Health and Welfare Commission of the European Federation of Animal Science (EAAP) in organising WAFL 2024 in Florence, Italy on August 30th and 31st. The conference will feature two full days of single sessions and poster presentations. This will offer a unique and focused experience for attendees, as well as the opportunity to engage in a Delegate Forum discussing the future of Animal Welfare Science and WAFL. There will also be a conference dinner on Friday 30th August.
Themes of the meeting are:
– Humans in the loop – role of sociology in improving farm animal welfare
– New welfare indicators – with a focus on the positive!
– It’s all in the mind – cognition and the welfare of farm animals
– The future of animal welfare: policy and science
– Welfare of farm animals at end of life (culling/euthanasia, transport and slaughter)
– Suppress, substitute and soothe suffering – application of the 3S’s to improve farm animal welfare
– New frontiers in the assessment of animal welfare on-farm
– Free communications
Abstract submission deadline is 8th April 2024.
Early bird registration available until 1st June 2024.