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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Perhaps in interest to some.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Best, Hannah<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Stephen Wickens [mailto:wickens@ufaw.org.uk] <br><b>Sent:</b> 16 January 2014 13:24<br><b>To:</b> 'Stephen Wickens'<br><b>Subject:</b> UFAW Conference 2014 - Programme details<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoHeader style='text-align:justify'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:blue;letter-spacing:-1.3pt'>Recent advances in animal welfare science IV<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoHeader style='text-align:justify'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>UFAW Animal Welfare Conference<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoHeader style='text-align:justify'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>York</span></b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'> </span></b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Merchant Adventurers’ Hall<span style='color:black'>, 26<sup>th</sup> June 2014</span></span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>The field of animal welfare is a cross-disciplinary area of study that seeks to offer guidance and find solutions to the challenges raised by our caring for and interactions with both kept and wild animals. As part of its on-going commitment to improving animal welfare through increased scientific understanding of animals’ needs and how these can be met, UFAW is holding the fourth of a series of one day conferences on <i>‘Recent advances in animal welfare science’</i> on 26th June 2014. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><u><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><u><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Programme details: </span></u></b><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>The following speakers will be contributing talks to the conference:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.45pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>         </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Bickell SL and D Blache (</span></b><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>The University of Western Australia, Australia</span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>)</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Stock-handling training improves sheep behaviour, stress and productivity<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>         </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Burn CC </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>(<i>The Royal Veterinary College, UK</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Why are some animal welfare problems perceived as ‘normal’?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Symbol;color: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s L, E Delezie, L Duchateau, X Gellynck, K Goethals, E Lambrecht, J Viaene and FAM Tuyttens </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>(<i>The Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research and Ghent University, Belgium</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>The welfare of broiler chickens during transport to slaughter plants</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>         </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>McLennan KM, J Littlemore and W McCormick </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>(<i>University of Cambridge and Moulton College, UK</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>The effects of a dynamic group system on the social bonds of dairy cattle<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>         </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>O’Neill DG, DB Church, PD McGreevy, PC Thomson and DC Brodbelt </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>(<i>The Royal Veterinary College, UK; University of Sydney, Australia</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Post-Bateson: have pedigree dogs become exposed?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>         </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Ortolani A, J Gonggrijp, R Putman and F Ohl </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>(<i>Utrecht University, The Netherlands</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Assessing dog welfare: A new perspective<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>         </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Paranhos da Costa MJR, LC Magalhães Silva, LP Silva and MFM Guimarães </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>(<i>Universidade Estadual Paulista, Brazil</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Effects of good practices of handling on the welfare of dairy calves<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>         </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Tribe A, A Bouchon-Small and M Torregrosa Rocabado </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>(<i>University of Queensland, Australia)</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Wildlife rehabilitation in Queensland<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>In addition, there will be a poster session during the lunch break which will feature over 60 presentations.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Further details, including the full programme of speakers and a registration form, can be found on the UFAW website </span><a href="http://www.ufaw.org.uk/recent%20advances%20york%202014.html"><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>http://www.ufaw.org.uk/recent%20advances%20york%202014.html</span></a><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>. Registration is from 8.30, with talks starting at 9.20 and ending at 17.30.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><u><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><u><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Other details:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>UFAW intends these regular conferences provides a forum at which the broad community of scientists, veterinarians and others concerned with animal welfare can come together to share knowledge and practice, discuss advances and exchange ideas and views. As part of UFAW’s commitment to providing a forum for the exchange of ideas and to ensure that the meeting is accessible to widest range of those with an interest in animal welfare, the registration fee to attend this conference is kept low, this time at <b>£28<span style='color:black'>.</span></b><span style='color:black'> <i>Note: This price includes refreshments but delegates will need to make their own arrangements for lunch.</i></span></span><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><i><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><u><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Venue:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>The conference is being held in York, in the medieval </span><a href="http://www.theyorkcompany.co.uk/"><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Merchant Adventurers’ Hall</span></a><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>, Fossgate YO1 9XD, UK. Located next to the pedestrianised centre of York and built in 1357, the timbered Hall and Undercroft make up one of the best preserved medieval Guild Halls in the world. </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><u><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Background to UFAW:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>UFAW, the International Animal Welfare Science Society, is an independent, scientific and educational animal welfare charity. The organization promotes high standards of welfare for farm, companion, laboratory and captive wild animals and those with which we interact in the wild.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><u><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Any questions about the conference should be directed to: </span></u></b><b><u><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Dr Stephen Wickens, Development Officer, UFAW, The Old School, Brewhouse Hill, Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, AL4 8AN, UK. Tel: +44 (0) 1582 831818; Fax: +44 (0) 1582 831414; Website: </span><a href="http://www.ufaw.org.uk"><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>www.ufaw.org.uk</span></a><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>; Email: </span><a href="mailto:wickens@ufaw.org.uk"><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>wickens@ufaw.org.uk</span></a><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><DIV align=left><HR>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>The University of Stirling has been ranked in the top 12 of UK universities for graduate employment*.</FONT></DIV
><DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>94% of our 2012 graduates were in work and/or further study within six months of graduation.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>*The Telegraph</FONT></DIV>
<FONT face=Arial color=gray size=2>The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.<BR></FONT>
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