WAFL2024

9th International Conference on the Assessment of Animal Welfare at Farm Level (WAFL) in Florence, Italy on August 30th-31st, 2024.

[WAFL2024 @wafl2024]

Welcome to WAFL 2024 in beautiful Florence. We are excited to kick off a jam packed two days of animal welfare science #wafl2024

[Tamara Tadich @tamara_tadich]

Gracias a #WAFL2024 por la invitación a compartir lo que hemos hecho en #BienestarAnimal #AnimalWelfare

[Maria Vilain Rørvang @MariaRorvang]

Acoustic identification of “careless” sows by @RO_Mott emphasising that acoustic identification of near-misses may not be practically feasible to assist farmers in preventing crushed piglet but it is a useful tool to collect data otherwise missed.
#wafl2024 #animalacoustics

[Irene @pigologist]

Still a full room at the last session of #wafl2024, with a great presentation about Clearfarm outcomes on using PLF in farms. Heng-Lun Ko, on behalf of @PolLlonch , takes us through the steps of the validation protocols.

[Maria Vilain Rørvang @MariaRorvang]

@AWallenbeck highlighting that housing and management have practical relevance for unplanned culling and mortality in group housed sows 🐖
#wafl2024 #cullsow #sowwelfare

[Maria Vilain Rørvang @MariaRorvang]

Prof Björn Forkman presenting new findings on QBA and indicators of positive emotions in #dairycattle
#wafl2024 #cattlewelfare
Using QBA to assess (positive) emotional state is supported 🐮

[Tamara Tadich @tamara_tadich]

Excelente plenaria de Bob Fischer sobre cuantificación económica de #BienestarAnimal #WAFL2024 #AnimalWelfare

[Laura Boyle 🇮🇪 @LABoyle2]

Peter Stevenson @ciwf makes a passionate plea for #animalwelfare to be the 4th pillar supporting sustainability of #livestockproduction #animalwelfarescience
#WAFL2024

[Laura Boyle 🇮🇪 @LABoyle2]

Molly Harrison @TeagascPig @teagasc speaking at #WAFL2024 👏🏻 good support for a #pigwelfare 🐽
#qualityassurance scheme in Ireland 🇮🇪 and most people value AW highly irrespective of their general feelings about labels!

[Laura Boyle 🇮🇪 @LABoyle2]

Beautiful tribute to Prof Andrew Fisher who died suddenly this year from Caroline Lee @CSIRO #animalwelfarescientist
#animalwelfarescience
#WAFL2024
@teagasc

[Irene @pigologist]

One can only be amazed by the cognitive abilities of goats after the #wafl2024 plenary by Jan Langbein.

[Maria Vilain Rørvang @MariaRorvang]

An all time favourite presenter @niebgnal on learning and cognition in farm animals and its application to animal husbandry. So many interesting findings and cool studies on how farm animals learn. Just look at this potty trained calf 🥹
#farmanimalcognition #wafl2024

[Maria Vilain Rørvang @MariaRorvang]

Do you think odourising straw could make it more enriching for growing pigs? Stop by poster 11 in the coffee break if you’re at #WAFL2024 and I will give you the answer. I’m right next to the cake and coffee table ☕️🍪🍩
#pigolfaction #smellthis

[Maria Vilain Rørvang @MariaRorvang]

The fantastic #SLU delegation at #WAFL2024 🤓 we cover the welfare of🐮🐷🐑🐟🐓
#animalwelfare
#teamSLU

[Irene @pigologist]

Favorite #wafl2024 presentation by Dr Lucy Oldham from @SRUC, who let the audience directly experience the concept of social networks. She looked at the influence of cognitive abilities on pig aggression.

[Maria Vilain Rørvang @MariaRorvang]

So many good posters at #WAFL2024! Here some of the #equitationscience posters on the welfare of sports horses by @LeaLansade and team and on effect of social interaction on the emotional state of horses by Anna Flamand and team🐎
#equinewelfare #horseemotions

[Irene @pigologist]

Björn Forkman speaks @wafl2024 about indicators of positive animal welfare in cattle.

[Irene @pigologist]

Interesting talk by Eva Read about a survey among animal welfare scientists, showing agreement that it is considered important to include industry in the progress of animal welfare #wafl2024

[Pol Llonch @PolLlonch]

Gerard Martin presents at @wafl2024 the #MoreWelfare desk research with @Animals_EFSA on AW assessment schemes. Some conclusions are a lack of schemes on aquatic species and the rise of PLF indicators to be included in AW assessment.

[Mette S. Herskin @HerskinMette]

The @BSW_anivet team at @wafl2024 - happy to be part of a team of scientists focusing on different aspects of animal welfare and sharing knowledge on the topic @AarhusUni @TechSci_AU @Husdyrforskning #WAFL2024

[Irene @pigologist]

Our work on pig cognition and motivation to voluntarily go to the cognitive test was nicely presented by Coralie Galvagnon from the IGBZ PAN pig team 🐖 at #wafl2024