Dead line registration: May 1st 2010

Course date(s): Residential course May 31st – June 4th 2010, 2 day follow-up in October 2010 and in between project work Location: Koldkærgård, Aarhus, Denmark (www.koldkaergaard.dk) Participants: Primarily PhD students of veterinary, animal and social sciences, max. number of participants: 15 Course fees: For PhD students registered at Danish Universities 8500 kr. (including 2-day follow-up) covering lodging and meals. Other participants 15000 kr (incl. lodging and meals). All participants cover their own travelling costs. Course content: The course is built up of a residential course of 5 days and a 2 day follow-up on individual student report work carried out in the intervening period. The residential course will focus on measuring and assessing animal welfare at herd level and will include in-depth introduction to the following topics:

• Animal welfare and ethics; the ‘isms’, the different stakeholders, measuring vs. assessing animal welfare • Definition of animal welfare; the different approaches ‘nature’, ‘biological functioning’, ‘emotions’ • Animal welfare assessment concepts – Different goals…different methods - General guidelines - Decisions support for the farmer - Certification / Classification • Animal welfare indicators; Individual and marginal validity, applicability and robustness - Animal behaviour and health as animal welfare indicators • Aggregation of animal welfare indicators / Animal welfare index - The concept of Welfare Quality - The acceptable vs. the non-acceptable level • Animal welfare legislation and control

Lecturers: Raphaelle Botreau INRA, NN Danish Veterinary and Food Administration, Peter Sandøe LIFE/KU, and researchers DJF/AU. Course language: English Course examination: Mandatory requirements: Participation in residential course and 2 day follow-up – as well as a passed course report. Report presentations and opponent criticism of fellow students’ course report possible via video link for PhD students from abroad.

Contact and registration: tine.rousingnielsen@agrsci.dk, +45 89991350