From: IN%"murn@uri.edu" "Murn Nippo" 16-JUL-2000 12:23:27.49 To: IN%"applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" "applied-ethology@skyway.usask.ca" CC: Subj: Tail Docking In Dairy Cattle Hello All: We have been having an internal discusion at my current location on the topic of tail docking of dairy cattle. The students I am working with have mentioned they would like to hear a cross section of comments and opinions on the topic. Any replies will be appreciated. regards, Murn Nippo _____NetZero Free Internet Access and Email______ http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html From: IN%"dmb16@cam.ac.uk" 17-JUL-2000 03:36:52.32 To: IN%"Applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" CC: Subj: Tail-docking in cattle Dear Murn et al The scientific evidence is: 1. The tails of most mammals have pain receptors. Those of pigs have and it is very likely that those of cows have but I have not seen it published. Since cattle have a pain system, the act of cutting will be painful. 2. When pig tails are cut, neuromas may form (Henrik Simonsen's work). This might also happen in cattle. If it does, there could be intermittent, prolonged pain. 3. Cattle use their tails to dislodge and deter biting and other disturbing flies. This is a very important function at some times of year in almost all environments. Tail-docking prevents this. In my view, this is the most important problem which is a consequence of tail-docking. Inability to keep flies away results in poor welfare for a large amount of time because of the direct effects and can also increase the risk of some diseases such as summer mastitis. 4. Cattle use their tails in communication. This is prevented by tail-docking and will cause problems to the animals. 5. The advantage of tail-docking dairy cows is very small. It is almost entirely to do with convenience to milkers who might be hit by a dirty tail. The hygiene risks are controllable so it is not difficult to ensure that milk is never contaminated. Ethical conclusion: tail-docking of cattle should be prohibited by law. It is prohibited in several countries and is practised in very few - perhaps just USA and New Zealand? Don Broom Professor D.M.Broom, Animal Welfare and Human-Animal Interactions Group, Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0ES, U.K. Telephone:44 (0)1223 337697.Fax:44 (0)1223 337610. From: IN%"elywolf@purdue.edu" "Mark" 17-JUL-2000 13:28:35.64 To: IN%"Applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" CC: Subj: Chicken study Dear all, I am a new Grad student at Purdue University, and am planning a project involving parent / offspring communication in Poultry. Some playback studies may be involved. I am looking for papers to be certain that this is an original study. Does anyone know of any papers that would be helpful? I have quite a few papers on the subject as is, but I just want to make sure I am not missing something that would be a great help to the project, or would make it invalid. Thanks for your time. Mark Woodcock From: IN%"silvia.ruefenacht@itz.unibe.ch" 18-JUL-2000 07:24:04.26 To: IN%"Applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" "ISAE (International Society for Applied (E-mail)" CC: Subj: New member Hello I`m a new member of the applied-ethology-network. My name is Silvia Ruefenacht and I`m writing a dissertation at the University of Berne, Switzerland. The topic of this study will be the behavior tests done on young adult Alsatian (German Shepherd) dogs. These tests are required for registration as a breeding dog at the kennel club. Dogs that fail these behavior tests cannot be bred (their puppies would not get papers). I want to know whether these behavior tests adequately describe the behavior of the dogs and I plan to do a survey among the dog owners using questionnaires about the behavior of the dogs. In this discussion group I would like to ask whether other countries also require behavior tests for the registration of breeding dogs and if anyone knows of studies regarding these tests. Does anyone have an opinion regarding the usefulness of behavior tests (done between 15 and 24 months of age) to select breeding dogs? Silvia Ruefenacht Institute of Animal Breeding Bremgartenstr. 109a CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland silvia.ruefenacht@itz.unibe.ch From: IN%"Nora_Lewis@UManitoba.CA" "Nora Lewis" 18-JUL-2000 07:49:59.07 To: IN%"applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" "Applied Ethology" CC: Subj: gestation stalls List Members, I am looking for a review of the benefits and problems encountered by those countries which have banned gestation stalls for sows. I would like to pass this information on to our swine industry but don't have time to do a literature search. Any help would be appreciated. Nora -- Nora Lewis, Ph.D., DVM Department of Animal Science, University of Manitoba, 12 Dafoe Rd., Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. R3T 2N2 phone: 204 474-9443 fax: 204 474-7628 From: IN%"elywolf@purdue.edu" "Mark" 18-JUL-2000 09:35:24.45 To: IN%"Applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" "Applied Ethology list" CC: Subj: Chicken Study Hi all, Just wanted to thank everyone that replied to my previous message. The responses and suggestions were greatly appreciated. Well, time to get researching :) Sincerely, Mark Woodcock From: IN%"zanella@pilot.msu.edu" "Dr. Adroaldo J. Zanella" 18-JUL-2000 09:55:34.78 To: IN%"applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" CC: Subj: Pig transportation Hello, We will be discussing issues related to animal transportation, next week, at the Animal Science meeting (Maryland). I am looking for information regarding funding availability (and some details of the projects funded), in different countries, for pig transportation research. I would like to summarize the information available for the past 10 years. Thanks in advance. A.J.Zanella From: IN%"meredith@farmline.com" "Michael Meredith" 18-JUL-2000 12:13:08.16 To: IN%"Applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" "Ethology Posting" CC: Subj: RE: Animal transportation Hi Adroaldo! There is an EU report on animal transport, if you have not seen it, that you can access via our page: http://www.pighealth.com/MEDIA/P/BOOKS/BEHAVBKS.HTM Best Wishes, Yours sincerely Mike Meredith *=+=*=+=*=+=*=+=*=+=*=+=*=+=*=+=*=+=*=+=*+=*+=* Pig Disease Information Centre Ltd [registered non-clinical veterinary practice] Email: pdic@btinternet.com Website: http://www.PIGHEALTH.COM Members of AHIS (Animal Health Information Specialists) UK & Ireland *=+=*=+=*=+=*=+=*=+=*=+=*=+=*=+=*=+=*=+=*=+=* From: IN%"margory@dnai.com" "margory cohen" 18-JUL-2000 14:11:19.09 To: IN%"Applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" "ISAE (International Society for Applied (E-mail)" CC: Subj: RE: New member -- GSD behavior tests ----- Original Message ----- From: Silvia Ruefenacht Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 6:23 AM > The topic of this study will be the behavior tests done on young adult > Alsatian (German Shepherd) dogs. These tests are required for registration > as a breeding dog at the kennel club. hello Silvia. i'm not an academic nor am i a "professional" trainer. what do these "behavior tests" consist of? margory cohen Scottish Deerhounds From: IN%"meredith@farmline.com" "Michael Meredith" 18-JUL-2000 17:48:32.86 To: IN%"Applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" "Ethology Posting" CC: Subj: RE: gestation stalls Dear Nora, We have some web pages devoted to comparisons and experiences of the advantages and disadvantages of loose housing and stalls for sows (mainly from from the health point of view) at: http://www.pighealth.com/housing.htm Mike Meredith *=+=*=+=*=+=*=+=*=+=*=+=*=+=*=+=* Pig Disease Information Centre Website: http://www.PIGHEALTH.COM Members of AHIS (Animal Health Information Specialists) UK & Ireland *=+=*=+=*=+=*=+=*=+=*=+=*=+=*=+=*=+=*=+=*=+=* From: IN%"morris@posta.unizar.es" "Morris Villarroel" 19-JUL-2000 02:55:11.26 To: IN%"Applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" CC: Subj: Pig & cattle transportation Dear Dr. Zanella and all, Regarding animal transportation, we have just begun a three year project on cattle transport from farm to abattoir (the CATRA project) in Europe (Spain, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Slovenia) and there are several private companies involved. Some of us may try to go to Maryland but I will personally not be able to make it. As far as I know, lots of work has been done on pig transportation in Spain (where I work), but much less on cattle. I will look into it further and get back to you. While on the subject, I have two general questions about measuring plasmatic and behavioural parameters related to animal welfare: 1. where can I find nice graphs or tables of diurnal variations in cortisol levels for one or more cattle breeds (surprisingly it is more difficult to find than I thought).=20 2. would any of you know of reliable behavioural scores for cattle that may be useful to measure stress or welfare levels, such as those used by doctors on humans (anxiety etc.) Thank you, Morris ****************************** Morris Villarroel Departamento de Producci=F3n Animal y Ciencia de los Alimentos Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Zaragoza Miguel Servet, 177 E- 50013 Zaragoza, Spain Tel: 34 976 761000 (ext.4149) Fax: 976 761612 e-mail: morris@posta.unizar.es =20 From: IN%"Nora_Lewis@UManitoba.CA" "Nora Lewis" 19-JUL-2000 07:35:01.24 To: IN%"applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" "Applied Ethology" CC: Subj: [Fwd: gestation stalls] This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_EsPe8mJ2AhsqmQOLLhOSNA) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Hans I would be happy to forward the replies, unless the sender does not want them forwarded. Nora -- Nora Lewis, Ph.D., DVM Department of Animal Science, University of Manitoba, 12 Dafoe Rd., Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. R3T 2N2 phone: 204 474-9443 fax: 204 474-7628 --Boundary_(ID_EsPe8mJ2AhsqmQOLLhOSNA) Content-type: message/rfc822 Nora, Would it be possible to forward the replies you get to the network. I'm sure a lot of us (particularly in Western Europe, where several countries have now made group housing compulsory) are interested to find out what the experiences are! Our experiences in The Netherlands (with a ban on individual housing from 2008) are that the majority of questions from farmers re. group housing relate to rebreeding problems i.e. increased number of returns to service. We also get questions regarding pen cleanliness (Dutch grouped housed sows should have 2.25 m2 total floor area per pig, of which a minimum of 1.3m2 should be solid) as this affects pig health, NH3 emissions and labour. Aggression, training of gilts and leg problems are also mentioned but appear to take a back seat. However, my own subjective assessment of the Dutch farmers' attitute towards group housing in comparison to that of the UK farmers 6 - 7 years ago is that they are less concerned with the possible problems of group housing than the British after they were told to convert. There are three obvious reasons for this: 1) it's early days yet: those who have converted, are more likely to be happy to use group housing, in comparison to those who wait until the last minute (i.e. close to the 2008 deadline) 2) Dutch farmers are more worried about the restructuring of the Dutch pig industry which is going on at the moment 3) Dutch farmers can use knowledge which has been generated by pig farmers in neighbouring countries through trial-and-error, as well as (applied) research In the last decade (two decades?) we have learned a lot about group housing under 'modern' circumstances. Perhaps not all problems are solved. However, the main challenge will be to continue to apply our theoretical knowledge to develop commercially viable systems and show farmers what we do know re. solutions to the above problems. This will benefit sows as well as pig producers. Looking forward to what others have to say, Regards, Hans Spoolder Programme Leader 'Pig Welfare' Research Institute for Animal Husbandry Lelystad - The Netherlands H.A.M.Spoolder@pv.agro.nl -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: Nora Lewis Aan: Applied Ethology Datum: dinsdag 18 juli 2000 15:59 Onderwerp: gestation stalls > > >> ---------- >> Van: Nora Lewis[SMTP:NORA_LEWIS@UMANITOBA.CA] >> Verzonden: dinsdag 18 juli 2000 15:49:43 >> Aan: Applied Ethology >> Onderwerp: gestation stalls >> Automatisch doorgezonden door een regel >> >List Members, > >I am looking for a review of the benefits and problems encountered by >those countries which have banned gestation stalls for sows. I would >like to pass this information on to our swine industry but don't have >time to do a literature search. Any help would be appreciated. > >Nora >-- >Nora Lewis, Ph.D., DVM >Department of Animal Science, >University of Manitoba, >12 Dafoe Rd., >Winnipeg, Manitoba, >Canada. R3T 2N2 > >phone: 204 474-9443 > fax: 204 474-7628 > > --Boundary_(ID_EsPe8mJ2AhsqmQOLLhOSNA)-- From: IN%"morris@posta.unizar.es" "Morris Villarroel" 20-JUL-2000 06:59:38.82 To: IN%"Applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" CC: Subj: RE: Pig & cattle transportation Dear Marie Haskell and all, Thank you for your reply regarding cattle behaviour.=20 I think I would be most interested in the novel object test you mentioned. What signs of fear would you use?=20 I agree that measuring behavioural stress is difficult but my idea was to use a combination of behaviours to make a score that may help to decide whether the animal is suffering an unreasonable amount of stress and/or whether the loading/unloading facilities are adequate. Once loading begins we just count the frequency of urinations, defecations, reversals (turning away from loading direction) and balks, among other measurements like falls, slips, salivation etc. This gives us a rough idea of the ease of loading, taking into account loading time as well. In any case, I would be interested to learn more about your project. For those of you who may be interested, I finally found one paper on diurnal cortisol patterns: Thun et al. 1981. 24h secretory pattern of cortisol in the bull. Endocrinology 109: 2208. =20 Morris ****************************** Morris Villarroel Departamento de Producci=F3n Animal y Ciencia de los Alimentos Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Zaragoza Miguel Servet, 177 E- 50013 Zaragoza, Spain Tel: 34 976 761000 (ext.4149) Fax: 976 761612 e-mail: morris@posta.unizar.es =20 From: IN%"rushenj@EM.AGR.CA" "Jeff Rushen" 20-JUL-2000 07:13:35.23 To: IN%"morris@posta.unizar.es", IN%"Applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" CC: Subj: RE: Pig & cattle transportation Try: J Dairy Sci 1993 Sep;76(9):2607-12=20 Circadian and ultradian rhythms of peripheral cortisol concentrations in lactating dairy cows. Lefcourt AM, Bitman J, Kahl S, Wood DL In my opinion, vocalization and defecation are the clearest behaviours to = use, but often don't correlate with cortisol concentrations. Vocalization is problematic since it is highly = sensitive to social isolation and may be a response to specific types of stress. The amount of movement is also = problematic since movement seems to increase with some types of stress and = decrease with other types of stress. Jeff Rushen >>> Morris Villarroel 07/19 4:46 am >>> Dear Dr. Zanella and all, Regarding animal transportation, we have just begun a three year project = on cattle transport from farm to abattoir (the CATRA project) in Europe (Spain, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Slovenia) and there are several private companies involved. Some of us may try to go to Maryland but I will personally not be able to make it. As far as I know, lots of work has been done on pig transportation in Spain (where I work), but much less on cattle. I will look into it further and get back to you. While on the subject, I have two general questions about measuring plasmatic and behavioural parameters related to animal welfare: 1. where can I find nice graphs or tables of diurnal variations in = cortisol levels for one or more cattle breeds (surprisingly it is more difficult to find than I thought).=20 2. would any of you know of reliable behavioural scores for cattle that = may be useful to measure stress or welfare levels, such as those used by doctors on humans (anxiety etc.) Thank you, Morris ****************************** Morris Villarroel Departamento de Producci=F3n Animal y Ciencia de los Alimentos Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Zaragoza Miguel Servet, 177 E- 50013 Zaragoza, Spain Tel: 34 976 761000 (ext.4149) Fax: 976 761612 e-mail: morris@posta.unizar.es =20 From: IN%"JNM@dmu.ac.uk" "Jeremy Marchant" 21-JUL-2000 04:43:17.01 To: IN%"Applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" CC: Subj: PhD Studentship in Animal Cognition PhD Studentship in Animal Cognition Dr Rob Young in collaboration with Dr Jonathan Cooper and Daniel Mills MRCVS are selecting candidates for a studentship in Dog Behaviour and Cognition at the Faculty of Applied Science, De Montfort University. The studentship is a departmental allocation award where we are required to put for a suitable candidate for internal competition. We are looking for a candidate with an interest in animal behaviour, animal psychology or animal welfare with an MSc. or BSc.1st or good 2:1 in a relevant discipline such as Zoology, Animal Science or Psychology. If successful the candidate would be expected to begin on October 1st 2000 and no later than January 1st 2001. Application forms and further details are available from Jonathan Cooper on email (jjcooper@dmu.ac.uk) or the address below with a deadline for completed applications of August 16th 2001. Dr. Jonathan Cooper School of Agriculture Faculty of Applied Science De Montfort University Caythorpe Court Caythorpe Lincolnshire NG32 3EP Tel: 01400 275678 Fax: 01400 275686 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Dr. Jeremy Marchant, Senior Research Fellow, School of Agriculture, De Montfort University, Caythorpe, Grantham, Lincs., NG32 3 EP, UK. +44 1400 275682 jnm@dmu.ac.uk http://www.dmu.ac.uk/ln/Agriculture/staffcvs/Dr.JeremyN.Marchant.htm http://www.dmu.ac.uk/ln/Agriculture/pigs ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ From: IN%"PetherC@prose.dpi.qld.gov.au" "Petherick, Carol (TBC)" 23-JUL-2000 22:10:06.32 To: IN%"applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" "'ethology'" CC: Subj: pinioning All Just to thank those who contributed to my search for information on the above. There appears to be little (if any?) experimental work or studies on this. Most information is veterinary (and other) opinion. It appears that it is a procedure that is generally 'frowned upon' and considered to be a 'mutilation' and therefore should not be conducted. It also appears to be more of an issue with long-legged birds, as it affects the balance of males when they mount to mate. As for pain, well the opinion is that it would depend on the amount of tissue damaged and the age of the bird when it was carried out. It's likely it would be no different from beak or toe amputation (in potential pain terms). I guess there may be some good reasons to perform pinioning, but it comes down to an ethical decision and each case would have to be judged on its own merit. Thanks once again to those who helped out. Carol "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." Mahatma Gandhi Carol Petherick Senior Scientist (Animal Behaviour and Welfare) Queensland Beef Industry Institute Tropical Beef Centre PO Box 5545 Central Qld Mail Centre Rockhampton Qld 4702 Australia email: petherc@dpi.qld.gov.au tel: (0)7 4923 8200 fax: (0)7 4923 8222 From: IN%"Caroline.Docking@adas.co.uk" "Caroline Docking" 24-JUL-2000 07:45:26.43 To: IN%"Applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" CC: Subj: Enrichment for pigs I'm currently working on a project looking at possible methods of environme= ntal enrichment for pigs. Does anyone have any suggestions as to possible objects or substrates? These may not necessarily have been used for pigs in the past but should be= suitable for larger animals. Thanks. Caroline Docking ADAS Terrington Tel. (01553) 828621 Fax. (01553) 827229 For more information on ADAS, visit our website at http://www.adas.co.uk. The information transmitted is intended only for the addressee and=20 may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by parties other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you receive this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. Opinions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of ADAS are neither given nor endorsed by it. From: IN%"d.arey@ab.sac.ac.uk" 24-JUL-2000 09:15:35.32 To: IN%"Applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" CC: Subj: RE: Enrichment for pigs Dear Caroline, If it is foraging type activities that you wish to promote, then anything that the pigs can root and chew would be most suitable eg. straw. Violet Beattie found order of preference for active growing pigs was spent mushroom compost, peat, sawdust, sand, woodbark and straw. We found foraging increased from control (19%); additional straw (32%); food pellets in straw (37%); turnips in straw (63%). We also found they had no preference between barley, wheat or rape straw. It is also interesting to see how big a hole they will dig in sand and how much fun they have with empty paper food bags. For a more high-tech approach you could try the Edinburgh foodball. Beware of tyres because many contain wires. If you want your enrichment to last, make it indestructable eg. chain but I somehow think that that despites the object. Dale On 24 Jul 2000, at 14:44, Caroline Docking wrote: > I'm currently working on a project looking at possible methods of environmental enrichment for pigs. > Does anyone have any suggestions as to possible objects or substrates? > These may not necessarily have been used for pigs in the past but should be suitable for larger animals. > Thanks. > > Caroline Docking > ADAS Terrington > Tel. (01553) 828621 > Fax. (01553) 827229 > > > > For more information on ADAS, visit our website at > http://www.adas.co.uk. > > > > The information transmitted is intended only for the addressee and > may contain confidential and/or privileged material. > Any use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information > by parties other than the intended recipient is prohibited. > If you receive this in error, please contact the sender and delete the > material from any computer. > Opinions and other information in this message that do not relate to > the official business of ADAS are neither given nor endorsed by it. > Dr Dale Arey SAC Animal Biology Division Craibstone Aberdeen AB21 9YA Tel 01224 711058 Fax 01224 711292 www.sac.ac.uk The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. When addressed to our clients any opinions or advice contained in this email are subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing client engagement letter.' From: IN%"Nora_Lewis@UManitoba.CA" "Nora Lewis" 24-JUL-2000 14:49:27.60 To: IN%"Caroline.Docking@adas.co.uk" "Caroline Docking" CC: IN%"applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" "Applied Ethology" Subj: RE: Enrichment for pigs Caroline, We routinely use chains as environmental enrichment. Due to the high quality feed and pelleted diets the pigs need and like the chance for oral manipulation. Chains are not the best from the point of view of maleability but are easy to disinfect. We have also used balls for weanlings which they seemed to enjoy and destroy. The balls we used were industrial stopcocks. Nora Caroline Docking wrote: > I'm currently working on a project looking at possible methods of environmental enrichment for pigs. > Does anyone have any suggestions as to possible objects or substrates? > These may not necessarily have been used for pigs in the past but should be suitable for larger animals. > Thanks. > > Caroline Docking > ADAS Terrington > Tel. (01553) 828621 > Fax. (01553) 827229 > > For more information on ADAS, visit our website at > http://www.adas.co.uk. > > The information transmitted is intended only for the addressee and > may contain confidential and/or privileged material. > Any use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information > by parties other than the intended recipient is prohibited. > If you receive this in error, please contact the sender and delete the > material from any computer. > Opinions and other information in this message that do not relate to > the official business of ADAS are neither given nor endorsed by it. -- Nora Lewis, Ph.D., DVM Department of Animal Science, University of Manitoba, 12 Dafoe Rd., Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. R3T 2N2 phone: 204 474-9443 fax: 204 474-7628 From: IN%"keckert@larc.ucsf.edu" "Eckert, Katie" 27-JUL-2000 11:30:35.78 To: IN%"Applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" CC: Subj: RE: Enrichment for pigs Hi, We have several both commercially available toys and homemade devices which have been succesful with our pigs here. Exelpet Frame Balls, which are rubber cage-like toys that provide extensive chewing time are favorites, these used to be available through RC Steele and Co and may still be. We also like the Planet Pet Goodie Ships (available through Dressler's dog supplies), which are very hard rubber flying saucer - shaped toys with openings that we stuff banana into, and they will spend a significant amount of time working the banana out of the middle of the openings. We also hang scrub brushes in their cages for scratching and chewing, and a variety hard plastic toys and other rubber toys for chewing are available (Booda yapples, Booda chop chewies are among the more heavily used ones--also available through Dressler's). Boomer balls, which we can fill partially with water, are used to encourage rooting behavior. We tried using bowling balls for a while, but the pigs rolled them so hard that they were damaging the tile on the walls of their pens. Finally, we have placed cut pieces of 2" PVC in their feed boxes with a slightly angled bevel on the bottom, which forces them to "root" for their food and greatly increases (roughly doubles) foraging time. Hope this helps. Best wishes, Katie ************************************************* Katherine Eckert Environmental Enrichment Technician UCSF Laboratory Animal Resource Center 513 Parnassus Ave Box 0564 San Francisco, CA 94143-0564 Email: KEckert@larc.ucsf.edu Fax: (415) 502-6107 From: IN%"lcpmf@cca.ufsc.br" 28-JUL-2000 12:08:03.37 To: IN%"Applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" CC: Subj: 34th CONGRESS OF ISAE Final Announcement / Useful information 34th CONGRESS OF ISAE Final Announcement / Useful information Dear colleague: We are pleased to invite you to the 34th International Congress of the International Society for Applied Ethology (ISAE). The Congress will be held in the city of Florianópolis, Brazil, from 17 - 20 of October 2000. Please find all details regarding the Congress at our web site: http://www.cca.ufsc.br/isae2000 Please find below the latest information regarding the Congress: 1. REGISTRATION DEADLINE for the Congress with a 25% discount has been postponed to AUGUST 15th. A registration form is available at our home page. 2. VEGETARIAN FOOD will be available at the Costão do Santinho Resort during the Congress. At registration, people will be asked for food preferences to help with planning. 3. DETAILS ON AFTER CONGRESS TOURS will be available on our home page next Monday, 31st of July. Prices will be given with or without air transportation for people who wish to purchase the VARIG's Brazil Air Pass. 4. DO NOT FORGET to book your accommodation, either directly at Costão do Santinho (reservas@costao.com.br or recepcao@costao.com.br; fax: +55 48 261-1236 or phone: from overseas +55 48 261-1234, from Brazil 0800-481000); or with Turisan (turisan@turisan.com.br; or fax: +55 48 224-5777). In either case, do not forget to mention ISAE2000 in your reservation request. 5. THE SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM is now defined, and will be available in our home page next Monday, 31st of July. Jeff Rushen will give the Wood-Gush Memorial Lecture this year. We will have seven plenary talks. Three will be given in individual sessions. Due to the large number of excellent papers submitted as plenary papers on the "Domestication and the ethology of managed wild animals" four others were organised in a special plenary session. There will also be 50 short oral presentations, 2 workshops and 118 posters. A large number (205) of good abstracts were submitted. Most of them were submitted as oral presentations. Therefore, making choices among them was a hard task. In the selection process, the Scientific Committee has adopted and applied the general guideline criteria from our Society. We had a group of 36 respected scientists from all over the world working as reviewers for our Congress. The first and most important criterion we have adopted was the reviewers' opinion about each abstract. Then, other points were taken into consideration, the main one being the author status (student or senior). Therefore, we adopted the policy of giving young scientists (not only students) a preference for the oral presentations, which is why the proportion of orals being presented by young scientists (42%) is much higher than the overall proportion of papers submitted by young scientists (28%). When possible, we tried to keep a proportion of oral papers with the number of papers submitted per ! coun try. We are looking forward to meeting you in Florianópolis! Organising Committee of the 34th Congress of ISAE. --------------------------------------------- Luiz Carlos Pinheiro Machado Filho, Ph.D LETA - Laboratório de Etologia Aplicada Depto. de Zootecnia e Des. Rural - CCA Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina Rodovia Admar Gonzaga, 1346, Itacorubi. Florianópolis, SC, BRASIL. 88.034-001 FAX: (+5548) 331-5350 Phone: (+55 48) 331-5349 / 331-5353 E-mail: LCPMF@cca.ufsc.br Please visit the home page: 34th Congress of International Society for Applied Ethology, 17 - 20 October 2000. Florianópolis, BRAZIL. http://www.cca.ufsc.br/isae2000/