Broad Research Aims

• To present critical and systematic analyses of animal welfare issues; identify animal welfare risk factors and develop effective and practical solutions
• To develop frameworks for welfare assessment
• To study biological and cognitive functioning of animals to improve the understanding of their subjective experiences
• To study the welfare implications of health, disease, injury, breeding, husbandry and surgical procedures
• To develop methods for alleviating suffering by the use of analgesia, the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of disease and injury  and the modification/refinement of current practices
• To study ethical issues and human attitudes affecting the use of animals by society

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