The biggest Animal Welfare
project in Europe –Animal Welfare Indicators (AWIN) held its third annual
conference between the 13th and 15th of May 2014 to
discuss the science and dissemination behind the animal welfare assessment
protocols developed so far.
Dr Fritha Langford, from
JMICAWE and leader of the education work package of AWIN presented the latest
learning materials and outreach to animal welfare stakeholders present at the
conference. All of the AWIN learning materials will be hosted on the Animal
Welfare Science Hub (www.animalwelfarehub.com)
and available to view and download for free.
There are a series of
learning materials on the subject of animal pain in general and assessing pain
in horses in particular. At the conference AWIN launched a smartphone app
produced for horse owners and equine clinicians to learn about, train with and
use the Horse Grimace Scale (HGS), a pain scoring system using facial
expression in horses. The HGS App is now available to download for Android
systems from the Animal Welfare Science Hub or directly from Google Play.
Over the coming months more
learning materials and smartphone apps will be launched and available to use or
download for use in teaching and learning from the Animal Welfare Science Hub.
However, the Hub is not just a place for AWIN materials, stakeholders are
encouraged to share or link to their own educational material to enable wider
access to animal welfare education for all.
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| Horse Grimace Scale |
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