Latest Health and Wellbeing Work
Two research briefings on promoting postive welfare in dairy cattle and sheep. Both briefings use social research combined with what science suggests contributes to positve welfare in dairy cattle and sheep.
Research briefing by Professor Alistair Lawrence. Following on from his previous briefing on positive animal welfare, this briefing focusses on how to asses good life in animals, including farmed species.
Research briefing by Professor Alistair Lawrence on the implications of postive animal welfare. Positive farm animal welfare is in sympathy with public opinion, and is supported by science. This briefing introduces the potential benefits of postive animal welfare to farmers, retailers, consumers and wider society.
SRUC’s Epidemiology Research Unit at Inverness conducted a survey at the end of 2016/beginning of 2017, which targeted keepers of between 1 and 50 birds of any species in Scotland. The aim of the survey was to explore poultry-keepers’ attitudes to the management and welfare of their birds and to establish the utilisation of eggs and /or meat produced. This research briefing summarises the main findings.