A MEETING OF MINDS on the welfare of beef cattle Animal Welfare / Animal Welfare Posted by JimEdwards on Jul 03, 2008 - 03:47 PM Kansas State University's Beef Cattle Institute hosts international symposium Source: [1]The May 28-30 symposium attracted hundreds of participants—including veterinarians, producers, and academics—to examine the welfare of beef cattle relevant to weaning, castration, dehorning, transport, feedlots, slaughter, and other situations. The presymposium sessions featured a cattle handling demonstration and producers' roundtable. The meeting's keynote speakers described the beef cattle industry in Europe and New Zealand. Other speakers addressed welfare challenges for the U.S. beef cattle industry, welfare guidelines and legislation in this country, methods of assessing pain and distress in cattle, and approaches to welfare concerns. Dr. Ken Odde, head of the K-State animal science department, said during his opening remarks, "I think this conference is particularly timely because animal welfare is clearly not just an important issue but, I believe, a growing issue in animal agriculture." Read more [2] ... This article is from World Veterinary Association   http://worldvet.org/ The URL for this story is:   http://worldvet.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=4354 Links in this article   [1] http://www.avma.org/onlnews/javma/jul08/080715a.asp   [2] http://www.avma.org/onlnews/javma/jul08/080715a.asp