Past Events
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- Seminar
14 Mar 2024
Animal Health and Welfare Seminar
"Trust, help, friendship, and cooperation: positives of the animal kingdom"
by Dr. Debottam Bhattacharjee
Throughout history, humans have witnessed numerous conflicts that have led to aggressive interventions, such as war, often resulting in the collapse of societies. Fortunately, evolution has equipped us with skills for conflict resolution, alliance formation, and, believe it or not, hyper-cooperation to build or maintain societies. Only recently have we begun seeking parallels in non-human societies to investigate the evolutionary trajectory of such positive skills. Keeping evolution as the backdrop, Dr. Debottam Bhattacharjee will talk about human-animal trust building, and helping, friendships, and cooperation in animal societies, all based on empirical evidence.
Please reach out to us for recordings if you couldn't join us live: centre.ahw@cityu.edu.hk.
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- Seminar
21 Feb 2024
Animal Health and Welfare Seminar
"Dermatological problems of brachycephalic dogs and how to address them"
by Professor Stefan Hobi
Brachycephalic dogs are still very popular, especially because of their "babyface" appearance and personality. Owners are often unaware of the serious health conditions brachycephaly brings along and how this affects the welfare of their beloved ones. These dogs do not only suffer from brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome, but also spinal, dental, gastrointestinal, ophthalmological, cardiovascular and dermatological disorders.
In this webinar we will focus on dermatological diseases associated with brachycephaly since many of these diseases occur on a daily base but are often underrated. Genetic, parasitic, and autoimmune diseases, immune deficiencies, vasculitis, allergies, secondary infections, claw and anal sac diseases, skin folding, alopecia, pruritus and otitis externa/media have all been reflected as problems in brachycephalic dog breeds. These skin conditions can become chronic and difficult to treat, leading to pruritus and pain, affecting the normal behaviour of these dogs and their quality of life.
The knowledge and understanding of these diseases will not only help with treatment considerations, but also client education and are an important step forward in animal welfare and how breed standards for those dogs should be revised.
Please reach out to us for recordings if you couldn't join us live: centre.ahw@cityu.edu.hk.
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- Seminar
21 Feb 2024
Animal Health and Welfare Seminar
"Interventional Radiology Procedures in Veterinary Patients: When, Why, If"
by Dr Josh Steinhaus
When to Intervene in sick patients is a complex and sensitive issue. There are a number of considerations including available treatments, available evidence-based rationale, owners desires and ethical issues (autonomy, beneficence, and non-maleficence). The goal of this talk is to discuss the role of interventional radiology in these cases and how to balance these considerations.
Please reach out to us for recordings if you couldn't join us live: centre.ahw@cityu.edu.hk.
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- Seminar
21 Sep 2023
Animal Health and Welfare Seminar
"Donkey Tales: The labour and gendering of donkeys in central Ethiopia"
by Martha Geiger
In Ethiopia, donkeys are vital to people's everyday lives performing domestic labour (such as transporting water and firewood for household use) and productive labour (such as transporting goods for sale) alongside their human co-workers. Within this multispecies relationship, gendered divisions of labour and socio-cultural constructions shape the ways donkeys and humans work with one another in rural and urban environments. Drawing on equine welfare assessments, semi-structured interviews, and participatory workshops, findings reveal human gender and class intersect where an equivalence is drawn between women and donkeys. Through this alignment, women and donkeys are mutually marginalised and their wellbeing compromised.
This presentation will explore human-donkey labour relations and offer considerations for improvements in interspecies work.
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- Seminar
28 Mar 2023
Animal Health and Welfare Seminar
"What did this pandemic teach us about pet welfare?"
by Dr Sara Platto
The Covid-19 pandemic has no doubts increased public awareness related to One Health and One Welfare issues. In this webinar, Dr Sara Platto at the College of Life Sciences of Jianghan University (Wuhan, China) presented her results from the study carried out during the 2020-2021 period in China, which showed how companion animals might have affected the lives of their owners during the lockdown, and how the restrictions could have positively or negatively influenced the quality of life of the dogs and cats.
Please reach out to us for recordings if you couldn't join us live: centre.ahw@cityu.edu.hk.
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- Seminar
2 Mar 2023
Animal Health and Welfare Seminar
"Why One Welfare is of central relevance for veterinarians?"
by Prof Paul McGreevy
One Welfare is of central relevance for veterinarians because we care about much more than health alone.
In this presentation, veterinarian and ethologist Prof Paul McGreevy introduce this important framework that that recognizes that animal welfare, biodiversity and the environment are intertwined with human wellbeing and community resilience, and ultimately to promote the ethical treatment of all animal.
It is a framework made by vets for the veterinary profession and one that vets need now more than ever. It is fundamental to sustainability. Please reach out to us for recordings if you couldn't join us live: centre.ahw@cityu.edu.hk.
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- Seminar
17 Jan 2023
Animal Health and Welfare Seminar
"Thoroughbred Racehorse Welfare in Training and Racing"
by Dr James Mizzi and Mr Voss Yu
The life of a thoroughbred racehorse evolves across a broad industry, from breeding barn into training stables, then potentially through to multiple secondary careers after retirement from horseracing. Each of these steps have their own unique welfare challenges and considerations.
In this talk, representatives at the HKJC will highlight the importance of recognizing the welfare issues facing racehorses in training and having an understanding of the perception and ethical viewpoints of stakeholders and the general public for developing strategies to improve racehorse welfare. Please join us to learn more from the guest speakers, there will be a follow-up seminar later on about the life of a retired racehorse.
This seminar might have answers for your questions on equine/horse welfare, get in touch with us for the recording: centre.ahw@cityu.edu.hk.
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- Seminar
18 Oct 2022
Animal Health and Welfare Seminar
"Ethical Challenges Associated with Companion Animal Euthanasia"
by Dr Anne Quain
This talk will provide an overview of key ethical challenges around euthanasia of companion animals, and discuss how to increase confidence in decisions to euthanase animals.
Reach out for the recording of this important webinar: centre.ahw@cityu.edu.hk.
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- Seminar
28 Sep 2022
Animal Health and Welfare Seminar
"Veterinary Overtreatment: Just because we can - doesn't mean we should." by Dr Polly Taylor
Ground-breaking, purportedly lifesaving veterinary treatment is sensationalized globally. It may postpone death, but does it actually benefit the animal concerned? Dr Polly Taylor, a well-respected author and award-winner in Anaesthesia and Analgesia, shared her views in this webinar.
Get in touch with us to view this thought-provoking seminar: centre.ahw@cityu.edu.hk.
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- Seminar
7 Apr 2022
CAHW-BVM Animal Welfare Course Seminar
"Cute in Crisis: Challenges and Solutions to the International Boom in Brachycephalic Dogs"
by Dr Rowena Packer
This seminar, co-organised with the BVM Animal Welfare Course, featured Dr Rowena Packer at The Royal Veterinary College to discuss the human factors driving the brachycephalic crisis, and the international strategies taken to attempt to solve it, from measures to improve breed health, to legislation to limit the breeding and/or ownership of afflicted breeds.
Reach out for recordings in case you miss this presentation: centre.ahw@cityu.edu.hk.
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- Seminar
8 Mar 2022
Animal Health and Welfare Seminar
"Working Dog Welfare: from stress to sustainability"
by Dr. Mia Cobb
Working dogs assist people in important and diverse roles globally, such as scent detection, as guides, protectors and herding livestock. The work of these dogs is both economically and socially valuable, prompting interdisciplinary research focus over the last twenty years. In this seminar, Dr. Mia Cobb at the Animal Welfare Science Centre, University of Melbourne explored the human psychology, animal welfare science and ethics that underpin the management, social license and sustainability of modern working dogs. Please get in touch if you would like to access the recording: centre.ahw@cityu.edu.hk.
