At the workshop The Face Says It All: Pain Assessment in Animals Using Facial Expressions, students were presented with how they can recognize pain in animals by recognising facial expressions. Recognizing pain is a major problem in alleviating pain in animals, as humans, due to alienation from nature, no longer know the non-verbal language and signs that different animal species use to express pain.
The workshop Prevention of the spread of infectious diseases in the case of African swine fever (ASF) took place with an introductory presentation and a practical demonstration of biosecurity measures when entering pig farming with suspected ASF (preparation of “clean and unclean” zones, donning and undressing of protective equipment, handling with samples taken, disinfection…). At the end, the students tried to carry out a practical demonstration of biosecurity measures themselves.
The workshop The Use of Animals for Research Purposes Enables Advances in Medicine and Helps to Improve Animal Welfare presented the field of work on experimental animals, which is not only tied to obtaining results, but increasingly also to animal welfare. The researchers encouraged the students to participate in the presentation by asking questions, and at the end they checked their understanding of the topic with a short questionnaire.
Coordinators:
The Face Says It All: Pain Assessment in Animals Using Facial Expressions: Alenka Seliškar, PhD, Katerina Tomsič, PhD, Barbara Lukanc, PhD, Veterinary Faculty
Prevention of the spread of infectious diseases in the case of African swine fever (ASF): Irena Golinar Oven, PhD, Jan Plut, PhD, Veterinary Faculty
The Use of Animals for Research Purposes Enables Advances in Medicine and Helps to Improve Animal Welfare: Tatjana Pirman, PhD, Biotechnical Faculty
Coordinator of the visit to BIC Ljubljana: Jana Brankovič, PhD, Veterinary Faculty
