To learn more about the welfare of dogs used in therapy, as activity, in pedagogics and as coaches within the area of Animal Assisted Interventions. To discuss if there is a need for more regulations and recommendations of this new area. To raise the awareness of the welfare of these dogs among veterinarians and others that may meet the dogs at a veterinary clinic.
Presentations of scientific studies in USA, Sweden and other areas of the world will be combined with presentations of current recommendations and regulations set up by the Scandinavian Therapy and care dogs organization and by the main educating companies of therapy and school dogs. Discussions among dog organizations, researchers and authorities about dog welfare.
When and where?
Date: 5 November 2019 at 12.00 – 17.00
Place: Audhumbla, VHC-building, Ulls väg 26, Ultuna campus, Uppsala.
Videolinks: The whole seminar will be possible to attend by streaming. Use this link.
Organizers
SLU Future Animals, Nature and Health in collaboration with Swedish Centre for Animal Welfare, SCAW at SLU.
Invited
Organizations in Scandinavia educating dogs for work in AAI, researchers, teachers and other personal at the VH-faculty, students at SLU, University Animal Hospital, Swedish Board of Agriculture, other authorities, people on SCAWs list.
Program
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Time
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Subject
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Speaker
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12.00
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Lunch for those registered
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12.45
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Welcome and introduction
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Lena Lidfors & Birgitta Staaf Larsson
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13.00
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The effects of AAI on the animals themselves
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Zenithson Ng
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13.50
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Short break
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14.00
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Strategies to enhance animal welfare in AAI
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Zenithson Ng
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15.00
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Coffee
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15.15
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Children´s attitude and interaction with dogs - a pilot study from vulnerable areas in Sweden
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Elina Åsbjer & Johan Lindsjö
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15.45
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The use and welfare of dogs at elderly care in Sweden - BSc and MSc studies
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Lena Lidfors
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16.00
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Education of dogs used for AAI and recommendations to ensure dog welfare
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Sara Karlberg and Lotti Sundström, Scandinavian Therapy and Care Dogs Organization
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16.30
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Panel discussion with the speakers on developments needed in Sweden
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Ng Zenithson, Elina Åsbjer, Johan Lindsjö, Lena Lidfors, Sara Karlberg and Lotti Sundström
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17.00
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End of meeting
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Participants
Zenithson Ng, DVM, MS, DABVP (Canine and Feline), Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture College of Veterinary Medicine. Chair, American Veterinary Medical Association’s (AVMA) Steering Committee on Human-Animal Interactions (SCHAI) For more information
Elina Åsbjer, DVM, Qualified officer at the Swedish Centre for Animal Welfare (SCAW), Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Epidemiologist at the National Veterinary Institute (SVA), Dep. of Epidemiology and Disease Control.
Johan Lindsjö, DVM, Swedish Specialist in diseases of dogs and cats, M.Sc., Qualified officer at Swedish Centre for Animal Welfare (SCAW) and lecturer at the Department of Animal Environment and Health, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU). For more information about SCAW.
Sara Karlberg and Lotti Sundström, Skandinaviska Vård- och Terapihundsföreningen.
Lena Lidfors, Professor of Ethology at the Department of Animal Environment and Health (SLU) and Program head for SLU Future Animals, Nature and Health. Supervised several BSc and MSc, and one PhD on the use of dogs and cats in elderly care. Course leader of MSc course in Anthrozoology for eight years, and several others courses in ethology and physiology.
Birgitta Staaf Larsson,Qualified Officer at the Swedish Centre for Animal Welfare half time and PhD student half time. Worked as animal welfare inspector for several years and has been course leader for animal welfare courses at the Ethology and Animal Welfare Program at SLU.
Register
In order to participate you must registerthe latest 31 of October.
Questions about the seminar can be sent to djurnaturhalsa@slu.se or phone 0511-67215.
Welcome,
Lena Lidfors, Birgitta Staaf Larsson,
SLU Future Animals, Nature and Health Swedish Centre for Animal Welfare