South West Europe Region
The South West Europe Region of the ISAE includes France, Italy, Portugal and Spain.
About your Regional Secretaries
Former Regional Secretaries
Previous Regional Conferences
South West Europe Regional Meeting 2024
The 2nd Regional Meeting of ISAE South West Europe took place at ICBAS - School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Porto in Portugal on Friday 12 July 2024 (immediately after the UFAW International Animal Welfare Congress (10-11/7) and at the same venue).
South West Europe Regional Meeting 2022
The first SWE ISAE – Red CIBA joint meeting was finally a reality the 14-15th of July, in Barcelona. Great opportunity for sharing, connecting and weaving west European research in Animal Welfare. Here you have the proceedings of the meeting!
France
Italy
Consiglio per la ricerca e la sperimentazione in agricoltura
Università degli Studi della Basilicata
Università degli studi di Foggia
Università degli Studi di Messina
Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca
Università degli Studi di Milano La Statale
Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Portugal
Research groups in Animal Welfare and Applied Ethology
Animal Behaviour and Welfare Laboratory, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Lisbon
Animal Behaviour and Welfare Laboratory (ABW Lab) is focusing its work on developing farm animal welfare assessment protocols for ruminants (e.g. AWIN) and also organizing the training of animal welfare auditors.
Fish Ethology and Welfare group , CCMAR - Centre of Marine Sciences of the Algarve
The Fish Ethology and Welfare group conducts research on ethology and welfare of aquatic animals, focusing on fundamental aspects of behaviour of aquatic animals, assessing the welfare of aquatic animals in aquaculture, fisheries, aquariums and experimental settings, and improving the welfare of aquatic animals using science-based applications and development.
Laboratory Animal Science group , i3S - Institute for Research and Innovation in Health, University of Porto
The Laboratory Animal Science group works with issues of animal behaviour and welfare and ethics of animal use, primarily but not exclusively within the context of animals in research.
Postgraduate training in Animal Welfare and Applied Ethology
Mestrado em Comportamento Animal aplicado ao Bem-estar Global, ICBAS, University of Porto
Pós-graduação em Promoção do Bem-Estar Animal, ISPA – Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas, Sociais e da Vida
Other relevant links
Portuguese Ethological Society
PSIAnimal – Associação Portuguesa de Terapia do Comportamento e do Bem-Estar Animal
Spain
Research groups in Animal Welfare and Applied Ethology
Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries
The Animal Welfare research activity in IRTA started in 1996 in the Meat and Carcass Quality Department. By that time, the main research activity was oriented to the assessment of pre-slaughter handling on meat quality in pigs. The Animal Welfare Group was created in 2009 with the new scientific structure of IRTA, and it is part of the Animal Production scientific area. Currently, the Animal Welfare research activities are focused on four consolidated main lines: animal welfare at slaughter transport, animal welfare during transport, animal welfare assessment systems on farm and at slaughterhouse; and links between animal welfare and sustainability in extensive and intensive production systems.
Centro de Investigación y Technología Animal (CITA)
Universidad Cardenal Herrera
NEIKER – Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development
Universidad de León
Postgraduate training in Animal Welfare and Applied Ethology
Máster en bienestar animal, Universitat Autonòma Barcelona
Animal Welfare Education Centre
Curso de Especialización en etología y medicina del comportamento, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Other relevant links
The Welfair® animal welfare certification program
RedCIBA Network for animal welfare research
Servicio de Nutrición y Bienestar Animal
