Mediterranean Region
The Mediterranean Region of the ISAE includes France, Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain.
About your Regional Secretaries
Research and education programs
Visit the following web page if you want to know more about a European Project on Welfare in an Enlarged Europe:
Below, you can find information about more research and education resources specific to the Mediterranean region of the ISAE.
France
Greece
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
(Εθνικόν και Καποδιστριακόν Πανεπιστήμιον Αθηνών)
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 Napoli Federico II
Portugal
co-Ethology Research Unit, Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada, Lisbon
This research unit operates in the marine sciences. It grew from an initial core of researchers dedicated to the study of fish behaviour, especially in littoral fish. The study of behaviour of littoral fish led the team to extend its activities to the study of fish ecology, larval biology, monitoring and conservation, biogeography, phylogeny, phylogeography and evolution; estuarine and freshwater fish were also integrated in our area of research.
Laboratory Animal Science group, i3S - Institute for Research and Innoviation 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.
Other institutions
Instituto de Ciências Agrárias Mediterrânicas
Sociedade Portuguesa de Etologia
Interesting Links
Portuguese blog about animal welfare and animal ethics, written by researchers and students
Spain
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, animal welfare during transport, animal welfare assessment systems on farm and at slaughterhouse; and evaluation of alternatives to painful management procedures (such as dehorning and castration).
Others
Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias
