Center for the Interaction of Animals and Society

University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine | 3800 Spruce St. Phildelphia, PA 19106 | Phone: 215.898.5438

Center for the interaction of Animals and Society
School of Veterinary Medicine,   University of Pennsylvania
Dr. James A. Serpell, Director
The Center for the Interactions of Animals and Society (CIAS)
in association with the Center for Animal Health Productivity (CAHP), announces		  
The Sixth Interdisciplinary Conference on Human Relations with Animals and the Natural World

 

FOOD ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND THE NEW MILLENIUM:
Ethical, Environmental, and Societal Impacts

Friday, November 5, 1999, 10:15 am-4:30pm
The Auditorium, The Wistar Institute, 36th and Spruce Streets,   Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA

Program  
10:15am Registration & refreshments
Chair James A. Serpell (CIAS, UPenn)
10:45 Contentious Issues in Animal Production: The Broader Context of Environmental and Social Concerns.
Paul B.Thompson, Ph.D., Joyce and Edward E. Brewer Distinguished Professor, Dept. of Philosophy, Purdue University  Read the abstract
11:30 Questions and General Discussion
12:00 Lunch
1:00 pm The Culture and Agriculture of Animal Production
David Fraser, Ph.D., Professor of Animal Welfare, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Centre of Applied Ethics, University of British Columbia, Canada  Read the abstract
1:40 Questions and General Discussion
Chair Thomas D. Parsons (CAHP, UPenn)
2:00 Animal Wefare Issues in the Poultry Industry: Is there a Lesson to be Learned?
Ian J.H. Duncan, Ph.D., Professor of Ethology and Chair in Animal Welfare, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada  Read the abstract
2:40 Questions and General Discussion
3:00 Break for Refreshments
3:30 Animal Welfare Issues int he Dairy and Swine Industries
Jeffrey Rushen Ph.D., Dairy and Swine Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Quebec, Canada  Read the abstract
4:10 Questions and General Discussion
4:30 pm Conference ends