#TieStall #welfare #AnimalWelfare #CowLife #Sustaintability #McGill #McGillUniversity We are excited and proud to announce that MSc candidate Jessica St John has done a wonderful job presenting the findings for her research study on tie-rail position for her results seminar today! Jessica's presentation marks a milestone for the Cowlife team - our first official results seminar of the research chair! We look forward to many more to come. To provide you, our dearest followers,

#ISAE2018 #CowlifeMcgill #GradLIfeMcGIll #Ethology #McGillUniversity #InternationalSocietyForAppliedEthology #cowwelfare #welfare #TiedStall #AnimalScience #PrinceEdwardIsland #CanadainScience #EthologyHealthWelfare #Canada #WomeninScience PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND CANADA CowLife McGill took a knowledge-pack, fun-filled trip to the Canadian Atlantic coast for the 52nd annual meeting of the International Society for Applied Ethology (ISAE) in beautiful Charlottetown, Prince Edward

#ADSA2018 #AmericanDairyScienceAssociation #CowLifeMcGill #Ethology #AnimalWelfare #DairyScience #Dairy #Welfare #McGill The Cowlife crew sent a large deligate to the American Dairy Science Association (ADSA) 2018 annual meeting, with six members of our team (plus three friends of our team) having attended this year. ADSA is one of the most comprehensive dairy science meetings in the world spanning a range of topics such as behavior and welfare, reproduction, genetics, lacta

#ISAE2017 #AppliedEthology #AnimalScience #Welfare #AnimalWelfare Graduate students Elise Shepley (PhD candidate) Jessica St John (MSc candidate), along with Dr. Elsa Vasseur, attended the International Society of Applied Ethology (ISEA) 2017 conference in the lovely city of Aarhus, Denmark. This conference was an engaging experience, allowing for the transfer of new knowledge and networking between colleagues in the field of applied ethology. A recap of the presentations tha

#AnimalScience #AnimalWelfare #Welfare #CowLIfe Our lab is currently working with Dairy Farmers of Canada on the proAction® initiative to develop a series of experiments, which will provide recommendations to producers on tie-stall design. These experiments will test varying aspects (width, length, neck rail position, chain length, etc.) of the tie-stall to see how they impact the cow and her ability to use her space within the tie-stall. Véronique Boyer and Erika Edwards’ st