| 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 |
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| 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 |