A multidisciplinary approach to improve welfare, health and longevity in dairy cows
Special seminar by Dr. Renée Bergeron, Associate Professor and Director, Alfred Campus, University of Guelph.
All Staff and Students are encouraged to attend.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Dr. Bergeron received her BSc in Animal Science and her MSc in Animal Nutrition – both at Université Laval in 1989 and 1991, respectively. After completing her PhD in Animal Behaviour at the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) in 1995, she was hired as an Assistant Professor (and later promoted to Associate Professor) at Université Laval in their Department of Animal Science. Her main areas of expertise focussed on animal welfare and behaviour, and the ethics of animal use.
In 2007, Dr. Bergeron moved to the University of Guelph to become Director of the Alfred Campus.
Dr. Bergeron has served on several provincial, national and international committees involved with animal welfare including the Expert Committee on Farm Animal Welfare and Behaviour, Standards Committees for animal care in pigs, sheep, and beef, and the 5th International Conference on the Assessment of Animal Welfare at Farm and Group Level (2011). She continues to serve as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Animal Welfare Foundation of Canada.
Dr. Bergeron is a candidate for the NSERC-Novalait-DFC Industry Research Chair in Sustainable Life of Dairy Cattle