BWAP team
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Dr Helen (Becky) WhayHelen was awarded her PhD from Bristol University in 1998 following work to improve methods of pain relief for UK dairy cattle. Helen is now part of a research team at Bristol Veterinary School which focuses on methods of animal welfare assessment and improvement. Recently her own work has included conducting welfare assessments of cattle, laying hens and pigs for the RSPCA and initiating projects such as a dairy cattle lameness initiative to provide targeted welfare improvement. She has researched, published and presented papers extensively in the arena of animal welfare assessment and improvement both within the UK and at international forums. Helen also been working, for the past two years, in collaboration with the Brooke Hospital for Animals on a project aimed at facilitating welfare improvement among working equines abroad. |
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Dr David MainDr David Main is the BVA Animal Welfare Foundation Lecturer in Animal Welfare. He is holder of the RCVS Diploma in Animal Welfare, Science, Ethics and Law and is responsible for welfare and ethics teaching to both veterinary and veterinary nurse undergraduates. His research interests include applied welfare assessment for livestock, working horses, laboratory mice and pet rabbits. |
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Kathy AnzuinoKathy Anzuino is a veterinary surgeon clinical scholar in farm animal health and welfare at Bristol Veterinary School. She holds the RCVS certificate in Animal Welfare Science, Ethics and Law. |
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Dr Christine LeebDr. med. vet. Christine Leeb is a veterinarian, who carried out her doctoral thesis on welfare assessment of pregnant sows in Austria. During the past four years she worked at the University of Bristol as Matthew Eyton Resident for Farm Animal Welfare and as a research assistant. Her main research interests are on-farm welfare assessment with emphasis on pigs, organic farming systems and preventive medicine. |
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Prof. A.J WebsterJohn Webster is Emeritus Professor of Animal Husbandry. He has been involved in the science and promotion of animal welfare for over 30 years. He was a founder member of the Farm Animal Welfare Council and the original proponent of the 'Five Freedoms'. His current major activities include the development of animal-based systems for assessing the welfare of farm animals and the problem of lameness in dairy cattle. His latest book, 'Animal Welfare: Limping towards Eden' will be published early in 2005. |