Swine welfare standards are developing in the major pork producing countries, bringing opportunities, challenges and for many, a need to manage the pace of change. What are the driving forces for change and how does Canada compare? This talk will offer insights and discuss implications for the Canadian swine industry.
Yolande Seddon is an assistant professor in swine behaviour and welfare at the University of Saskatchewan’s Western College of Veterinary Medicine, and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Industrial Research Chair in Swine Welfare.
Mrs. Seddon leads a growing research group in Saskatoon and provides animal welfare consultation for swine industry groups and retailers. Her academic training is in applied ethology (animal behaviour) and the scientific assessment of animal welfare.
She holds a BSc (Hons) in animal behaviour and welfare (Central Lancashire, UK), an MSc in animal biology and welfare, (Writtle, Essex, UK), and a PhD in finisher pig health management (Newcastle, UK).
Focusing on pigs, she spent time working on indoor and outdoor units in the UK before moving to Canada in 2012 for a postdoctoral position at the Prairie Swine Centre. She later joined the Western College of Veterinary Medicine in 2016. Her research mandate is to contribute science to help developing lasting solutions to swine welfare challenges and support sustainable farming practices.
Areas of previous research include an evaluation of exercise for stall-housed sows, management of the gestating sows in group-housing, the economics of higher welfare free-farrowing systems, weaner transport. Current research includes: environmental enrichment on disease resilience in swine, biological markers for the assessment of swine welfare.
She is the section editor for swine behaviour and welfare articles for the Journal of Swine Health and Production.
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