CHAIRE Graduate Students Madeline Winans, Yolonda Bradshaw, Jade Werner, Nicole Lorig, and Zach England recently attended the Center for Animal Welfare Science Conference hosted by Purdue University which took place on May 15-16.
Featured speakers included: David Fraser, PhD, University of British Columbia; Anna Johnson, PhD, Iowa State University; Janice Swanson, PhD, Michigan State University; Nicole Widmar, PhD, Purdue University; and Jan Shearer, DVM, Iowa State University.
Students were awarded scholorships to attend and presented group power points during the conference along with other award winners.
Nicole Lorig also presented a poster presentation session of her research with sows at The Ohio State University titled "Preconditioning Sows with Classical Music to Reduce Aggression in Group Housing."
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