Roberta Maria D'Alessio

Thanks to @UCD_CHAS for celebrating #WorldAnimalDay! Ireland's 1st law on #AnimalWelfare dates back to 1635 - it focused on 'barbarous' acts eg attaching the plough to a horse's tail and pulling wool from live sheep 😱 In 2021 @ucddublin became a partner in @eurcaw_re

📣📣📣ABSTRACTS SUBMISSION 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐄𝐗𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐃! We decided to delay the deadline for submitting abstracts for the 75th EAAP Annual Meeting to 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟕𝐭𝐡! 📍 Where: Florence, Italy 🇮🇹 📅 When: September 1st-5th, 2024 🌐 info: eaap2024.org

📅 SAVE THE DATE !!!! Join us in Belfast from 9th - 14th April next year to tackle big issues themed around the role of livestock in our ecosystems and economy. Registration will open in October but you can keep up to date 👉🏻bsas.org.uk/conference-2024 #bsas2024 #animalscience

Excellent talk today as well from @kevinjerez, who investigated the use of antibacterial plants to prevent post-weaning diarrhoea in pigs @eaap2023Lyon @MonoGutHealth

Is there a future for experimental animal research in Europe? J. Van Milgen and Chalvon-Demersey talked about the #3Rs on #animalresearch @eaap2023Lyon #animalscience

I'm so glad I'm able to meet amazing, #inspiringresearcher here at @eaap2023Lyon. They never stop working! Thanks @LABoyle2 @EAAPofficial #AnimalWelfare

Another fantastic talk from the @TeagascPig group here at @eaap2023Lyon. @ElisaARNAUD2 is talking about the effects of glutamine and/or milk post-weaning

@eaap2023Lyon, @LABoyle2 is talking about improving sows' welfare. A work conducted by Dr @MartynaLagoda in @TeagascPig

@LABoyle2 is talking about pig teeth clipping Another amazing talk here in the @eaap2023Lyon

@Lucy_Markland_ is talking about ear necrosis on commercial Irish farms. The @TeagascPig research group are investigating the risk factors associated with these endemic problems

@LABoyle2 @TeagascPig Thank you laura

Roberta D’Alessio @teagascpig on the findings from her assessment of the validity of the Irish #tailbiting risk assessment tool #pigwelfare

Following @eaap2023Lyon, @TeagascPig continues talking about the benefits of providing enrichment provisions described by PhD student Melissa Cupido

How can we improve welfare on commercial pig farms? @KeelinODriscoll talked about it on the @eaap2023Lyon, describing the multiple studies performed by @TeagascPig research team!

First up at #eaap2023 and first up for @TeagascPig is @KeelinODriscoll talking about how to improve #pigwelfare in commercial intensive production systems 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

📷 Welcome to the new edition of the EAAP Congress. Meet us at the Lyon Congress Center from 08:30 am for the interbull meeting! Find the complete scientific #program on the website: eaap2023.org/.../08/EAAP202…

@ShaneMcAuliffe1 Thank you so much Shane 🙂

@RobertaMDA Congrats on the publication Roberta

Comparison between two scoring methods to assess tail damage of docked pig carcasses during postmortem inspection in Ireland - D'Alessio - 2023 - Veterinary Record Open - Wiley Online Library bvajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/vr…

@wafl2021 day 3 - Poster Presentation! Almost there 🐷🐽

@LABoyle2 @wafl2021 I do not know if this is due to culture or perception, but in my opinion they need to re-consider their system 😑

Tail length and sheep shearing in ‘Humans in the loop’ session #wafl2021 Farmers: ‘anything you can do to keep shearers happy’ unfortunately including practices associated with poor #animalwelfare