Sofia Wilhelmsson

Chronic boredom in pigs 🐷 . ‘Hell is place where you are continually bored’ #animalwelfare #WAFL2024

Ska vi bry oss om kornas metanutsläpp? open.spotify.com/episode/7JdQX6…

Is a microbe less natural than a cow? New season of Feed: a food systems podcast out today. Releasing weekly episodes with scientists, farmers, philosophers and technologists, asking each whether our food systems should be more natural. tabledebates.org/podcast/episod…

Our latest paper about training of pig transport drivers is now published online! Big thanks to everyone involved and to @FormasForsk for making this research possible 🙌🏻 Training of transport drivers improves their handling of pigs during l... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

@JeanLoupRault @SG_PighD @AWSciCent Any updates on this topic? We recently received funding to implement ProHand Pigs(R) in Swe, and published a paper about training of pig transport drivers (also using ProHand). I still think a brainstorm meeting would be good! @mariaceballosb

@SWilhelmssn @SG_PighD It seems that a brainstorming meeting, with all those interested, would be worthwhile. Also with @AWSciCent

Anyone knows any 1/ Voluntary or required #training #programs for farmer in EU ? 2/ EU papers showing that training programs can change #farmer #attitude/handling skills and improve #animal #welfare? Thank you!

@Hemsworth_LM @AWSciCent

Online Journal Pre-proof of our paper: “Training of transport drivers improves their handling of pigs during loading for transport to slaughter” I’m very grateful to all people making this research possible 🐖❤️ sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

@HerskinMette Thank you Mette! We recently received funding from Formas to continue working with the ProHand training program in Sweden, focusing on the pig industry including handling around transport. Happy to talk more about that with you. Not poultry, yet 😊

@SWilhelmssn Congratulations, @SWilhelmssn and co-workers, this is important work. Will the line of thinking be continued in other types of pre-transport handling, e.g. in poultry?

They can remember as many as 50 different faces! 🐑

New research is revealing surprising complexity in the minds of goats, pigs and other livestock. @David_Grimm reports for @ScienceMagazine: science.org/content/articl…

We have now reached a level where standard broiler breeding practices lead to unavoidable suffering. It’s biologically impossible to raise fast growing broiler parents with acceptable welfare. Thanks to my wonderful colleagues for showing this! svtplay.se/video/8q1BpEL/…

Intellektuella män har inte intresserat sig för graviditet – filosofen Jonna Bornemark sätter den gravida erfarenheten i centrum för tänkandet – Kultur och nöje – svenska.yle.fi svenska.yle.fi/a/7-10022285

'These Gene-Edited Chickens Were Made to Resist Bird Flu' This dangerous strain of bird flu emerged on intensive farms, where crowded, stressful conditions are a breeding grounds for disease. We need to change the way we farm, not the animals. wired.com/story/these-ge…

#JobAlert Researcher in Welfare for outdoor animals Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Aarhus University Aarhus, Denmark More information: applied-ethology.org/Research_Assis…

Så ett av de största hoten mot folkhälsan går inte ens att diskutera internt, än mindre kommunicera utåt, på FHM pga rädsla att klassas som aktivister? Världen rasar samman och de som är modiga nog att uttrycka oro straffas. ⁦⁦@Folkhalsomynd⁩ dn.se/sverige/tjanst…

Afrikansk svinpest på vildsvin utanför Fagersta mynewsdesk.com/se/jordbruksve…

There is still time to sign up for the 2023 Equitation Science PhD course! Deadline for registration is 15th of September. The 2023 course has an updated program (compared to the 2019 and 2021 courses). #equitationscience More info and registration: slu.se/en/departments…

The plight of the poor neglected cull sow 😢 Thought provoking presentation from Cecile Kobek-Kjeldager and @HerskinMette #animalwelfare #sowwelfare #eaap2023

Teaching modules available for free by Vets United - WTG, about farm animal welfare. teaching-animal-welfare.org

It deeply saddens me that corridas are still seen as entertainment! It is unethical, it is torture! Goverments, matadores and the audience attending those events should be ashamed of themselves for contributing to animal cruelty!