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13 APR 2022
Seminar Recording on Brachycephalic Dogs Welfare by Dr Rowena Packer
Reach out for recordings in case you miss this excellent presentation on the welfare issues concerning the Brachycephalic Dogs by Dr Rowena Packer at at The Royal Veterinary College.
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7 APR 2022
Next Animal Health and Welfare Seminar on Brachycephalic Dogs by Dr Rowena Packer (Apr 7, 2022)
Our next seminar, co-organised with the BVM Animal Welfare Course, on April 7, 2022 (Thu) at 5pm HKT/10 am UK will feature Dr Rowena Packer at The Royal Veterinary College to discuss "Cute in Crisis: Challenges and Solutions to the International Boom in Brachycephalic Dogs".
Register now to secure a spot: https://forms.office.com/r/PgEfMuYcqW or ecrseminars@gmail.com.
We look forward to meeting you!
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9 MAR 2022
Inaugural Animal Health and Welfare Seminar launched!
Thank you Dr Mia Cobb and everyone for your overwhelming support to make our inaugural Animal Health and Welfare seminar a great success, 200+ interested audience registered to get inspired by Dr Cobb on her insights and advices on Working Dog Welfare. Please get in touch if you would like to access the recording: centre.ahw@cityu.edu.hk.
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8 MAR 2022
Online Seminar on Working Dog Welfare by Dr. Mia Cobb
Working dogs assist people in important and diverse roles globally, such as scent detection, as guides, protectors and herding livestock. The work of these dogs is both economically and socially valuable, prompting interdisciplinary research focus over the last twenty years. In this seminar, Dr. Mia Cobb at the Animal Welfare Science Centre, University of Melbourne will explore the human psychology, animal welfare science and ethics that underpin the management, social license and sustainability of modern working dogs. REGISTER NOW! -
4 Mar 2022
Find us in THE magazine
We are featured at the Times Higher Education magazine to discuss how the City University of Hong Kong's OneHealth concept helps driving our Centre's multidisciplinary research to promote animal health and welfare. Click here for the full article!
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19 JAN 2022
Risk of animal-to-human Covid-19 transmission "negligible": CityU
Press Release
The risk of contracting Covid-19 from pets is negligible, according to the Centre for Animal Health and Welfare at City University of Hong Kong (CityU).
To-date, more than 335 million people have contracted Covid-19 globally, and robust scientific evidence shows that humans are infected with the new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, which causes the disease, from other humans.
Animal-to-human infections have occurred only on a few occasions when large numbers of susceptible animals, for example mink, were housed together. In those cases, the animals were culled because of the risk of new variants arising in other animals that might find their way into the human population. The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) of the Hong Kong SAR Government took the necessary steps to cull hamsters that had been housed together in a shipment from the Netherlands to prevent new variants occurring in Hong Kong.
However, there is no need for concern for individual animals at home. In particular, hamsters should not be abandoned. Infected hamsters usually shed the virus in respiratory secretions for three to six days. Therefore, hamsters purchased before 22 December 2021 pose no risk of being infected with the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 that was detected in the shipment of hamsters from the Netherlands.
We have confidence that the AFCD will manage the situation with pet hamsters effectively, as it did with quarantined cats and dogs during previous waves of the Covid-19 in Hong Kong. We believe that with careful planning, the risk of animal-to-human virus transmission can be managed with due consideration for animal welfare, specifically without the need to euthanase hamsters purchased before 22 December 2021.
We urge pet owners not to panic, not to abandon their pets, and to use normal hygiene measures when handling pets: avoid kissing them and wash your hands before and after touching them.
This is also a timely reminder to everyone that the best way to prevent illness from COVID-19 is to get vaccinated.
Media enquiries: Professor Vanessa Barrs, Chair Professor of Companion Animal Health and Disease (Tel: 3442 2943) -
1 DEC 2021
Interview by the Hong Kong Animal Law and Protection Organisation (HKALPO) on animal welfare
Dr Alan McElligott and Dr Kate FLAY are featured at the lateat "Tell Me More" instalment by the Hong Kong Animal Law and Protection Organisation (HKALPO) to share their insights on the animal welfare of feral cattle and buffalo.
Read the full article here: https://www.hkalpo.com/news/tmm-understanding-ungulate-welfare
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26 OCT 2021
Centre for Animal Health and Welfare (CAHW)
Our mission at the Centre for Animal Health and Welfare (CAHW, formerly called the Centre for Companion Animal Health) is to improve the quality of life of animals by producing high quality research to bring evidence-based solutions to address major animal health and welfare problems in today's society.
Our multidisciplinary research team is formed by veterinary researchers with complementary expertise and shared core values of excellence, integrity and compassion. Please take a look around our site and get in touch if you want to support or collaborate on projects to improve and promote animal health and welfare.
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04 FEB 2021
CityU researcher: desexing cats before 4 months can reduce the number of unwanted kittens
Big-data research led by Professor Julia Beatty, Head of the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences; Chair Professor of Veterinary Medicine and Infectious Diseases; and Director of the Centre for Companion Animal Health at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) ...
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12 JAN 2021
Health and medical research funding for three Covid-19 projects
Three projects at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) have been granted $8.3 million in funding by the Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF) ...
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