Description: The mission of the American College of Animal Welfare is to advance animal welfare through education, certification, and scientific investigation. Diplomates of the American College of Animal Welfare
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Ensuring good animal welfare is a crucial goal of veterinary medical practice since its inception. However, in more recent years, considerations of animal welfare have expanded exponentially and is now recognized as a distinct discipline of veterinary medicine. The ACAW has chartered in response to these deeper understandings of impactful nature of good animal welfare upon favorable outcomes in medicine and lifestyle. The ACAW offers advanced animal welfare education and board certification to document th
ACAW Continuing Education
Registration is open for the 2023 ACAW Short Course, June 8-10, 2023 at the North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina. Gaggle: ACAW hosts a monthly webinar on animal welfare topics. Designed for ACAW residents, any veterinarian is welcome to attend. Contact the ACAW Secretary at [email protected] if you would like to receive the Gaggle notices. Upcoming topics include: Ethical Animal Welfare Dilemmas, Poultry Welfare, Housing Strategies for Rodents, How Fish Feel Pain