The second in the Breeding Focus series was held in Armidale in September 2016 and brought together participants and speakers from a range of species and backgrounds to consider how welfare can be enhanced through management and selective breeding. 

Topics presented at the workshop have been published as a book "Breeding Focus 2016 – Improving Welfare” which is available for purchase. Abstracts of the papers can be downloaded as can individual chapters.

Chapter 1 How can we measure welfare of animals on farms?   Andrew Fisher

Chapter 2 Breeding for welfare traits in dairy cattle    Jennie E. Pryce, Mary Abdelsayed and Michelle Axford

Chapter 3 Improving the temperament of Australian cattle and implications for animal welfare    Sam F. Walkom

Chapter 4 Selection for immune competence in beef breeding programs modelled on potential reductions in the incidence of bovine respiratory disease    Sonja Dominik and Brad C. Hine

Chapter 5 Breeding polled cattle in Australia    Natalie K. Connors and Bruce Tier

Chapter 6 Farming dinosaur cousins: the unique welfare challenges of farming crocodiles    Sally R. Isberg

Chapter 7 Breeding for improved welfare of growing pigs    Susanne Hermesch

Chapter 8 Breeding sows better suited to group housing    Kim L. Bunter, Craig R.G. Lewis and Scott Newman

Chapter 9 Using genomic prediction for footrot resistance in sheep based on case-control industry data    Cecilia Esquivelzeta-Rabell, Kim L. Bunter, Daniel J. Brown, Mark Ferguson

Chapter 10 Livestock breeding and welfare– reflections on ethical issues    Imke Tammen