9th Annual Intercollegiate Animal Welfare Judging & Assessment Contest

November 21-22, 2009

Michigan State University

For More Information or to Enter a Team...

Undergraduate Student Teams: Please contact Dr. Camie Heleski at (517) 355-8427 or heleski@msu.edu

Veterinary & Graduate Student Teams: Please contact Dr. Gail Golab at (847) 285-6618 or ggolab@avma.org

Please submit your entry forms by October 15, 2009.

Species to be Assessed in the 2009 Contest

Species and situations assessed in the contest vary from year to year. In the 2009 contest, students will be asked to assess animal welfare in 4 scenarios involving: meat goats, laboratory rats, farmed white-tailed deer, and sheep.

Click here for 2009 Contest Schedule

Hotel Accommodations

November 21-22 is a home football weekend at Michigan State. This means that hotels near campus and in the East Lansing area will fill up quickly, so it will be important to reserve your rooms early.

A block of rooms has been reserved for participants of the competition at the Comfort Inn in Okemos, MI. The room rates are between $94.99 - $129.99/night. The rooms are being held under 'MSU-Animal Science'. Any unreserved rooms in the block will be removed from this hold 3 weeks prior to the competition. (This means you need to reserve rooms in this block by October 31.) Please contact Carla McLachlan at (517) 432-5402 or mclachl2@msu.edu if you have questions related to accommodation.

2009 Entry Form

What is a Welfare Judging Contest?

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