Egg Farmers of Canada has named University of Guelph professor Tina Widowski the new Egg Farmers of Canada Chair in Poultry Welfare.
Widowski is based in the Ontario Agricultural College’s Department of Animal and Poultry Science.
She leads North America’s largest group of animal welfare scientists as director of the Campbell Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare.
In her new role, Widowski will collaborate with researchers on laying hen welfare and egg production, including enriched and aviary systems.
For the university, the chair complements the research being done in food and animal welfare.
Egg farmers will benefit from development of young, well-educated professionals with knowledge of poultry welfare that may become part of the next generation of industry leaders and technical experts.
