Agricultural Practices in Sweden Animal and Environmental Animal and Environmental Welfare; The Swedish Perspective Welfare; The Swedish Perspective
Sweden
Sweden • Area: Area: 450,000 sq km (175,500 sq mi) 450,000 sq km (175,500 sq mi) • • Population: Population: 8,850,000 8,850,000 • • Capital city: Capital city: Stockholm (pop 736,000) Stockholm (pop 736,000) • • People: People: 90% Swedes, 3% Finns, 0.15% 90% Swedes, 3% Finns, 0.15% • Sami (indigenous Lapp inhabitants) (indigenous Lapp inhabitants) Sami • Language: Language: Swedish, but English is widely Swedish, but English is widely • spoken. Five Samish Samish dialects are still dialects are still spoken. Five spoken. spoken.
Sweden • Currency Currency : : Krona Krona (Crown) (Crown) • • Religion Religion : Lutheran : Lutheran • • Government Government : Constitutional hereditary : Constitutional hereditary • monarchy monarchy • Prime Minister Prime Minister : : Göran Göran Persson Persson •
Sweden • GDP: US$250 billion GDP: US$250 billion • • GDP per head: US$28,283 GDP per head: US$28,283 • • Annual growth: 1% Annual growth: 1% • • Inflation: 2% Inflation: 2% •
Sweden Major industries: Major industries: • forestry, mining, agriculture forestry, mining, agriculture • • engineering and high tech engineering and high tech • manufacturing manufacturing • telecommunications, IKEA telecommunications, IKEA •
Socioeconomic Influence • Legislation Legislation • • European Union European Union • • Animal Welfare Animal Welfare • • Secretary of Agriculture Secretary of Agriculture • • King of Sweden King of Sweden •
Food/Companion Animal Issues • Ban on Ban on subtherapeutic subtherapeutic antibiotics antibiotics • • BSE, FMD, BSE, FMD, pseudorabies pseudorabies free free • • National cattle data base National cattle data base • • National animal data base National animal data base • • Prohibited elective surgeries Prohibited elective surgeries • • Insurance Insurance •
Environmental Issues • Chernobyl Chernobyl • • Reindeer ownership and harvests Reindeer ownership and harvests • • Biosecurity Biosecurity for necropsy/disposal for necropsy/disposal •
Veterinary Education • 12 years previous education 12 years previous education • • Certification in a natural science Certification in a natural science • • 5 ½ year program for DVM; 15:1 5 ½ year program for DVM; 15:1 • • 70 students; 80% female 70 students; 80% female • • Free education Free education • • Debt $25,000 Debt $25,000 - - $30,000 $30,000 •
Animal Welfare • Specific space requirements Specific space requirements • • Barns and facilities must be inspected Barns and facilities must be inspected • • New and previous buildings New and previous buildings • • No advertising of pharmaceuticals No advertising of pharmaceuticals • • Moral versus scientific Moral versus scientific • • Ethologist Ethologist •
Accommodations • Youth hostel Youth hostel • • Breakfast included Breakfast included • • $40 $40- -50 50 • • Bus/minivans Bus/minivans • • Near center Near center •
Conditions • No food animal contact 4 days prior to No food animal contact 4 days prior to • departure departure • Applications on CVM WEB site Applications on CVM WEB site • • Cost $1500 Cost $1500 •
Travel Itinerary • August 10 depart August 10 depart • • August 11 arrive August 11 arrive • • August 12 August 12- -13 campus 13 campus • • August 14 August 14- -15 farm tours 15 farm tours • • August 16 to Stockholm August 16 to Stockholm • • August 17 Stockholm August 17 Stockholm • • August 18 depart August 18 depart •
Tours • Dairy, swine, Dairy, swine, • beef farms beef farms • Poultry housing Poultry housing • • Aquaculture Aquaculture • • Veterinary Institute Veterinary Institute • • Veterinary College Veterinary College •
Uppsala
Stockholm • Gamla Gamla Stan Stan • • Parliament Parliament • • The The Vasa Vasa • • Townhall Townhall • • Royal Palace Royal Palace • • Historiska Historiska museet museet •
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