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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)


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Agricultural Practices in Sweden

Animal and Environmental Animal and Environmental Welfare; The Swedish Perspective Welfare; The Swedish Perspective

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Sweden

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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 Sami (indigenous Lapp inhabitants) (indigenous Lapp inhabitants)

  • Language:

Language: Swedish, but English is widely Swedish, but English is widely

  • spoken. Five
  • spoken. Five Samish

Samish dialects are still dialects are still spoken. spoken.

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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

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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%

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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

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Socioeconomic Influence

  • Legislation

Legislation

  • European Union

European Union

  • Animal Welfare

Animal Welfare

  • Secretary of Agriculture

Secretary of Agriculture

  • King of Sweden

King of Sweden

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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

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Environmental Issues

  • Chernobyl

Chernobyl

  • Reindeer ownership and harvests

Reindeer ownership and harvests

  • Biosecurity

Biosecurity for necropsy/disposal for necropsy/disposal

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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

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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

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Accommodations

  • Youth hostel

Youth hostel

  • Breakfast included

Breakfast included

  • $40

$40-

  • 50

50

  • Bus/minivans

Bus/minivans

  • Near center

Near center

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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

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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

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Tours

  • Dairy, swine,

Dairy, swine, beef farms beef farms

  • Poultry housing

Poultry housing

  • Aquaculture

Aquaculture

  • Veterinary Institute

Veterinary Institute

  • Veterinary College

Veterinary College

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Uppsala

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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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