Bo
Algers is professor in animal hygiene at the Swedish University
of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and
Animal Husbandry. Born 1950 in Stockholm he got his DVM in the Royal
College of Veterinary Medicine in Stockholm 1974, a PhD (VMD) in 1989
at the SLU in collaboration with the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm
(thesis title "Vocal and tactile communication during suckling
in pigs and effects of continuous noise") and was awarded a docent
title in 1990. Algers was head of the Department for Animal Environment
and Health during 1993-2002 and is now leading its Section for Animal
Hygiene. Algers has conducted research and teaching within the field
animal environment - animal health and welfare and is currently involved
in several interdisciplinary research projects such as the Food21
project. Algers is a member of the Council for Animal Welfare at the
Swedish Board of Agriculture and has served as expert in the Swedish
delegation at the Council of Europe Standing Committee for Animal
Welfare. Further, he has served in several expert groups of the E.A.E.V.E.
for the scrutiny of veterinary faculties. He is a member of the International
Society for Animal Hygiene executive board.
Bo
Algers is professor in animal hygiene at the Swedish University
of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and
Animal Husbandry. Born 1950 in Stockholm he got his DVM in the Royal
College of Veterinary Medicine in Stockholm 1974, a PhD (VMD) in 1989
at the SLU in collaboration with the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm
(thesis title "Vocal and tactile communication during suckling
in pigs and effects of continuous noise") and was awarded a docent
title in 1990. Algers was head of the Department for Animal Environment
and Health during 1993-2002 and is now leading its Section for Animal
Hygiene. Algers has conducted research and teaching within the field
animal environment - animal health and welfare and is currently involved
in several interdisciplinary research projects such as the Food21
project. Algers is a member of the Council for Animal Welfare at the
Swedish Board of Agriculture and has served as expert in the Swedish
delegation at the Council of Europe Standing Committee for Animal
Welfare. Further, he has served in several expert groups of the E.A.E.V.E.
for the scrutiny of veterinary faculties. He is a member of the International
Society for Animal Hygiene executive board.