Every year, third year veterinary science students at the University of Sydney undertake a challenge to describe scientific reports published within the previous 12 months that have the potential to improve the welfare of a single animal species. Once the essays have been assessed by two veterinary academics, the best of them are made available on the web. Although some of their content represents the opinions of the authors, they chiefly provide a valuable source of abstracted information from applied ethology laboratories around the world.

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