Speaker bio page for David Main

Bio

David Main is a veterinary surgeon and Professor of Production Animal Health and Welfare at the Royal Agricultural University. He has research interests in science and the practice of knowledge exchange, animal welfare assessment and improvement strategies and animal welfare education.

He is a former member of the Farm Animal Welfare Council, Food Ethics Council and Soil Association Council. Previous initiatives include the AssureWel project, a collaboration with RSPCA and Soil Association that introduced welfare outcomes into certification schemes and the Healthy Feet Project that has been widely adopted by the UK dairy industry. He was also project co-ordinator for Hennovation, an EU H2020 project that investigated the value of participatory approaches to innovation in the laying hen sector.