VETERINARY SCIENCE

Mechthild Ladwig-Wiegard

Animal welfare officer
University of Berlin
Berlin

Biography

Dr. Mechthild Ladwig-Wiegard is post doc research assistant in the Institute for Animal Welfare, Animal Behavior and Laboratory Animal Science at the Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Veterinary Medicine. She graduated in Veterinary Medicine from the Freie Universität Berlin in 1994, and in 2015 received a Doctor’s degree in Animal Physiology from the Freie Universität Berlin. In 1994 she started working as a farm animal vet at the Clinic of Animal Reproduction of the Freie Universität Berlin. From 2003 – 2014 she was a research assistant in the Institute of vegetative Physiology at the Charité – University Medicine, Berlin and received in 2013 the qualification as a specialist for Laboratory Animal Science by the Berlin Veterinary Chamber. Since 2006 she was appointed as an Animal Welfare Officer, first by the Charité – University Medicine, Berlin and later in 2009 by the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Berlin. Since 2015 she is on a post doc position in the Institute for Animal Welfare, Animal Behavior and Laboratory Animal Science of the Freie Universität Berlin where she gives lectures, does her own research, is an appointed Animal Welfare Officer and one of the coordinators of the VetSkillsNet-initiative of the department of Veterinary Medicine. She has authored and co-authored more than 20 articles in national and international reputed journals and gave several presentations at national and international congresses. She is a member of several local and national committees and welfare bodys, like the committee for Animal Welfare, the committee for Laboratory Animal Science of the Berlin Veterinary Chamber, as well as a member of several national and international professional associations, like the German Society for Laboratory Animal Science (GV-SOLAS), the Veterinary Association for Animal Protection (TVT), the Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW) and the Animal Welfare Research Network (AWRN).

Research Area

Animal Welfare Research Network Veterinary Association for Animal Welfare