EURCAW Ruminants & Equines is pleased to publish the final report of Roadshow #1: Improving Calf Welfare on Farm.

Within the framework of its 2025–2027 Work Programme, EURCAW Ruminants & Equines introduced, for the first time, the Roadshow approach. This initiative builds on the experience gained from roadshow events organised across Europe in 2024 under the CARE4DAIRY Project. The lessons learned from these activities were systematically analysed and used to refine the format, enhance its effectiveness, and maximise its impact. In parallel, the extensive expertise of the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise (IZSAM) in the organisation and delivery of Better Training for Safer Food (BTSF) courses on animal welfare was fully leveraged.

The first Roadshow event implemented under this framework was addressed to Italian delegates and focused on improving calf welfare. The event was organised by IZSAM in collaboration with the Italian Ministry of Health, the National Reference Centre for Animal Welfare (CReNBA), and the National Reference Centre for Water Buffalo Farming Hygiene and Technologies (CrenBuf). It took place in Brescia, at the teaching facilities of the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia-Romagna (IZSLER), on 12–13 November 2025.

Within the same Work Programme, two additional Roadshow events are planned, in France and Ireland, respectively.

The full report is available here: Final Report Roadshow #1