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A little about me
I am currently a Research Animal Scientist with the United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service, which nicely abbreviates to USDA-ARS. I work at the Livestock Behavior Research Unit, based in West Lafayette, Indiana. My expertise is applied animal behavior (applied ethology) and stress physiology and the focus of my research is on welfare issues surrounding housing and management of pigs and dairy cattle, though about 90% of my work is with pigs. In more detail, my research interests are:
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- Social Behavior, especially Aggression
- Maternal Behavior and Neonatal Mortality
- Development and Use of Novel Welfare Indicators
- Heart Rate Variability
- Vocalizations
- Tear Staining
- The Pig as a Laboratory Animal and Biomedical Model
- Gut-brain axis in the pig, and the effects of dietary manipulation
- Influence of probiotics on welfare and cognition
Disclaimer
The views expressed in on this website are my personal opinions and do not represent the official policies, positions or views of USDA or the US Government.
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Latest publication - purchase access
Marchant-Forde, J.N. and Herskin, M.S. (2017) The pig as a laboratory animal. In: Spinka, M. (Ed) Advances in Pig Welfare. Woodhead Publishing, Kidlington, UK. pp445-475. doi:10.1016/B978-0-08-101012-9.00015-0
The Welfare of Pigs now translated into Chinese:
Marchant-Forde, J.N. – Ed. (2014) 豬的福利 (The Welfare of Pigs - Translated from English Language Edition), China Agriculture Press, Beijing, China. 354pp.
Latest publication - open access
Morello, G.M.*, Lay Jr., D.C., Richert, B.T, Rodrigues, L.H.A. and Marchant-Forde, J.N.* (2018) Microenvironments in swine farrowing rooms: the thermal, lighting and acoustic environments of sows and piglets. Scientia Agricola. 75:1-11 doi:10.1590/1678-992X-2016-0303
Latest publication - subscription access
Maskal, J.*, Cabezón, F.A.*, Schinckel, A.P., Marchant-Forde, J.N., Johnson, J.S. and Stwalley, R.M. (2018) Evaluation of floor cooling on lactating sows under mild and moderate heat stress. Professional Animal Scientist: 34:84-94. doi:10.15232/pas.2017-01661
Marchant-Forde, J.N. and Herskin, M.S. (2017) The pig as a laboratory animal. In: Spinka, M. (Ed) Advances in Pig Welfare. Woodhead Publishing, Kidlington, UK. pp445-475. doi:10.1016/B978-0-08-101012-9.00015-0
The Welfare of Pigs now translated into Chinese:
Marchant-Forde, J.N. – Ed. (2014) 豬的福利 (The Welfare of Pigs - Translated from English Language Edition), China Agriculture Press, Beijing, China. 354pp.
Latest publication - open access
Morello, G.M.*, Lay Jr., D.C., Richert, B.T, Rodrigues, L.H.A. and Marchant-Forde, J.N.* (2018) Microenvironments in swine farrowing rooms: the thermal, lighting and acoustic environments of sows and piglets. Scientia Agricola. 75:1-11 doi:10.1590/1678-992X-2016-0303
Latest publication - subscription access
Maskal, J.*, Cabezón, F.A.*, Schinckel, A.P., Marchant-Forde, J.N., Johnson, J.S. and Stwalley, R.M. (2018) Evaluation of floor cooling on lactating sows under mild and moderate heat stress. Professional Animal Scientist: 34:84-94. doi:10.15232/pas.2017-01661
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