About me
I was born in R.A.F. Akrotiri, Sovereign Base Area, which is a British Overseas Territory on the island of Cyprus. I was, however, raised in the predominantly rural county of Suffolk in the United Kingdom. Historically an important agricultural area, Suffolk has given the world the Suffolk Punch horse, the Red Poll cattle and the Suffolk sheep. Most of my early animal experiences however, were with pigs and chickens on my grandparents' small-holding.
On leaving high school, I attended the University of Bristol, originally studying veterinary science but instead graduating in 1990 with a B.Sc. (Hons) in Biochemistry. I then moved to the University of Cambridge, where I completed my Ph.D. in sow welfare in Prof. Don Broom's Animal Welfare and Human-Animal Interactions Group in 1994. I then stayed on at Cambridge as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate, working on a DEFRA-funded project investigating alternative housing systems for farrowing sows, in conjunction with ADAS Terrington, who at that time were still an executive agency of DEFRA. During the course of this project in 1996, I was awarded a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Travelling Fellowship, which enabled me to visit 14 research institutes and universities across north central Europe that were engaged in research on farrowing systems. In 1998, I moved to a faculty position as Senior Research Fellow with De Montfort University School of Agriculture, based at Caythorpe in Lincolnshire. During the summer of 1999, I spent 2 months at the University of British Columbia as a Distinguished Junior Scholar at the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, which also enabled me to work with the Animal Welfare Program. In early 2001, I was also a Visiting Scholar in the Department of Animal Sciences at Purdue University. After transfer of the DMU School of Agriculture to the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Lincoln in late 2001, I accepted a position as Research Animal Scientist with the USDA-ARS, Livestock Behavior Research Unit and this remains my current job. I have researched welfare and behavior of pigs and dairy cattle for 31 years. My major research interests include social and maternal behavior of sows, the manipulation of pig behavior by diet and pig and systems factors influencing piglet mortality. I also have a major interest in the development of novel indicators of animal welfare, and actively engage in inter-disciplinary studies allied to the concept of One Health/One Welfare, collaborating with kinesiology and pharmacology researchers. I am the author/editor of 4 books and author/co-author of 250 refereed articles and abstracts on farm animal welfare and my research has attracted over $10 million. I am a former Specialty Chief Editor for Frontiers in Veterinary Science and also a Past President of the International Society for Applied Ethology. Aequitate , humilis , integritate , humanitate commune |
Education
2016 F.R.S.B. Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology
2016 R.Anim.Sci. Appointed as Certified Animal Scientist, accredited by British Society of Animal Science/Royal Society of Biology
2004 Certificate of Applied Management Principles, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University
1994 M.I.Biol. Full member of the Institute of Biology (now Royal Society of Biology)
1994 C.Biol. Chartered Biologist
1994 PhD University of Cambridge, St. Catharine’s College. Farm Animal Behavior & Welfare.
1990 BSc (Hons) University of Bristol, Biochemistry, Upper Second Class
2016 R.Anim.Sci. Appointed as Certified Animal Scientist, accredited by British Society of Animal Science/Royal Society of Biology
2004 Certificate of Applied Management Principles, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University
1994 M.I.Biol. Full member of the Institute of Biology (now Royal Society of Biology)
1994 C.Biol. Chartered Biologist
1994 PhD University of Cambridge, St. Catharine’s College. Farm Animal Behavior & Welfare.
1990 BSc (Hons) University of Bristol, Biochemistry, Upper Second Class
Professional Appointments
2015- Research Animal Scientist (GS14), USDA-ARS
2006-2015 Research Animal Scientist (GS13), USDA-ARS
2004-2006 Research Animal Scientist (GS12), USDA-ARS
2001-2004 Research Animal Scientist (GS11), USDA-ARS
2001-2001 Senior Research Fellow, University of Lincoln, UK
2000 Visiting Scientist, Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Denmark
1999 Visiting Scientist, University of British Columbia, Canada
1998-2001 Senior Research Fellow, De Montfort University, UK
1994-1998 Research Associate, University of Cambridge, UK
2006-2015 Research Animal Scientist (GS13), USDA-ARS
2004-2006 Research Animal Scientist (GS12), USDA-ARS
2001-2004 Research Animal Scientist (GS11), USDA-ARS
2001-2001 Senior Research Fellow, University of Lincoln, UK
2000 Visiting Scientist, Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Denmark
1999 Visiting Scientist, University of British Columbia, Canada
1998-2001 Senior Research Fellow, De Montfort University, UK
1994-1998 Research Associate, University of Cambridge, UK
Academic Distinctions/Honors
- Research Scholarship, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food, 1990-1993
- Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, Traveling Fellowship, 1996.
- PWIAS, University of British Columbia, Distinguished Junior Scholar in Residence, 1999
- United States Department of Agriculture, Certificate of Merit, 2002
- United States Department of Agriculture, Certificate of Merit, 2003
- United States Department of Agriculture, Certificate of Merit, 2004
- United States Department of Agriculture, Certificate of Merit, 2005
- Who’s Who in Science & Engineering, 2005 onwards
- Who’s Who in the World, 2006 onwards
- United States Department of Agriculture, 2 Certificates of Merit, 2006
- United States Department of Agriculture, Certificate of Merit, 2008
- United States Department of Agriculture, Spot Award, 2009
- United States Department of Agriculture, Certificate of Merit, 2009
- United States Department of Agriculture, Certificate of Merit, 2010
- United States Department of Agriculture, Certificate of Merit, 2011
- United States Department of Agriculture, Certificate of Merit, 2012
- United States Department of Agriculture, Certificate of Merit, 2013
- United States Department of Agriculture, Certificate of Merit, 2014
- United States Department of Agriculture, Certificate of Merit, 2016
Recent Grant Funding
1. Agency/ Title of Grant: Open Philanthropy Project/ Bringing the science of farm animal welfare to developing countries
2. Duration of Funding: 04/01/2018 to 03/31/2020
3. Total amount of award: $135,412
4. Role: PI with ISAE Development Sub-Committee
2. Duration of Funding: 04/01/2018 to 03/31/2020
3. Total amount of award: $135,412
4. Role: PI with ISAE Development Sub-Committee
91. Agency/ Title of Grant: National Pork Board / Mitigating the negative effects of in utero heat stress on piglet welfare following weaning and transport
2. Duration of Funding: 04/01/2018 to 09/30/2019
3. Total amount of award: $50,253
4. Role: Co-PI with J. Johnson, B. Richert, T. Safranski, M. Lucy, C. Byrd
2. Duration of Funding: 04/01/2018 to 09/30/2019
3. Total amount of award: $50,253
4. Role: Co-PI with J. Johnson, B. Richert, T. Safranski, M. Lucy, C. Byrd
1. Agency/ Title of Grant: Open Philanthropy Project/ Travel awards for scientists from developing countries to attend ISAE Congress
2. Duration of Funding: 04/01/2017 to 08/31/2017
3. Total amount of award: $40,000
4. Role: PI with ISAE Development Sub-Committee
2. Duration of Funding: 04/01/2017 to 08/31/2017
3. Total amount of award: $40,000
4. Role: PI with ISAE Development Sub-Committee
1. Agency/ Title of Grant: VA Office of Research and Development SPiRE/ Development of a clinically-relevant spinal cord injury (SCI)-induced pain model
2. Duration of Funding: 04/01/2016 to 03/31/2017
3. Total amount of award: $200,000
4. Role: Collaborator with C. Floyd, R. Sorge, University of Alabama, Birmingham
2. Duration of Funding: 04/01/2016 to 03/31/2017
3. Total amount of award: $200,000
4. Role: Collaborator with C. Floyd, R. Sorge, University of Alabama, Birmingham
1. Agency/ Title of Grant: Purdue AgSEED / Development and evaluation of cooling pads to improve sow productivity, reproductive performance and animal well-being
2. Duration of Funding: 03/01/2015 to 04/3/2017
3. Total amount of award: $ 75,000
4. Role: CoPI with A. Schinckel, R. Stwalley, S. Boregowda, E. Winslow, K. Stewart, K. Ajuwon, B. Richert, J. Johnson
2. Duration of Funding: 03/01/2015 to 04/3/2017
3. Total amount of award: $ 75,000
4. Role: CoPI with A. Schinckel, R. Stwalley, S. Boregowda, E. Winslow, K. Stewart, K. Ajuwon, B. Richert, J. Johnson
1. Agency/ Title of Grant: ANIHWA-ERA-Net / Ending tail docking and tail biting in the EU – Hazard characterization and exposure assessment of a major pig welfare problem
2. Duration of Funding: 10/01/2013 to 09/30/2016
3. Total amount of award: $ 3,481,171
4. Role: Collaborator with A. Valros, L.J. Pedersen, A. Janczak, M. Bracke, S. Edwards, A. Prunier, S. Gunnarsson, D. Sandercock
2. Duration of Funding: 10/01/2013 to 09/30/2016
3. Total amount of award: $ 3,481,171
4. Role: Collaborator with A. Valros, L.J. Pedersen, A. Janczak, M. Bracke, S. Edwards, A. Prunier, S. Gunnarsson, D. Sandercock
1. Agency/ Title of Grant: National Pork Board / Designer diets to decrease aggression and increase welfare
2. Duration of Funding: 12/01/2012 to 09/30/2015
3. Total amount of award: $ 147,273
4. Role:Co-PI with D. Lay, B. Richert
2. Duration of Funding: 12/01/2012 to 09/30/2015
3. Total amount of award: $ 147,273
4. Role:Co-PI with D. Lay, B. Richert
1. Agency/ Title of Grant:Purdue OVPR Research Cores Supplemental Funding Program / Culex devices for Purdue Translational Pharmacology Facility
2. Duration of Funding: 01/01/2014 to 12/31/2014
3. Total amount of award: $ 68,540
4. Role:Collaborator with G. Knipp, R. Kuhn, D. Smith, S. Byrn, C. Kissinger, L. Freeman, H. HogenEsch, R. Pinal
2. Duration of Funding: 01/01/2014 to 12/31/2014
3. Total amount of award: $ 68,540
4. Role:Collaborator with G. Knipp, R. Kuhn, D. Smith, S. Byrn, C. Kissinger, L. Freeman, H. HogenEsch, R. Pinal
1. Agency/ Title of Grant: Global Animal Partnership / Evaluation of tear-staining as an indicator of stress in the welfare assessment of pigs
2. Duration of Funding: 03/01/2012 to 08/31/2012
3. Total amount of award: $ 4,904
4. Role:PI
2. Duration of Funding: 03/01/2012 to 08/31/2012
3. Total amount of award: $ 4,904
4. Role:PI
1. Agency/ Title of Grant: National Pork Board / Innovative scientific techniques to evaluate alternatives to the use of carbon dioxide euthanasia procedures
2. Duration of Funding: 01/01/2011 to 12/31/2010
3. Total amount of award: $ 49,255
4. Role: Co-PI with D. Lay, J-L Rault
2. Duration of Funding: 01/01/2011 to 12/31/2010
3. Total amount of award: $ 49,255
4. Role: Co-PI with D. Lay, J-L Rault
1. Agency/ Title of Grant: USDA-National Research Initiative / Heart rate variability: unravelling the sympatho-vagal mechanisms of stress responses and well-being status in pigs.
2. Duration of Funding: 01/01/2007 to 12/31/2010
3. Total amount of award: $ 375,000
4. Role: Co-PI with D. Lay, R. Marchant-Forde and H.W. Cheng
2. Duration of Funding: 01/01/2007 to 12/31/2010
3. Total amount of award: $ 375,000
4. Role: Co-PI with D. Lay, R. Marchant-Forde and H.W. Cheng
1. Agency/ Title of Grant: Animal Compassion Foundation / Understanding aggression when sows are mixed in indoor and outdoor housing systems
2. Duration of Funding: 09/01/2007 to 04/31/2010
3. Total amount of award: $ 35,000
4. Role: PI
2. Duration of Funding: 09/01/2007 to 04/31/2010
3. Total amount of award: $ 35,000
4. Role: PI
1. Agency/ Title of Grant: National Pork Board / Understanding and reducing aggression using pre-exposure, when sows are mixed in a grouped gestation system
2. Duration of Funding: 04/01/2008 to 09/30/2010
3. Total amount of award: $ 75,952
4. Role: PI
2. Duration of Funding: 04/01/2008 to 09/30/2010
3. Total amount of award: $ 75,952
4. Role: PI
1. Agency/ Title of Grant: National Institute of Health – SBIR Phase II / Movement-responsive cage for simultaneous pharmacology studies in minipigs
2. Duration of Funding: 09/01/2007 to 08/31/2009
3. Total amount of award: $ 1,235,777
4. Role: Co-PI with D. Mann, C. Kissinger, L. Matthews and G. Knipp
2. Duration of Funding: 09/01/2007 to 08/31/2009
3. Total amount of award: $ 1,235,777
4. Role: Co-PI with D. Mann, C. Kissinger, L. Matthews and G. Knipp
External Recognition
Editor for Scientific Journals:
Referee for Scientific Journals & other Media:
Referee for Scientific Grants:
Canada
Referee for Scientific Meetings:
Conference and Meeting Duties
Organizing Committee Chair
Program Committee member
Session Chair
Graduate Student Competition Judge
Media Coverage of Research
- Frontiers in Animal Welfare Science – Specialty Chief Editor, 2014-2021
- Journal of Animal Science – Editorial Board, 2004-2006, 2006-2008, 2009-2011
- Livestock Science – Section Editor, Animal Behaviour and Welfare, 2010-2014
Referee for Scientific Journals & other Media:
- Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica
- American Journal of Veterinary Research
- Animal
- Animal Behaviour
- Animal Production Science
- Animal Science
- Animal Welfare
- Applied Animal Behaviour Science
- Australian Journal of Agricultural Science
- Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
- Australian Veterinary Journal
- Behavioral Processes
- Biosystems Engineering
- CABI International
- Canadian Journal of Animal Science
- Ciência Rural
- Comparative Medicine
- Developmental Psychobiology
- Equine Veterinary Journal
- Ethology
- Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
- Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
- Frontiers in Veterinary Science
- Genes, Brain & Behavior
- Innate Immunity
- Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics
- Journal of Animal Science
- Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
- Journal of Dairy Science
- Journal of Ethology
- Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science
- Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research
- Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine
- Livestock Science
- Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
- New Zealand Veterinary Journal
- Physiology & Behavior
- Pig News and Information
- PLoS one
- Preventive Veterinary Medicine
- Professional Animal Scientist
- Research in Veterinary Science
- Revista Brasileira de Ciência Avicola
- Transactions of the American Society for Agricultural and Biological Engineers
- Veterinární Medicína
- Veterinarski Arhiv
- Veterinary Science
- Blackwell Science Book Publishers
- Pig Information Gateway
- Animal Science Image Gallery
Referee for Scientific Grants:
Canada
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, multiple times
- Agriculture & Food Council of Alberta, Canada
- OMAFRA/University of Guelph Research Themes, multiple times
- Danish Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
- European Union Framework V, multiple times
- EU Expert ID EX2012D128276
- Teagasc Internal Research Project scheme
- Dutch Research Council (NWO)
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, UK – Project Grants scheme, multiple times
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, UK – Future Leader Fellowship scheme
- Universities Federation for Animal Welfare, multiple times
- Animal Behavior Society Student research Grants
- Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research – Accelerating Advances in Animal Welfare
- Minnesota Agricultural Experimental Stations
- National Pork Board, multiple times
- Purdue Research Foundation, multiple times
- Purdue University AgSEED scheme
- USDA-NRI – Animal Well-Being
- USDA-NRI – Managed Ecosystems
- USDA-SBIR
- USDA-CSREES National Needs Fellowships in Animal Well-Being
Referee for Scientific Meetings:
- American Society of Animal Science
- American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists
- British Society of Animal Science
- International Society for Anthrozoology
- International Society for Applied Ethology – Annual Congress
- International Society for Applied Ethology – NA Regional Meeting
- International Conference on the Assessment of Animal Welfare at Farm and Group Level (WAFL)
Conference and Meeting Duties
Organizing Committee Chair
- 45th International Congress of the ISAE, Indianapolis, USA, 2011
Program Committee member
- British Society of Animal Science, 1999-2001
- 41st International Congress of the ISAE, Merida, Mexico, 2007
- 42nd International Congress of the ISAE, Dublin, Ireland, 2008
- 45th International Congress of the ISAE, Indianapolis, USA, 2011
- 54th International Congress of the ISAE, Bangalore, India, 2020
- American Society of Animal Science, 2008-2010
- 1st Pig Welfare Symposium, Des Moines, Iowa, 2017
- 2nd Pig Welfare Symposium, Minneapolis, MN, 2019
Session Chair
- 33rd International Congress of the ISAE, Lillehammer, Norway, 1999
- ASAS Meeting, St. Louis, 2004
- 39th International Congress of the ISAE, Japan, 2005
- ASAS Meeting, Cincinnati, 2005
- 41st International Congress of the ISAE, Merida, Mexico, 2007
- ASAS Meeting, Montreal, 2009
- ASAS Meeting, Denver, 2010
- 47th International Congress of the ISAE, Florianopolis, Brazil, 2013
- 49th International Congress of the ISAE, Sapporo, Japan, 2015
- 51st International Congress of the ISAE, Aarhus, Denmark, 2017
- 1st Pig Welfare Symposium, Des Moines, Iowa, 2017
- 2nd Pig Welfare Symposium, Minneapolis, MN, 2019
Graduate Student Competition Judge
- 41st International Congress of the ISAE, Merida, Mexico, 2007
- North American Regional ISAE Meeting, Montreal, Canada, 2009
- 46th International Congress of the ISAE, Vienna, Austria, 2012
- Health and Disease: Science, Culture, and Policy Research Poster Session, Purdue University, 2014
- 50th International Congress of the ISAE, Edinburgh, UK, 2016
- North American Regional ISAE Meeting, Ames, Iowa, 2017
Media Coverage of Research
- Modified sow pens cut litter mortality. Farmers Weekly, March 22, 1996, p12
- Community pen system probed. Farmers Guardian, March 22 1996, p8
- Stroppy sows don’t make better mums. Farmers Weekly, April 3 1998. Available at: http://www.fwi.co.uk/news/make-better-mums.htm
- Are sows losing maternal touch? Farmers Weekly, May 21 1999. Available at: http://www.fwi.co.uk/news/are-sows-losing-maternal-touch-63.htm
- University coming on farm map. Farmers Weekly, September 24 1999, p9
- Mother’s calling. New Scientist, April 1 2000, p21
- Helping industry ensure animal well-being. Agricultural Research, March 2005, p2
- Settling doubts about livestock stress. Agricultural Research, March 2005, p4-7
- Amino acid supplement reduces aggression in young female pigs. National Hog Farmer, March 19 2010. Available at: http://nationalhogfarmer.com/nutrition/ingredients/amino-acid-reduces-aggression-0319
- Tryptophan-enriched diet reduces pig aggression. Agricultural Research, September 2010, p23
- Animal welfare: one pig at time. Pork Network. January 17 2011. Available at: http://www.porknetwork.com/pork-magazine/features/animal-welfare-one-pig-at-a-time-114014029.html
- Best for pig breeding: Crates or group pens? The Virginian Pilot. January 30 2011. Available at: http://pilotonline.com/news/best-for-pig-breeding-crates-or-group-pens/article_a9290c37-b9e0-5ef5-8597-0225380a1988.html
- Animal welfare debate won’t go quietly into the night. Western Farmer Stockman. January 21 2013. Available at: http://farmprogress.com/story-animal-welfare-debate-wont-quietly-night-9-93799
- Exercise during pregnancy improves vascular function of offspring into adulthood. Science Daily News, October 24 2013. Available at: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/10/131024220916.htm
- Paying homage to pigs. Colin McEnroe Show, WNPR radio. December 19, 2013, Interview available at: http://wnpr.org/post/paying-homage-pigs
- Will sows fight with former neighbors when mixed? National Hog Farmer, March 13 2014. Available at: http://nationalhogfarmer.com/business/will-sows-fight-former-neighbors-when-mixed
- Oxytocin for pig hostility studied. Feedstuffs Foodlink. October 29 2014. Available at: http://feedstuffsfoodlink.com/story-oxytocin-pig-hostility-studied-0-119721
- Feed options help reduce gestating sow aggression. Feedstuffs, June 6 2016, p22-23
- Pig pens: a look at mirrors and mats. Morning AgClips. June 12 2017. Available at: https://www.morningagclips.com/pig-pens-a-look-at-mirrors-and-mats/?utm_content=articles&utm_campaign=NLCampaign&utm_source=Newsletter&utm_term=newsletteredition&utm_medium=email
- Pigs prefer to look at ‘companions’. Feedstuffs. June 13 2017. Available at: http://www.feedstuffs.com/nutrition-health/pigs-prefer-look-companions
- Improving pig accommodations with mirrors. Phys.org June 13 2017. Available at: https://phys.org/news/2017-06-pig-accommodations-mirrors.html\
- Improving pig accommodations with mirrors. MTNV June 13 2017. Available at: https://mtnvnews.com/improving-pig-accommodations-with-mirrors/112593/
- Pig health starts in the pen. Food in Canada. June 8 2017. Available at: http://www.foodincanada.com/food-in-canada/pig-health-starts-pen-137134/
- No smoke, just mirrors. Farm Journal’s PORK. June 14 2017. Available at: http://www.porknetwork.com/news/industry/no-smoke-just-mirrors
- Pig pens; A look at mirrors and mats. High Plains Journal. June 15 2017. Available at: http://www.hpj.com/livestock/pig-pens-a-look-at-mirrors-and-mats/article_5ecef3b1-dd9d-54bb-85a4-9dca0911b0df.html
- Pig pens; A look at mirrors and mats. Lancaster Farming. June 18 2017. Available at: http://www.lancasterfarming.com/farming/livestock/pig-pens-a-look-at-mirrors-and-mats/article_18e4b782-f469-5882-9606-d27be583ffc5.html
- 猪居然也爱照镜子 但却不是因为爱美 Pigs actually love the mirror but not because of beauty. Zhuok.com July 6 2017. Available at: http://www.zhuok.com/djby/129-27.html
- A reflection on pigs’ housing and production. Michigan Farm News. July 11 2017. Available at: https://www.michfb.com/MI/Farm-News/A-reflection-on-pigs-housing-and-production/
- You'll Have Questions About Pigs When You Watch "Okja," And Here Are The Answers. BuzzFeed News. July 13 2017. Available at: https://www.buzzfeed.com/arianelange/how-realistic-is-okja?utm_term=.syxXDVZnZ#.jbpd2xzlz
- Pigs like the presence of their mirror image. Pig Progress. July 21 2017. Available at: http://www.pigprogress.net/Finishers/Articles/2017/7/Pigs-like-the-presence-of-their-mirror-image-161799E/?cmpid=NLC|pigprogress_focus|2017-07-21|Pigs_like_the_presence_of_their_mirror_image
- 给猪装个镜子,可以减少环境对猪的应激?(Can a mirror reduce the pig’s environmental stress?) Sohu.com. July 24 2017. Available at: http://www.sohu.com/a/159524102_180559
- Los espejos son importantes para los cerdos (Mirrors are important for pigs). Agroproteinas.com. July 25 2017. Available at: http://agroproteinas-contenidosglobales.com/los-espejos-son-importantes-para-los-cerdos/
- 猪更喜欢在镜子旁和橡胶垫上观看其他猪只,以此法可降低猪应激 (Pigs prefer to watch other pigs on the mirror and rubber mats, and this method can reduce pig stress) Guojixumu.com. July 25 2017. Available at: http://www.guojixumu.com/zhuanlan.aspx?id=256
- 不懂了吧,猪也喜欢照镜子!(Do not understand it, pigs also like to look in the mirror!) July 25 2017. NCQ8.com. Available at: http://www.ncq8.com/p/myxd6T170725.html
- Eigenes Spiegelbild beruhigt Schweine (Own reflection soothes pigs). TopAgrar Online. July 31 2017. Available at: https://www.topagrar.com/news/Schwein-News-Schwein-Eigenes-Spiegelbild-beruhigt-Schweine-8423134.html
- Development and use of sow cooling pads during farrowing and lactation. Pig333.com. January 29 2018. Available at: https://www.pig333.com/what_the_experts_say/development-and-use-of-sow-cooling-pads-during-farrowing-and-lactation_13310/
- Placas refrigerantes para cerdas durante el parto y la lactación (Cooling plates for sows during childbirth and lactation). 3tres3.com. January 29 2018. Available at: https://www.3tres3.com/los-expertos-opinan/placas-refrigerantes-para-cerdas-durante-el-parto_38975/
- Podłoże chłodzące dla loch w okresie porodu i laktacji (Cooling ground for sows during delivery and lactation) 3trzy3.com. February 5 2018. Available at: https://www.3trzy3.pl/artyku%C5%82y/pod%C5%82o%C5%BCe-ch%C5%82odz%C4%85ce-dla-loch-w-okresie-porodu-i-laktacji_2593/
- Be open to new ideas. Pork Checkoff Blog. May 11 2018. Available at: https://www.pork.org/blog/open-new-ideas/
- How to modulate stress resilience in pigs: New research from the Australasian Pork Research Institute. The Pig Site. January 7 2019. Available at: http://www.thepigsite.com/swinenews/45818/how-to-reduce-stress-resilience-in-pigs-new-research-from-the-australasian-pork-research-institute/
- Australian research project funded to reduce pig stress. GlobalMeat News. January 7 2019. Available at: https://www.globalmeatnews.com/Article/2019/01/07/Pig-welfare-boosted-with-Australian-funding
- Nearly $1 million invested into pig stress resilience research. The Weekly Times. January 9 2019. Available at: https://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/news/rural-weekly/nearly-1-million-invested-into-pig-stress-resilience-research/news-story/ea0b546ff0f725e895ef61dc7575d5be
- Stress resilience in pigs focus of new welfare project. Feedstuffs. January 9 2019. Available at: https://www.feedstuffs.com/nutrition-health/stress-resilience-pigs-focus-new-welfare-project
- Development of sow cooling pads during farrowing and lactation. Pig333.com January 29 2019, Available at: https://www.pig333.com/articles/development-and-use-of-sow-cooling-pads-during-farrowing-and-lactation_13310/
- Cooling pads for sows during farrowing and lactation. Pig Progress. March 6 2019. Available at: https://www.pigprogress.net/Sows/Articles/2019/3/Cooling-pads-for-sows-during-farrowing-and-lactation-398512E/
- Optimal creep light and mat temperature could reduce piglet crushing in loose farrowing. The Pig Site. August 7 2019. Available at: https://thepigsite.com/news/2019/08/optimal-creep-light-and-mat-temperature-could-reduce-piglet-crushing-in-loose-farrowing
- 3Ts Alliance aims to end painful procedures for pigs. The Pig Site. August 22 2019. Available at: https://thepigsite.com/articles/3ts-alliance-aims-to-end-painful-procedures-for-pigs
- Ractopamine: It’s what’s for dinner. Decoded Science. November 2019. Available at: https://www.decodedscience.org/ractopamine-its-whats-for-dinner/
- USDA to research environmental enrichment and pig welfare. National Hog Farmer. March 5 2020. Available at: https://www.nationalhogfarmer.com/livestock/usda-ars-research-environmental-enrichment-and-pig-welfare
- $75000 Grant awarded to enrich pig welfare. High Plains Journal. March 6 2020. Available at: https://www.hpj.com/livestock__general/grant-awarded-to-enrich-pig-welfare/article_205218db-9011-568b-a8d3-b864bf0b74d5.html
- Science toying with pig comfort. Arkansas Democrat Gazette. March 10 2020. Available at: https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2020/mar/10/science-toying-with-pig-comfort-2020031/?business
- US study to focus on enriching pig environment. Pig Progress. March 16 2020. Available at: https://www.pigprogress.net/Piglets/Articles/2020/3/US-study-to-focus-on-enriching-pig-environment-555874E/
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