Translating new measures of animal affect and welfare to on-farm situations
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Bristol
Department Name: Clinical Veterinary Science
Abstract
Canada
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| Michael Mendl (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Kappel, S.
(2015)
Assessment of the impact of lameness on affective state in dairy cows
Kappel S
(2017)
Lateralized behaviour as indicator of affective state in dairy cows
in PLOS ONE
Neave HW
(2013)
Pain and pessimism: dairy calves exhibit negative judgement bias following hot-iron disbudding.
in PloS one
Daros RR
(2014)
Separation from the dam causes negative judgement bias in dairy calves.
in PloS one
| Description | The cognitive bias method for assessing affective state in non-human animals was successfully adapted for use in cattle in the Canadian partners' institute. |
| Exploitation Route | The method that was developed has since been used in experimental studies to show that both weaning and de-horning with analgesia can induce negative affective states in young calves. Two papers have been published as a result. On the back of this work, we also funded a Masters by Research student, Sarah Kappel, who pursued this line of work and developed a complementary method for assessing cattle affective state which has now been published in PLoS ONE. |
| Sectors | Agriculture Food and Drink |
| Description | Member of 'Tesco & Animal Welfare' workshop group convened by Lord Krebs |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Description | University of Bristol MSc by Research Funding |
| Amount | £14,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Bristol |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2014 |
| End | 03/2016 |
| Description | joint supervision of a Masters by research student |
| Organisation | University of British Columbia |
| Country | Canada |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Following my BBSRC ISIS funded visit, I was appointed to the supervisory committee of a UBC Masters student, Heather Neave, working on the cognitive bias tasks that we had discussed during my visit. I advised on the task development and interpretation of results. |
| Collaborator Contribution | My collaborators provided facilities and supervision for the student, as well as funding for the research study |
| Impact | Two papers have been published, but these stem from work which was ongoing when I joined the supervisory team. I hope that a further paper will result. |
| Start Year | 2011 |