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
People |
ORCID iD |
Michael Mendl (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Neave H
(2013)
Pain and Pessimism: Dairy Calves Exhibit Negative Judgement Bias following Hot-Iron Disbudding
in PLoS ONE
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
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 |