My research addresses fundamental, welfare-relevant questions of animal behaviour and cognition. I am interested in why domestic animals do what they do, and what implications this has for their welfare, health, productivity and management.
Currently active projects are on the effects of subclinical inflammation on behaviour, play behaviour as improving as well indicating welfare, and differentiation and validation of welfare indicators. (Read more)
Currently active projects are on the effects of subclinical inflammation on behaviour, play behaviour as improving as well indicating welfare, and differentiation and validation of welfare indicators. (Read more)
Sessions in which Suzanne Held participates
Tuesday 3 July, 2018
Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:00 AM
9:00 AM -
10:30 AM |
1 hour 30 minutes
11:00 AM
Arthur Reber: A novel theory of the origin of mind: Conversations with a caterpillar and a bacterium
11:00 AM -
12:30 PM |
1 hour 30 minutes
7:30 PM
7:30 PM -
9:30 PM |
2 hours
VIDEO OF PRESENTATION
8:30 PM
8:30 PM -
8:50 PM |
20 minutes
Pigs are very social and intelligent creatures, but modern agricultural practices are poorly aligned to their welfare and behavioural needs. This presentation will discuss the most pressing welfare problems in the ways that pigs are farmed, from the time they are born to the time they are slaughtered.