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Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Animal and Poultry Science, University of Guelph
2002 → 2008
Award Date: 5 Aug 2008
Dalhousie University
1999 → 2002
Award Date: 15 May 2002
Keywords
- S Agriculture (General)
- Animal welfare
- animal behaviour
- Motivation
- welfare assessment
- hunger
- sleep
- QL Zoology
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Projects
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Sleep behaviour as a novel indicator of animal welfare using laying hens as a model
Sandilands, V., Baker, L. & Dixon, L.
25/09/17 → 31/03/19
Project: Research
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Healthy animals, healthy food, healthy people
Dwyer, C., Langford, F., Mitchell, M., Dixon, L. & Turner, S.
1/04/17 → 30/03/21
Project: Research
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Collaborative development of positive welfare indicators for farm assurance
Dwyer, C., Lawrence, A., Dixon, L., Mackay, J., Wemelsfelder, F. & Haskell, M.
14/03/16 → 31/03/18
Project: Research
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Owner approaches and attitudes to the problem of lead-pulling behaviour in pet-dogs
Townsend, L., Dixon, LM., Chase-Topping, M. & Buckley, L., Apr 2020. 2 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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Slow and steady wins the race: The behaviour and welfare of commercial faster growing broiler breeds compared to a commercial slower growing breed
Dixon, LM., 6 Apr 2020, (First published) In: PLoS ONE. 15, 4, p. 1-20 20 p., e0231006.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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WHO’S WALKING WHO? THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PULLING ON LEAD AND PET DOG WELFARE IN THE UK AND IRELAND
Townsend, L., Dixon, LM., Chase-Topping, M. & Buckley, L., Jul 2020. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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Welfare assessment of novel on-farm killing methods for poultry
Martin, J. E., Sandilands, V., Sparrey, J., Baker, L., Dixon, L. M. & McKeegan, D. E. F., 22 Feb 2019, (First published) In: PLoS ONE. 14, 2, e0212872.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile7 Citations (Scopus)11 Downloads (Pure) -
Pancreatic PYY but not PPY expression is responsive to short-term nutritional state and the pancreas constitutes the major site of PYY mRNA expression in chickens
Reid, AMA., Wilson, PW., Caughey, SD., Dixon, LM., D'Eath, RB., Sandilands, V., Boswell, T. & Dunn, IC., 8 Jul 2017, (First published) In: General and Comparative Endocrinology. 252, p. 226 - 235 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile7 Citations (Scopus)9 Downloads (Pure)
Press / Media
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Eat. Sit. Suffer. Repeat. the life of a typical meat chicken
2/03/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media