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Description
Providing environmental enrichment (EE) aims to allow animals to gain positive experiences by engaging in and completing rewarding behaviours. However uncertainties exist surrounding EE use for farmed species including how to assess use of EE in practice and whether EE has other benefits such as promoting greater resilience including decreasing disease susceptibility. This work seeks to address these uncertainties. Engaging with stakeholders and using welfare assessment tools, such as qualitative behavioural assessment (an animal-centric welfare indicator) will determine levels and effectiveness of EE. This will provide information on practical welfare improvements helping create 'good life' environments for farm animals.
| Status | Active |
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| Effective start/end date | 1/04/22 → 31/03/27 |
Funding
- Scottish Government: Rural & Environment Science & Analytical Services
UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This project contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Scottish SPCA Pig welfare policy
Baxter, E. (Consultant)
5 Feb 2023Activity: Consultancy types › Consultancy
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RSPCA (External organisation)
Baxter, E. (Member)
2018 → …Activity: Membership types › Membership of advisory group
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Advances in Pig Welfare: Second Edition
Camerlink, I. (Editor) & Baxter, E. (Editor), 3 Oct 2023, 2 ed. Woodhead Publishing. 601 p.Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Book
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Digital Livestock Technologies as boundary objects: Investigating impacts on farm management and animal welfare
Schilling, J., Bennett, R., Wemelsfelder, F. & Rose, D. C., 17 Feb 2023, (First published) In: Animal Welfare. 32, 10 p., e17.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Piglets’ behaviour and performance in relation to sow characteristics
Baxter, E. M., Hall, S. A., Farish, M., Donbavand, J., Brims, M., Jack, M., Lawrence, A. B. & Camerlink, I., Feb 2023, In: Animal. 17, 2, 100699.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile10 Citations (Scopus)76 Downloads (Pure)