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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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The science of animal welfare: behaviour, environmental enrichment and positive welfare for cattle
Haskell, M. (Speaker)
18 Nov 2024 → 20 Nov 2024Activity: Talk, evidence or presentation types › Invited talk
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Scottish SPCA Pig welfare policy
Baxter, E. (Consultant)
5 Feb 2023Activity: Consultancy types › Consultancy
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Impact of early social housing on the play behavior of neonatal and post-weaning dairy calves
McKay, C., Ellis, K., Haskell, M. & Gladden, N., 8 Sept 2025, (First published) In: Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 12, 1683861.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Invited review: Future directions for cow-calf contact research and sustainable on-farm applications
Whalin, L., Barth, K., Bertelsen, M., Bokkers, E. A. M., Ferneborg, S., Haskell, M. J., Ivemeyer, S., Jensen, M. B., Johanssen, J. R. E., Mejdell, C. M., Mughal, M., Neave, H. W., Vaarst, M., van Knegsel, A., van Zyl, C. L., Wegner, C. S. & Johnsen, J. F., 8 May 2025, (First published) In: Journal of Dairy Science. 108, 7, p. 6550-6564 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Use of animal-mounted accelerometers to identify positive welfare in dairy cattle
Ferguson, H., Davison, C., Patricia Do Jardim Goncalves Lima, J., Haskell, M., Dewhurst, R., Michie, C. W., Andonovic, I., Tachtatzis, C., Swan, A., Brooking, M., Truelove, L. & Shewbridge Carter, L., 17 Oct 2025, (First published) In: Dairy Science and Management. 2, 15.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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