Research Training Scholarships
Past projects funded through the scheme:
- Emma Harding, University of Bristol. Novel methods for assessing mental states and animal welfare
- Kenneth Rutherford, Roslin Institute (as part of the (Edinburgh) Animal Welfare Research Consortium). Fractal analysis of behaviour: a non-invasive method for assessing animal stress and welfare.
- Emma Smith, University of Bristol. Influences of the light environment on avian behaviour and welfare.
- Naomi Latham, Oxford University. Refining the role of stereotypic behaviour in the assessment of welfare: stress, general motor persistence and early environment in the development of abnormal behaviours.
- Fritha Langford, University of Edinburgh. Behavioural and electrophysiological characterisation of sleep in sheep and its application in animal welfare studies.
- Jessica Mettam, University of Liverpool. Detection and alleviation of pain in fish.
- Louise Buckley, Scottish Agricultural College. Choices for hungry broiler breeders: do they prefer qualitative food restriction to quantitative food restriction?
Some publications arising from work carried out by Research Training Scholarship students.
Buckley, L.A., Sandilands, V., Hocking, P.M., Tolkamp, B.J., D’Eath, R.B. 2015. Feed-restricted broiler breeders: State dependent learning as a novel welfare assessment tool to evaluate their hunger state? Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 165: 124–132. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2015.01.006
Buckley, L.A., Sandilands, V., Hocking, P.M., Tolkamp, B.J., D’Eath, R.B. 2012. The use of conditioned place preference to determine broiler preferences for quantitative or qualitative dietary restriction. British Poultry Science, 53(3): 291 – 306. Doi: 10.1080/00071668.2012.698727
Buckley, L. A., Sandilands, V., Tolkamp, B. J. and D'Eath, R. B. 2011. Quantifying hungry broiler breeder dietary preferences using a closed economy T - maze task. Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 133 (3): 216 – 227. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2011.06.003
Buckley, L. A., MacMillan, L. M., Sandilands, V., Hocking, P., Tolkamp, B. J. and D'Eath, R. B. 2011. Too hungry to learn? Hungry broiler breeders fail to learn a Y-maze food quantity discrimination task. Animal Welfare. 20: 469 – 481
Mettam, J. J., Oulton, L. J., McCrohan, C. R., & Sneddon, L. U. 2011. The efficacy of three types of analgesic drugs in reducing pain in the rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss. Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 133(3): 265-274. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2011.06.009
Mettam, J. J., McCrohan, C. R., & Sneddon, L. U. 2011. Research Article: Characterisation of chemosensory trigeminal receptors in the rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss: responses to chemical irritants and carbon dioxide. Journal of Experimental Biology. 215: 685-693. http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.060350
Langford, F.M. and Cockram, M.S. 2010. Is sleep in animals affected by prior waking experiences? Animal Welfare. 19: 215-222
Latham, N.R. and Mason G.J. 2010. Frustration and perseveration in stereotypic captive animals: Is a taste of enrichment worse than none at all? Behavioural Brain Research. 211: 96-104. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2010.03.018
Mason, G., Clubb, R., Latham N. & Vickery S. 2007. Why and how should we use enrichments to tackle stereotypic behaviour? Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 102: 163 – 188. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2006.05.041
Latham, N.R. and Mason G.J. 2004. From house mouse to mouse house: the behavioural biology of free-living Mus musculus and its implications in the laboratory. Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 86: 261-289. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2004.02.006
Mason G.J. and Latham, N.R. 2004. Can’t stop, won’t stop: is stereotypy a reliable animal welfare indicator? Animal Welfare. 13: S57-69.
Smith, E.L, Greenwood, V.J., Goldsmith, A.R., and Cuthill, I.C. 2005. Effect of supplementary ultraviolet lighting on the behaviour and corticosterone levels of Japanese quail chicks. Animal Welfare. 14: 103-109 ISSN 0962-7286
Smith, E.L., Cuthill, I.C., Griffiths, R., Greenwood, V.J., Goldsmith A.R and Evans J.E. Sexing Starlings Sturnus vulgaris using iris colour. 2005. Ringing & Migration, 22. Pp 193-197
Greenwood, V.J., Smith, E.L., Goldsmith, A.R., Cuthill, I.C., Crisp, L.H., Walter-Swan, M.B., and Bennett, A.T.D. 2004. Does the flicker frequency of fluorescent lighting affect the welfare of captive European starlings? Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 86: 145-159.
Greenwood, V.J., Smith, E.L., Cuthill, I.C., Bennett, A.T.D., Goldsmith, A.R., and Griffiths, R. 2003. Do European starlings prefer light environments containing UV? Animal Behaviour. 64: 923-928.
Greenwood, V.J., Smith, E.L, Church, S.C., and Partridge, J.C. 2003. Behavioural investigation of polarisation sensitivity in the Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) and the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris). Journal of Experimental Biology. 206: 3201-3210.
Greenwood, V.J., Smith, E.L, Church, S.C., and Partridge, J.C. 2002. No evidence of polarisation sensitivity in the Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica). Perception, 31. Supplement. Pp48a.
Smith, E.L., Greenwood, V.J., Bennett, A.T.D. 2002. Ultraviolet colour vision in birds: inferring physiology and perception from behaviour. Perception, 31. Supplement. Pp 66c.
Smith, E.L., Greenwood, V.J., Bennett, A.T.D. 2002. Ultraviolet colour perception in European starlings and Japanese quail. Journal of Experimental Biology. 205: 3299-3306.
Smith, E.L, Greenwood, V.J., Goldsmith, A.R., Cuthill, I.C. and Bennett, A.T.D. 2001. Can unnatural visual scenes cause stress in captive birds? Perception, 30. Supplement. Pp73a.
Rutherford, K.M.D., Haskell, M.J., Glasbey, C., & Lawrence, A.B. 2006. The responses of growing pigs to a chronic-intermittent stress treatment. Physiology & Behavior 89, 670-680. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.08.006
Rutherford, K.M.D., Haskell, M.J., Glasbey, C., Jones, R.B., and Lawrence A.B. 2004. Fractal analysis of animal behaviour as an indicator of animal welfare. Animal Welfare. V13 suppl 1: 99-103(5).
Rutherford, K.M.D., Haskell, M.J., Glasbey, C., Jones, R.B., and Lawrence, A.B. 2003. Detrended fluctuation analysis of behavioural responses to mild acute stressors in domestic hens. Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 83(2): 125-139. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0168-1591(03)00115-1.
Paul, E.S., Harding, E.J., and Mendl, M. 2005. Measuring emotional processes in animals: the utility of a cognitive approach. Neuroscience and biobehavioural reviews. V29(3) pp 469-491. DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2005.01.002.
Harding, E.J., Paul, E.S., and Mendl, M. 2004. Animal behaviour: Cognitive bias and affective state. Nature 427, 312 (22 January 2004). DOI: 10.1038/427312a.
