Organization profile

Organisation profile

Research in Animal Welfare and Behaviour spans fundamental studies of cognition and emotion, through validation of animal welfare assessment methodologies, identifying and quantifying welfare problems and their causes in farm, laboratory, companion and working animals, to implementing research based solutions in the ‘real world’. This unique integrated approach is achieved by collaborations between senior principle investigators with expertise in different areas, including fundamental behaviour, cognition, emotion; companion animal behaviour; welfare on farm and implementation of welfare solutions; and statistical and mathematical approaches.

The group collaborates extensively with others outside of the School, and AWB research is firmly embedded within the University Research Centre for Behavioural Biology (an interdisciplinary venture between biological sciences, mathematics and veterinary sciences).

Some of the group’s major achievements include:

Establishing the quantitative relationship between the two main animal welfare assessment methodologies, including the first ever validation of welfare indicators against animal choice.
Mathematically modelling social interactions to provide a theoretical framework on which to build an understanding of dyadic and group social behaviour.
Effectively implementing scientific findings through legislation, assured standards and knowledge transfer to improve animal welfare in the UK, Europe and developing countries.

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Profiles

Professor David C Barrett

David.Barrett@bristol.ac.uk

Bristol Veterinary School - Professor of Bovine Medicine, Production and Reproduction
Animal Welfare and Behaviour
Cabot Institute for the Environment

Person: Academic , Member

Dr Emily-Jayne Blackwell

Emily.Blackwell@bristol.ac.uk

Bristol Veterinary School - Lecturer in Animal Behaviour and Welfare
Animal Welfare and Behaviour

Person: Academic , Member

Professor William J Browne

William.Browne@bristol.ac.uk

School of Education - Professor of Statistics
Animal Welfare and Behaviour
Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Mathematics and Ecology
Cabot Institute for the Environment
Centre for Multilevel Modelling

Person: Academic , Member, Group lead

Research Output

710 Article (Academic Journal)
116 Conference Contribution (Conference Proceeding)
48 Chapter in a book
40 Editorial (Academic Journal)
152 More

A Large-Scale Replication of the Effectiveness of the KiVa Antibullying Program: A Randomized Controlled Trial in the Netherlands

Huitsing, G., Lodder, G. M. A., Browne, W. J., Oldenburg, B., Van der Ploeg, R. & Veenstra, R., 13 Feb 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Prevention Science.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)