Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Research interests
My research addresses fundamental questions of animal behaviour and cognition as they relate to animal welfare and health. I am interested in why domestic animals do what they do, and what implications this has for their welfare, health and management.
Current projects are on detectable behavioural changes during subclinical inflammation and on propensity to play as a welfare indicator.
Research Keywords
- links between subclinical inflammation, behaviour and welfare
- play and playfulness as welfare indicators
- social behaviour, social dynamics in groups
- natural weaning in cattle
- individual response profiles
- farm animal cognition
Research funders
BBSRC, INNOVATE, EU, Defra, John Oldacre Foundation, RSPCA
Current Research Collaborators (alphabetical)
Dorit Albertsen MRCVS MSc - natural weaning approaches in beef suckler herds
Prof Andrew Dowsey - AI for detection social behaviour change with subclinical disease in cows; AI for dairy cow welfare assessment
Prof Rafael Freire, Charles Sturt University - play in parrot populations
Dr Daniel Enriquez Hidalgo - dairy cow welfare assessment
Dr Ben Lecorps - propensity to play as a welfare indicator in cows
Prof Mike Mendl - welfare indicators
Prof Siobhan Mullan, University College Dublin - new farmed species decision frameworks; dairy cow welfare assessment
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Research output
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Delay discounting task in pigs reveals response strategies related to dopamine metabolite
Melotti, L., Thomsen, L. R., Toscano, M. J., Mendl, M. & Held, S., 15 Aug 2013, In: Physiology and Behavior. 120, p. 182-192 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
10 Citations (Scopus) -
Animal play and animal welfare
Held, S. & Spinka, M., May 2011, In: Animal Behaviour. 81, p. 891 - 899 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
426 Citations (Scopus) -
Pig cognition
Mendl, M., Held, S. & Byrne, R., Sept 2010, In: Current Biology. 20, p. R796 - R798 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
52 Citations (Scopus)
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Exploring play and playfulness as welfare indicators in dairy calves
St John Wallis, A. (Student), Mendl, M. T. (Co-Investigator), Lecorps, B. (Co-Principal Investigator) & Held, S. D. E. (Co-Principal Investigator)
19/09/23 → 19/09/27
Project: Research
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AI to monitor changes in social behaviour for the early detection of disease in dairy cattle
Dowsey, A. (Principal Investigator), Enriquez Hidalgo, D. (Co-Investigator), Reyher, K. K. (Co-Investigator), Mendl, M. T. (Co-Investigator), Campbell, N. W. (Co-Investigator), Held, S. D. E. (Co-Investigator) & Burghardt, T. (Co-Investigator)
1/07/23 → 30/06/26
Project: Research, Parent
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BBSRC Brazil Partnering Award - Welfare and health assessment of managed neotropical mammals in Brazil: developing strategies for sustainable food production
Fureix, C. (Co-Investigator), Mendl, M. T. (Principal Investigator), Held, S. D. E. (Co-Investigator) & Eisler, M. C. (Co-Investigator)
1/04/18 → 31/03/21
Project: Research
Activities
- 2 Editorial activity
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Frontiers in Veterinary Science (Journal)
Held, S. D. E. (Editor)
2014 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
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Animal Behaviour (Journal)
Held, S. D. E. (Editor)
2010 → 2013Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity