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Personal profile
Research interests
My research addresses fundamental, welfare-relevant questions of animal behaviour and cognition. I am interested in why domestic animals do what they do, and what implications this has for their welfare, health, productivity and management.
Current projects are on detectable behavioural changes during subclinical inflammation and on play as improving as well indicating welfare.
Research Keywords
- social behaviour
- individual response profiles
- farm animal cognition
- play behaviour
- subclinical inflammation, behaviour and welfare
Research funders
BBSRC, INNOVATE, EU FP6, Defra, John Oldacre Foundation, RSPCA
Research Collaborators
Dr Liesbeth Bolhuis (Wageningen) - pig social behaviour and cognition
Prof Bill Browne (Bristol) - welfare indicators
Prof Richard Byrne (St Andrews) - pig social behaviour and cognition
Dr Andrew Janczak (Oslo) - subclinical inflammation and behaviour
Prof Georgia Mason (Guelph) - maternal behavioural profiles in pigs
Dr Luca Melotti (Bern) - play
Prof Mike Mendl (Bristol) - pig social behaviour and cognition, welfare indicators, individual response profiles, maternal behavioural profiles in pigs
Prof Christine Nicol (RVC) - welfare indicators and emotion transfer in chickens
Dr Liz Paul (Bristol) - welfare indicators and emotion transfer in chickens
Dr Nicola Rooney (Bristol) - pet rabbit behaviour and welfare, play
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Projects
- 1 Finished
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An investigation of socially-mediated emotional transfer in the chicken
Nicol, C. J., Edgar, J. L., Held, S. D. E. & Paul, E. S.
1/10/12 → 1/02/16
Project: Research
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
9 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
325 Citations (Scopus) -
Pig cognition
Mendl, M., Held, S. & Byrne, RW., Sept 2010, In: Current Biology. 20, p. R796 - R798 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
39 Citations (Scopus)
Activities
- 2 Editorial activity
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Frontiers in Veterinary Science (Journal)
Suzanne D E Held (Editor)
2014 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
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Animal Behaviour (Journal)
Suzanne D E Held (Editor)
2010 → 2013Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity