Animal Welfare and Behaviour

Research areas

Animal Welfare and Behaviour comprises the following research areas:




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.

Selected articles from our news archive:

The foundations of empathy are found in the chicken

Animal welfare researchers in Israel break new ground

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