A5089265326- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Body Contouring and Surgery
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Tendon Structure and Treatment
- Microbial metabolism and enzyme function
- Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock
- GDF15 and Related Biomarkers
- Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
- Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
- Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
- Ecology and biodiversity studies
- Avian ecology and behavior
- Lipid metabolism and disorders
- Textile materials and evaluations
University of Exeter
2014-2024
Bangor University
2021
Georgia State University
2021
Fibrosis of adipose tissue (AT) increases AT rigidity, reduces its expandability, and contributes to metabolic dysfunction. Collagen type VI, α3 (COL6A3) encodes 1 subunit a fibrotic extracellular matrix protein highly expressed in rodent AT. Knockout collagen VI led significant improvement health obese, diabetic ob/ob mice. However, it is unknown whether this has the same significance human We therefore aimed undertake comprehensive assessment COL6A3 relation obesity. Characterization...
Sheep are highly social domesticated animals that evolved to live in large and structured groups. As other group-living species, individuals differ the level of association they have with others, these associations often result lasting stable bonds. However, there substantial gaps our knowledge temporal dynamics sheep, how their bonds vary relation environmental changes. Here, we aimed assess relationships between ewes lambs, collecting dyadic data 41 55 lambs through use proximity loggers...
Lameness is an important health, welfare and economic problem in sheep flocks early treatment key to controlling lameness. Biologging technology provides high-resolution, continuous data that offers a novel opportunity detect lameness either directly or by identifying behavioural changes; option would facilitate more rapid of lame than visual observation. Here, the role biologging identify through changes within between investigated. Accelerometers proximity sensors were fitted flock 50 Poll...
The measurement of behaviour in extensively managed livestock for the assessment welfare remains a challenge. Bio-logging devices offer opportunity to collect continuous behavioural data over long periods while animals are their normal physical environment. Using collar-measured acceleration from 84 ewes 28 days commercial flock, we built two-component daily phenotypic profiles with data-driven analysis techniques not reliant on human observations. Our demonstrates moderate repeatability...
Introduction Sheep have heterogenous social connections that influence transmission of some infectious diseases. Footrot is one the top five globally important diseases sheep, it caused by Dichelobacter nodosus and transmits between sheep when feet contaminate surfaces, e.g., pasture. Surfaces remain for a few minutes to days, depending on surface moisture levels. Susceptible in close contact with might be at risk becoming infected because they are likely step onto footprints, particularly...