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Posts by Dr Maria Vilain Rørvang

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#NewBookReview
"Martha C. Nussbaum, Justice for Animals: Our Collective Responsibility, Simon & Schuster, New York (2020)" by Dickel et al.
Get the full book review here: www.applied-ethology.org/S_Khatiwada_...

#animaljustice #animalrights #animalethics

3 months ago 2 1 0 0
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#NewResearchalert

"Creep heating in outdoor farrowing huts may increase piglet welfare without impacting survival and growth" by Malmkvist et al.
Get the full paper here: www.applied-ethology.org/iqs/cpti.23/...

#outdoorfarrowing #sowbehaviour #pigletwelfare

5 months ago 1 1 0 0
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#jobalert
Assistant Professor: Animal Health and Welfare
Texas Tech University, Lubbock Texas, USA

More information: www.applied-ethology.org/Assistant_Pr...

3 months ago 3 5 0 0
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#NewResearchAlert

"This little piggy got cold: Door flaps on outdoor farrowing huts improve piglet survival during winter in Australia" by Lucas et al.
Get the full paper here: www.applied-ethology.org/iqs/cpti.23/...

#outdoorfarrowing #pigletwelfare #coldstress

5 months ago 2 1 0 0
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#NewResearchAlert

"Enriching the environment with multiple rooting materials and bedded rest areas improves welfare of finishing pigs" by Ocepek et al.
Get the full paper here: www.applied-ethology.org/iqs/cpti.23/...

#rootingmaterial #enrichmentpigs #pigwelfare

5 months ago 2 1 0 0
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#NewResearchAlert

"First step after submitting your paper: The preliminary checks done by the editors" by Pongrácz and Camerlink.
Get the full paper here: www.applied-ethology.org/P_Pongr_cz_a...

#scientificwriting #appliedanimalbehaviourscience #publishing

5 months ago 2 1 0 0

#voxprimato #postdoc #autresanimaux
Offre de postdoc en éthologie appliqué à la Swedish University of Biosystems and Technology sur les perceptions animales
Date limite 07/01/2026
👇🏽

5 months ago 2 2 0 0
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#NewResearchAlert

"Geolocation tracking to monitor spatial distribution and habitat selection of cows, horses and sheep grazing in mountainous areas" by Vidal-Cardos et al.
Get the full paper here: www.applied-ethology.org/Papers_by_Me...

#behaviourtracking #grazinganimals #geolocation

5 months ago 1 1 0 0
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#jobalert

Senior advisor in outdoor animal Welfare
Aarhus University, Denmark

More information: www.applied-ethology.org/Senior_advis...

5 months ago 1 3 0 0
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#jobalert

Postdoctoral position in Applied animal ethology and animal perception
Department of Biosystems and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden

More information: www.applied-ethology.org/Postdoctoral...

5 months ago 8 19 0 1

We are so lucky and delighted to have you with us 🙏🏼 Thanks for sharing these mixed emotions we have all felt living the academic life 💪🏼🤍

5 months ago 1 0 0 0

Do tou wanna share an office with me and work in an amazing team on farm animal emotions? Here you go! There's usually always chocolate and snacks in my office. Just sayin 😋

5 months ago 6 2 0 0
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#NewResearchAlert

"Gestational enrichment of commercial breeding dams (Canis familiaris) influences offspring behaviour" by Baqueiro-Espinosa et al.
Get the full paper here: www.applied-ethology.org/iqs/cpti.23/...

#dogbehaviour #enrichment #dogwelfare

5 months ago 2 1 0 0
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#NewResearchAlert
"Dried black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens) as environmental enrichment for laying hens – a full-scale commercial study" by Tahamtani et al. Get the full paper here: www.applied-ethology.org/iqs/cpti.23/...

#blacksoldierflylarvae #environmentalenrichment #layinghens

6 months ago 2 1 0 0
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Postdoctoral position in Applied animal ethology and animal perception | slu.se SLU - Science and Education for Sustainable Life

📣 Are you interested in applied animal ethology and perceptual abilities of animals? Do you want to help us disentangle how animal emotions are modulated by their sensory environment? Then, you might be the postdoc we are looking for🌠

More info: www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

#appliedethology #postcoc

6 months ago 11 15 0 1
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#PhDPositionAlert
PhD on Advancing the welfare of dairy ruminant youngstock through a social science or multi-disciplinary lens
Michigan State University, USA

More information: www.applied-ethology.org/PhD_USA.html

6 months ago 2 3 0 1
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#NewResearchAlert
"Exploring pose estimation as a tool for the assessment of brush use patterns in dairy cows" by Högberg et al. Get the full paper here: www.applied-ethology.org/Papers_by_Me...

#poseestimation #dairycattle #brushingbehaviour

6 months ago 1 1 0 0
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Ten simple rules for leading a many-author non-empirical paper Many-author non-empirical papers include recommendations or consensus statements, catalogs of ideas, roadmaps for future research, calls to action, or “how to” articles. These papers have great potent...

Ten simple rules for leading a many-author non-empirical paper

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6 months ago 3 1 0 0
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First day back at work, and I have a new paper out! authors.elsevier.com/a/1lnmV2gKRh... A review of what we know and the many things we don't know about environmental enrichment for ruminants, with @drmariarorvang.bsky.social and two other lovely colleagues who are not on BlueSky. 🐐🐑🐄

7 months ago 8 4 0 0
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#NewResearchAlert

"Ultraviolet light provisioning: Preferences from the broilers’ viewpoint" by van der Sluis et al.

Get the full paper here: www.applied-ethology.org/Papers_by_Me...

#ultravioletlight #broilervision #broilerbehaviour

8 months ago 1 1 0 0
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#NewResearchAlert

"Does environmental enrichment impact the behaviour and welfare of bearded dragons (Pogona vitticeps)?" by Crisante et al.

Get the full paper here: www.applied-ethology.org/Papers_by_Me...

#beardeddragons #enrichment #beardedragonbehaviour

8 months ago 2 1 0 0
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#NewResearchAlert

"Development of experimental parameters for conditioned place aversion testing in neonatal goat kids" by Schmidt et al.

Get the full paper here: www.applied-ethology.org/iqs/cpti.23/...

#goatkids #goatbehaviour #behaviourtest

8 months ago 2 1 0 0
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#NewResearchAlert

"A critical review of research concerning the gut microbiome in dogs and its relationship with behaviour" by Crisante et al.

Get the full paper here: www.applied-ethology.org/iqs/cpti.23/...

#dogmicrobiome #dogbehaviour #doghealth

8 months ago 5 2 1 0
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#NewResearchAlert

"Social structure and interactions of laying hens: Limited differences between small and large groups" by Grethen et al.

Get the full paper here: www.applied-ethology.org/iqs/cpti.23/...

#layinghen #layerbehaviour #socialbehaviour

8 months ago 1 1 0 0
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#NewResearchAlert

"Effects of light spectrum on pig behaviour, health and growth" by Scaillierez et al.

Get the full paper here: www.applied-ethology.org/Papers_by_Me...

#lightspectrum #pigbehaviour #pigvision

8 months ago 1 1 0 0
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#NewResearchAlert

"Development of a scale to assess pigs’ immediate behavioural reaction when encountering novel odours" by Grut et al.

Get the full paper here: www.applied-ethology.org/Papers_by_Me...

#pigbehaviour #pigolfaction #behaviourtest

8 months ago 1 1 0 0
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#NewResearchAlert
"Deck height did not affect behavioural measures of ‘natural movements’ and ‘adequate ventilation’ during 8 h and 23 h transport of weaner pigs" by Kobek-Kjeldager et al.

Get the full paper here: www.applied-ethology.org/iqs/cpti.23/...

#animaltransport #transporterdesign #pig

8 months ago 2 2 0 1
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@johannastenfelt.bsky.social presented her PhD work on the judgement bias task in the context of odour conditioning in #horses 🐴 Fantastic pitch and poster design!
#isae2025
#smellslikewelfare
#proudsupervisor

8 months ago 7 0 0 0
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#isae2025 has come to an end and what a fantastic conference it was! Already reminiscing. Our group was well represented and I’m so proud of the early career researcher I’m lucky enough to work with. Thank you all for a lovely time 🙌🏼
#appliedanimalbehaviour

8 months ago 6 0 0 0

And we’re off 🤩🥳

#isae2025

8 months ago 8 1 0 0