Mette S. Herskin
@metteherskin.bsky.social
Professor at Aarhus University, Denmark, studying behaviour and welfare of pigs, cattle and poultry during critical life events - on farm and during transportation.
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📢 The 2024-2025 HSA Annual Report is here! We're excited to share another year of diverse and impactful activities undertaken by our dedicated HSA team.
Read about our achievements over the past year and plans for the future here ➡️ ow.ly/HHMG50X9AYB
#AnimalWelfare
Read about our achievements over the past year and plans for the future here ➡️ ow.ly/HHMG50X9AYB
#AnimalWelfare
October 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
📢 The 2024-2025 HSA Annual Report is here! We're excited to share another year of diverse and impactful activities undertaken by our dedicated HSA team.
Read about our achievements over the past year and plans for the future here ➡️ ow.ly/HHMG50X9AYB
#AnimalWelfare
Read about our achievements over the past year and plans for the future here ➡️ ow.ly/HHMG50X9AYB
#AnimalWelfare
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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
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
October 8, 2025 at 11:21 AM
#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
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
Open post doc position at @au.dk on animal welfare during critical life events (mainly animal transport). Please check here: www.au.dk/om/stillinge... and please share 🥁
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Open post doc position at @au.dk on animal welfare during critical life events (mainly animal transport). Please check here: www.au.dk/om/stillinge... and please share 🥁
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🔍 NEW STUDY highlights gaps in awareness, enforcement, and practices affecting livestock welfare during transport and at markets in Nigeria.
🔗 Read the full, open access article here: ow.ly/kH9K50WY7hC
#AnimalWelfareScience #AnimalWelfare
🔗 Read the full, open access article here: ow.ly/kH9K50WY7hC
#AnimalWelfareScience #AnimalWelfare
September 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
🔍 NEW STUDY highlights gaps in awareness, enforcement, and practices affecting livestock welfare during transport and at markets in Nigeria.
🔗 Read the full, open access article here: ow.ly/kH9K50WY7hC
#AnimalWelfareScience #AnimalWelfare
🔗 Read the full, open access article here: ow.ly/kH9K50WY7hC
#AnimalWelfareScience #AnimalWelfare
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📢 The preliminary schedule for this year's HSA Conference is now available to view online.
To register to attend, or to view the preliminary schedule, please visit➡️ hsa.org.uk/conference2025
#AnimalWelfareScience #AnimalWelfare
To register to attend, or to view the preliminary schedule, please visit➡️ hsa.org.uk/conference2025
#AnimalWelfareScience #AnimalWelfare
August 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
📢 The preliminary schedule for this year's HSA Conference is now available to view online.
To register to attend, or to view the preliminary schedule, please visit➡️ hsa.org.uk/conference2025
#AnimalWelfareScience #AnimalWelfare
To register to attend, or to view the preliminary schedule, please visit➡️ hsa.org.uk/conference2025
#AnimalWelfareScience #AnimalWelfare
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🔍NEW STUDY examines undergraduate attitudes towards animal welfare science and implications for teaching.
🔗 Read the full open access article here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#AnimalWelfareScience #AnimalWelfare
🔗 Read the full open access article here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#AnimalWelfareScience #AnimalWelfare
August 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
🔍NEW STUDY examines undergraduate attitudes towards animal welfare science and implications for teaching.
🔗 Read the full open access article here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#AnimalWelfareScience #AnimalWelfare
🔗 Read the full open access article here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#AnimalWelfareScience #AnimalWelfare
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New paper out on how UK undergrads in animal-focused programs think about animal welfare, including animal welfare as a scientific discipline (Spoiler: it's complicated):
Was wonderful working with the fab Annabelle Beaver on seeing this through- let us know what you think!
bit.ly/4oHQO2X
Was wonderful working with the fab Annabelle Beaver on seeing this through- let us know what you think!
bit.ly/4oHQO2X
Undergraduate student attitudes towards animal welfare science: An investigation to inform teaching approaches | Animal Welfare | Cambridge Core
Undergraduate student attitudes towards animal welfare science: An investigation to inform teaching approaches - Volume 34
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August 19, 2025 at 6:20 PM
New paper out on how UK undergrads in animal-focused programs think about animal welfare, including animal welfare as a scientific discipline (Spoiler: it's complicated):
Was wonderful working with the fab Annabelle Beaver on seeing this through- let us know what you think!
bit.ly/4oHQO2X
Was wonderful working with the fab Annabelle Beaver on seeing this through- let us know what you think!
bit.ly/4oHQO2X
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Can we mitigate pain associated with castration in beef cattle at early (<6 months of age) ages? A review from a Canadian perspective | Meléndez et al.: buff.ly/LssOOGG #OpenAccess #livestock
Canadian Science Publishing
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August 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Can we mitigate pain associated with castration in beef cattle at early (<6 months of age) ages? A review from a Canadian perspective | Meléndez et al.: buff.ly/LssOOGG #OpenAccess #livestock
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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
"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
August 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
#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
"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
Thank you @applied-ethology.bsky.social for sharing our paper on behaviour of weaner pigs during transport. @au.dk
#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
"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
August 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Thank you @applied-ethology.bsky.social for sharing our paper on behaviour of weaner pigs during transport. @au.dk
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Welcome to our newest LINK member, Dr Kate Creutzinger, from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Vermont, USA.
🔗Interested in joining our LINKs Scheme? Visit: ow.ly/oyRP50W01p5
#AnimalWelfare
🔗Interested in joining our LINKs Scheme? Visit: ow.ly/oyRP50W01p5
#AnimalWelfare
August 8, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Welcome to our newest LINK member, Dr Kate Creutzinger, from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Vermont, USA.
🔗Interested in joining our LINKs Scheme? Visit: ow.ly/oyRP50W01p5
#AnimalWelfare
🔗Interested in joining our LINKs Scheme? Visit: ow.ly/oyRP50W01p5
#AnimalWelfare
First study of pig behaviour and potential welfare hazards in assembly barns presented yesterday at #ISAE2025 by Karen Thodberg. Thank you to everybody involved in this large project, especially to Cecilie Kobek-Kjeldager for taking the lead on assembly barns - papers are on the way. @au.dk
August 7, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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The GOAT @goatswhostare.bsky.social sharing some inspiring and fascinating insights on how to more cleverly understand the clever inner lives of livestock in opening this morning’s @applied-ethology.bsky.social #ISAE2025 session
August 7, 2025 at 7:24 AM
The GOAT @goatswhostare.bsky.social sharing some inspiring and fascinating insights on how to more cleverly understand the clever inner lives of livestock in opening this morning’s @applied-ethology.bsky.social #ISAE2025 session
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Save the date!! www.efsa.europa.eu/en/events/we... Webinar on welfare of animals kept for fur production | EFSA
Webinar on welfare of animals kept for fur production
BackgroundEFSA will present its newly published scientific opinion on the welfare of American mink, red and Arctic foxes, raccoon dog, and chinchilla kept for fur production. This contains the most u...
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August 5, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Save the date!! www.efsa.europa.eu/en/events/we... Webinar on welfare of animals kept for fur production | EFSA
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Save the date!! www.efsa.europa.eu/en/events/we... Webinar on welfare of beef cattle | EFSA
Webinar on welfare of beef cattle
BackgroundIn this webinar, EFSA will present its recently published scientific opinion on the welfare of beef cattle. This opinion provides the most up-to-date scientific research on the effects of ho...
www.efsa.europa.eu
August 5, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Save the date!! www.efsa.europa.eu/en/events/we... Webinar on welfare of beef cattle | EFSA
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Webinar on welfare of animals kept for fur production. @efsa.europa.eu Register now! www.efsa.europa.eu/en/events/we... Webinar on welfare of animals kept for fur production | EFSA
July 30, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Webinar on welfare of animals kept for fur production. @efsa.europa.eu Register now! www.efsa.europa.eu/en/events/we... Webinar on welfare of animals kept for fur production | EFSA
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Webinar on welfare of beef cattle @efsa.europa.eu Register now! www.efsa.europa.eu/en/events/we... Webinar on welfare of beef cattle | EFSA
July 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Webinar on welfare of beef cattle @efsa.europa.eu Register now! www.efsa.europa.eu/en/events/we... Webinar on welfare of beef cattle | EFSA
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📢 New from @efsa.europa.eu: Scientific Opinion on the welfare of animals farmed for fur.
🦦 Mink | 🦊 Foxes | 🦝 Raccoon dogs | 🐹 Chinchillas
Read more: 👉 europa.eu/!WFYn9F & infographic 👉 europa.eu/!R6RPhg
#AnimalWelfare #EFSA #FurFarming
🦦 Mink | 🦊 Foxes | 🦝 Raccoon dogs | 🐹 Chinchillas
Read more: 👉 europa.eu/!WFYn9F & infographic 👉 europa.eu/!R6RPhg
#AnimalWelfare #EFSA #FurFarming
July 30, 2025 at 9:05 AM
📢 New from @efsa.europa.eu: Scientific Opinion on the welfare of animals farmed for fur.
🦦 Mink | 🦊 Foxes | 🦝 Raccoon dogs | 🐹 Chinchillas
Read more: 👉 europa.eu/!WFYn9F & infographic 👉 europa.eu/!R6RPhg
#AnimalWelfare #EFSA #FurFarming
🦦 Mink | 🦊 Foxes | 🦝 Raccoon dogs | 🐹 Chinchillas
Read more: 👉 europa.eu/!WFYn9F & infographic 👉 europa.eu/!R6RPhg
#AnimalWelfare #EFSA #FurFarming
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See our new infographic on #Welfare of #BeefCattle 🐂
#EFSA_EU just released. What to focus on to improve their welfare. 📊 europa.eu/!TnBJmy
📘 Full opinion → europa.eu/!3bp96m
#BeefCattle #AnimalWelfare #EFSA_EU
#EFSA_EU just released. What to focus on to improve their welfare. 📊 europa.eu/!TnBJmy
📘 Full opinion → europa.eu/!3bp96m
#BeefCattle #AnimalWelfare #EFSA_EU
July 27, 2025 at 11:27 AM
See our new infographic on #Welfare of #BeefCattle 🐂
#EFSA_EU just released. What to focus on to improve their welfare. 📊 europa.eu/!TnBJmy
📘 Full opinion → europa.eu/!3bp96m
#BeefCattle #AnimalWelfare #EFSA_EU
#EFSA_EU just released. What to focus on to improve their welfare. 📊 europa.eu/!TnBJmy
📘 Full opinion → europa.eu/!3bp96m
#BeefCattle #AnimalWelfare #EFSA_EU
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🐮 𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐟 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐞
Our scientists have reviewed the latest evidence and provided recommendations to improve it, focusing on housing, diet, and overall wellbeing.
Learn more with our infographic and full opinion ⤵️
europa.eu/!TnBJmy
#OneHealth #AnimalWelfare | @efsa-animals.bsky.social
Our scientists have reviewed the latest evidence and provided recommendations to improve it, focusing on housing, diet, and overall wellbeing.
Learn more with our infographic and full opinion ⤵️
europa.eu/!TnBJmy
#OneHealth #AnimalWelfare | @efsa-animals.bsky.social
Welfare of beef cattle on farm
Welfare of beef cattle on farm
europa.eu
July 25, 2025 at 9:45 AM
🐮 𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐟 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐞
Our scientists have reviewed the latest evidence and provided recommendations to improve it, focusing on housing, diet, and overall wellbeing.
Learn more with our infographic and full opinion ⤵️
europa.eu/!TnBJmy
#OneHealth #AnimalWelfare | @efsa-animals.bsky.social
Our scientists have reviewed the latest evidence and provided recommendations to improve it, focusing on housing, diet, and overall wellbeing.
Learn more with our infographic and full opinion ⤵️
europa.eu/!TnBJmy
#OneHealth #AnimalWelfare | @efsa-animals.bsky.social
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🐄 Just published!🐄 EFSA releases a scientific opinion & technical report on beef cattle welfare in the EU. Welfare risks, best practices & system-level insight — all in one place. 🔗 europa.eu/!TtY4bY
#AnimalWelfare #BeefCattle #EFSA_EU
#AnimalWelfare #BeefCattle #EFSA_EU
July 25, 2025 at 9:03 AM
🐄 Just published!🐄 EFSA releases a scientific opinion & technical report on beef cattle welfare in the EU. Welfare risks, best practices & system-level insight — all in one place. 🔗 europa.eu/!TtY4bY
#AnimalWelfare #BeefCattle #EFSA_EU
#AnimalWelfare #BeefCattle #EFSA_EU
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📢 The final programme for the 76th EAAP Annual Meeting in Innsbruck is now available!
🚀Get ready for cutting-edge science, networking opportunities, and inspiring discussions.
📍 Innsbruck, Austria
📅 25th –29th August 2025
🔗 Check out the full programme here eaap2025.org/Final_Progra...
🚀Get ready for cutting-edge science, networking opportunities, and inspiring discussions.
📍 Innsbruck, Austria
📅 25th –29th August 2025
🔗 Check out the full programme here eaap2025.org/Final_Progra...
July 22, 2025 at 12:20 PM
📢 The final programme for the 76th EAAP Annual Meeting in Innsbruck is now available!
🚀Get ready for cutting-edge science, networking opportunities, and inspiring discussions.
📍 Innsbruck, Austria
📅 25th –29th August 2025
🔗 Check out the full programme here eaap2025.org/Final_Progra...
🚀Get ready for cutting-edge science, networking opportunities, and inspiring discussions.
📍 Innsbruck, Austria
📅 25th –29th August 2025
🔗 Check out the full programme here eaap2025.org/Final_Progra...
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🐮 The meeting will also showcase Austria’s unique livestock farming systems — blending tradition and innovation.
🌟 Don’t miss this opportunity to exchange knowledge, meet colleagues from around the world, and experience Innsbruck’s culture and beauty.
🌟 Don’t miss this opportunity to exchange knowledge, meet colleagues from around the world, and experience Innsbruck’s culture and beauty.
July 14, 2025 at 10:54 AM
🐮 The meeting will also showcase Austria’s unique livestock farming systems — blending tradition and innovation.
🌟 Don’t miss this opportunity to exchange knowledge, meet colleagues from around the world, and experience Innsbruck’s culture and beauty.
🌟 Don’t miss this opportunity to exchange knowledge, meet colleagues from around the world, and experience Innsbruck’s culture and beauty.
Reposted by Mette S. Herskin
🔍 NEW REVIEW provides a rapid systematic overview of the use of camera traps in ecological studies, with a focus on wildlife welfare.
🔗 Read the full article here: ow.ly/tr4U50WlNN7
#AnimalWelfareScience #AnimalWelfare
🔗 Read the full article here: ow.ly/tr4U50WlNN7
#AnimalWelfareScience #AnimalWelfare
July 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
🔍 NEW REVIEW provides a rapid systematic overview of the use of camera traps in ecological studies, with a focus on wildlife welfare.
🔗 Read the full article here: ow.ly/tr4U50WlNN7
#AnimalWelfareScience #AnimalWelfare
🔗 Read the full article here: ow.ly/tr4U50WlNN7
#AnimalWelfareScience #AnimalWelfare
Reposted by Mette S. Herskin
📢 Femke Delanglez and Frank Tuyttens, recipients of an HSA Research Grant, have published the findings of their HSA-supported project in the UFAW journal, Animal Welfare.
🔗 Read the study here: ow.ly/7Mzv50Wl015
🔗 Learn more about Femke and Frank's research and HSA Grants here: ow.ly/YGc650Wl016
🔗 Read the study here: ow.ly/7Mzv50Wl015
🔗 Learn more about Femke and Frank's research and HSA Grants here: ow.ly/YGc650Wl016
July 4, 2025 at 1:18 PM
📢 Femke Delanglez and Frank Tuyttens, recipients of an HSA Research Grant, have published the findings of their HSA-supported project in the UFAW journal, Animal Welfare.
🔗 Read the study here: ow.ly/7Mzv50Wl015
🔗 Learn more about Femke and Frank's research and HSA Grants here: ow.ly/YGc650Wl016
🔗 Read the study here: ow.ly/7Mzv50Wl015
🔗 Learn more about Femke and Frank's research and HSA Grants here: ow.ly/YGc650Wl016