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Details for Dr Suzanne Held
| Personal details | |
| Name | Dr Suzanne Held |
| Job title | Senior Lecturer in Animal Science |
| Department | Bristol Veterinary School University of Bristol |
| Personal web page | http://eis.bris.ac.uk/~lvsh/index.htm |
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| Qualifications | B.Sc., Ph.D.(Wales) |
| Professional details | |
| Keywords | domestic animal behaviour animals animal cognition pigs lambs evolution of social cognition |
| Areas of expertise | I study fundamental and applied aspects of domestic animal behaviour and cognition. Currently funded projects are on: • social cognition of the domestic pig with Mike Mendl (Bristol) and Dick Byrne (St Andrews; BBSRC-funded); • individual differences in pigs' cognitive and behavioural responses to social stress and disease challenge with Mike Mendl, Mick Bailey, Mike Toscano, Luca Melotti (all Bristol; Defra-funded); • effects of under-nutrition around conception on cognitive and behavioural development in lambs with Lindsay Matthews (AgResearch, NZ), Jane Harding (Liggins Institute, NZ; NZ-funded); • ‘Evolution of Social Cognition’ (ESF-funded European Research Network). |