
Mr Alfie Prettyman
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Research interests
I study the group movement of hens in free range enclosures and use neural networks to model how they move in order to try and predict / explain feather peacking, smothering, and other welfare concerns. I'm also interested in how a newly developed veranda affects their movement and their welfare.
Publications
Recent publications
11/04/2026Social tolerance and large group feeding behaviours in response to anthropogenic resource provision in reportedly solitary Neotropical foxes
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