Ms Joanne Edgar
PhD(Bristol), M.Sc.(Edin.), B.Sc.(Wales)
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Current positions
Senior Lecturer
Bristol Veterinary School
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Research interests
Animal behaviour and welfare
Animal welfare assessment
Thermal imaging to detect stress
Maternal behaviour
Social behaviour
Empathy
Social learning
Chicken behaviour and welfare
Keel fractures in laying hens
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Simulation of maternal care to improve welfare in chickens
Principal Investigator
Dates
31/03/2015 to 30/03/2018
An investigation of socially-mediated emotional transfer in the chicken
Role
Researcher
Dates
01/10/2012 to 01/02/2016
Publications
Recent publications
01/04/2023Fear, anxiety and production in laying hens with healed keel bone fractures
Poultry Science
Prenatal and Early Postnatal Behavioural Programming in Laying Hens, With Possible Implications for the Development of Injurious Pecking
Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Behavioural and physiological responses of laying hens to automated monitoring equipment
Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Examining affective structure in chickens
Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Socially-mediated arousal and contagion within domestic chick broods
Scientific Reports
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