Dr Andrew Grist
Expertise
Researching improvements in Animal Welfare at Slaughter, especially Captive bolt use. Researching and teaching Meat Inspection, Official Veterinarian training, and Animal Welfare Officer training
Current positions
Senior Lecturer
Bristol Veterinary School
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Research interests
Major interests include food animal welfare issues particularly during transport, stunning and slaughter, parasitology of meat animals and meat animal pathology. Tutor of the University of Bristol Animal Welfare Officer (AWO) and Poultry Welfare Officer (PWO) training courses. Tutor of the University of Bristol Official Veterinarian Designation Course. Author of 4 meat inspection textbooks (Poultry, Bovine, Ovine and Porcine). Awarded the University of Bristol Teaching Award in 2010. Voted ‘Best of Bristol’ by students in 2015. Winner of the Students' Award for Outstanding Teaching in the Faculty of Health Sciences 2018
Projects and supervisions
Thesis supervisions
The impact of Animal Welfare Training at slaughter on animal welfare, personnel attitudes and product quality
Supervisors
The development and practical implementation of Single Pulse Ultra-High Current for humane and Halal compliant slaughter of cattle
Supervisors
Trigeminal-mediated headshaking in horses
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
03/01/2025Assessment of ante mortem welfare indicators and the pathophysiology of captive-bolt trauma in equids at slaughter
Animal Welfare
Assessment of Donkey (Equus asinus) Welfare at Slaughter in Ghana
Animals
Impact of Social Buffering and Restraint on Welfare Indicators during UK Commercial Horse Slaughter
Animals
A systematic review of equid welfare at slaughter
Livestock Science
Suspected Laminosioptes cysticola (fowl cyst mite) lesions in backyard chickens in southern England
Veterinary Record Case Reports
Thesis
Animal Welfare Aspects of Mechanical Stunning and Killing of Neonate Farm Animals and Mechanical Stunning of Adult Cattle
Supervisors
Award date
12/05/2020