Animal Welfare and Behaviour

Overview

Our Research spans 7 main research themes

• Fundamental Science Underpinning Animal Welfare
• Companion Animal Behaviour and Welfare
• Animal Welfare Risk Factors and Solutions
• Animals in Society: Human-Animal Interactions and Ethics
• Animal Welfare and Sustainability
• Mathematical and computational approaches in animal welfare (MACAAW)
• Wildlife Welfare, Health and Conservation

Our People include principal investigators, postdocs, postgraduate research students, research assistants and technicians. See our team

We Co-host the BBSRC Animal Welfare Research Network (AWRN) (AWRN Manager - Poppy Statham) with Queens University Belfast (AWRN lead - Gareth Arnott).

We Run The Bristol Cats Study (contact: Dr Emily Blackwell)

Our Teaching is on the Veterinary Science BVSc Programme, Veterinary Science: Accelerated Graduate Entry Programme, Veterinary Nursing and Companion Animal Behaviour BSc, and the MSc in Global Wildlife Health and Conservation.

Our Research Impacts animal management practices and legislation, and includes public engagement and knowledge transfer to improve animal welfare. Our impact cases were scored as world-leading in the UK’s most recent Research Excellence Framework assessment (REF2021).

We Have Access to Unique On-Site Research Facilities including the Centre for Innovation Excellence in Livestock (CIEL) Poultry Research Farm, the John Oldacre Centre Farm Platform, and a 3T MRI.