Join us for our next Synergy Webinar on Animal Welfare, by @affect-evo.bsky.social, @liftcostaction.bsky.social & COST IMPROVE! “Animal happiness" with Ass. Prof. Laura Webb. 📅 Date & Time: 15 October 2025 | 16:00 CEST 🔗 Registration link: forms.gle/jxHjULq5UrQ9...

I wholeheartedly recommend having a sow feeder at floor level. Piglets of 14 days old are eating themselves fat without my effort. 6kg at 2 wk old. Some simple changes can make huge differences for weaning pigs.

The GxE trial has now officially started! Pigs in all colours and patterns :) No boring research here the coming year.

Applied Animal Behaviour Science now also accepts Short Communications and Perspective articles. Do note the submission guidelines. See the editorial authors.elsevier.com/a/1l2fUcF2Ow...

Looking for internship student who would like to learn about pig behaviour and cognition. When: July-August 2025, Where: Warschau, Poland

The ESPHM conference in Bern this year focuses on the 5 Freedoms for pigs #5freedoms #esphm

Are bullies smarter? Link between pig cognition and aggressive behaviour studied through social networks. Congrats to Lucy Oldham for another paper published! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Prof Ilan Halachmi gave a dynamic presentation on recent developments in PLF at the regional EAAP in Krakow @eaap-animalscience.bsky.social

Opening speech by EAAP president Joël Bérard at the regional EAAP in Krakow, showing the importance of the society for researchers and industry #eaap @eaap-animalscience.bsky.social

The regional EAAP meeting in Krakow is kicked off with an inspiring plenary by Prof Chris Knight. @eaap-animalscience.bsky.social

The journal Applied Animal Behaviour Science has regained its Q1 status on SCIMAGO in the category of Food Animals 🎉 #ethology

Proud to see how a large-scale innovative farm is actively improving pig welfare through research and own initiatives #pigfarm #pigplay #animalwelfare

Regrouping multiple litters while using the 50+ years of research on pig aggression. Little fighting and few hours later they all sleep together 😊

The science on visual abilities of pigs is definitely age dependent. Luckily she still has her snout.

Increasing animal agency: opening the door and see what the pigs do. All other days they left their piglets in the nest but today took them out. Natural socialization! #animalagency @liftcostaction.bsky.social

Happy pig of the day: introducing Dachspig, the pig in Dachshund shape 🐷🐶

📰✨ Our Feature Paper of the Month! ✨📰 This month's highlight: "Positive Welfare and the Like: Distinct Views and a Proposed Framework" by Jean-Loup Rault and colleagues. 📖 Read more: doi.org/10.3389/fvet...

Our yak review is published 🎉🌏: Ethology at the roof of the World: A cross-language systematic review of the behaviour and welfare of yaks (Bos mutus and Bos grunniens). Full text at authors.elsevier.com/a/1kj1QcF20w...

No need for science: adult pigs play regularly if given the opportunity. Fact. @liftcostaction.bsky.social

Multiple-choice question when signing up for a webinar on Literature reviews... What is your top concern using AI, option 1:Risk of hallucinations 😳🤣

When your study animals read the protocol 😅

After 4 years as editor-in-chief I can start thinking of compiling a book with the most useful or funny comments of the reviewer-author "conversation" in the revision note 🤣 Here is one: "We are content with leaving this sentence in place". Certainly not the best response but it gave a good laugh!

How it should be, in a 🐷 nest without being restrained in their movements or behaviour. Let's make positive animal welfare the norm. @liftcostaction.bsky.social

Consensus on definition of Positive Animal Welfare bit.ly/4areBNM “Flourishing through positive mental states, resilience and competence”. Thanks to a great team effort @LIFTCostAction.bsky.social #PositiveAnimalWelfare #AnimalWelfareScience

Excited to share our new definition of Positive Animal Welfare at next week live seminar! #PositiveAnimalWelfare #AnimalWelfareScience @LIFTCostAction.bsky.social 📅 Thursday 23rd Jan ⏰ 13h15 CET @RSocPublishing cassyni.com/events/qGM3k...

ISAE 2025: 30 days until abstract submission deadline! Submit your abstracts now through (deadline 15 February 2025): lnkd.in/egBs9F3d Travel awards are available (deadline to apply 15 February 2025): lnkd.in/eyxgwiQH Registration fees are available: lnkd.in/efmRajDt

The January Friday afternoon feeling, when everything that is postponed from December comes all at once flooding in after holidays.

You can now access the summary editorial of the highlights of publications in AABS in 2024 kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...

It seems that the most difficult part of research is not the research itself or the never ending workload, but how to prioritise tasks when knowing that when you prioritise doing tasks for someone, you let someone else wait or sacrifice the time to work on your own research 😐

Did you miss #ASABWinter2024 ? Or do you want to re-watch a talk or catch one you missed? Well, its your lucky day. Videos of the conference are now up on youtube for your perusal! Day 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwF8... Day 2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz8S...

The post Christmas feeling. Just enough energy to raise the ears.

Good piece by @natureportfolio.bsky.social. The erosion of thinking time—driven by admin, bureaucracy, industry agendas, and unrealistic output targets—stifles curiosity-led science. These pressures undermine innovation and the intellectual freedom vital for real progress. 🧪🌱🌍 #ScienceIsNotBusiness

We are thrilled to announce that the ISAE 2025 congress will be preceded by an exciting sattellite organised by the COST Action LIFT, on positive animal welfare . More info: isae2025utrecht.nl/satellite-wo... Abstract deadline for ISAE 2025 is 15 Feb!

Happy to share our latest publication on the pigs. Conclusion: infrared thermography did not reveal differences between tear staining scores, but tear staining occurs also under high welfare conditions. authors.elsevier.com/a/1kFrK6fSi9...

Amazing work today by the vet. Treating a pig with equal importance as if she were a valuable sports horse. Pig calmly lets herself be bandaged. No restraint, no injections, no stress. All animals deserve equal treatment.

Our new editorial for Applied Animal Behaviour Science is now out, and reflects on the pace of science. Can you work for 50 years at this fast pace? 😵‍💫 And do you want to? 🤔 Read it at authors.elsevier.com/a/1kDbBcF2Os...

Why is there so little research on assessing emotional states from animals' eyes? Anyone suggestions for research techniques?

Postdoctoral position available in Animal Welfare Economics at Toulouse School of Economics, to look at how to extend social welfare functions to include animals. They're particularly looking for expertise in welfare theory. Deadline: Jan 10, 2025. econjobmarket.org/positions/11...

Only a few days left to apply to this PhD position at the University of Arizona! psychology.arizona.edu/apply-our-gr...

* NEW #PhD * #Evolution #Ecology of Immune #Senesence in Wild Badgers - exciting project with me, @btschirren.bsky.social & our awesome collaborators @ APHA. Based at @exetercec.bsky.social in Cornwall, UK. !PLEASE SHARE! See www.animalsocieties.org and apply: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin... 🌏 🧪 🦑

You can always trust on your pig when needing to counterbalance the end-of-the-year writing rush ☯️

The presentations from our Animal Welfare Science Centre Research Showcase 2024 are now available to view on YouTube. You can view these recordings and follow our YouTube channel to keep up to date with future seminars: www.youtube.com/@AnimalWelfa... #animawelfare #science