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Meet our Students

Leigh Atkinson

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PhD Candidate, Faculty of Veterinary & Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne. Investigating ways to improve the coping ability of sheep.

Samantha Chiew

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PhD Candidate, Faculty of Veterinary & Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne. The effects of zoo visitor-zoo animal interactions at display enclosures on the animal and the visitor.

Belinda Hall

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PhD Candidate, Faculty of Veterinary & Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne. The use and effectiveness of cognitive enrichments in zoo animals.

Megan Hayes

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PhD Candidate, Faculty of Veterinary & Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne. Researching the effects of human enrichment in pigs.

Madeleine Woodruff

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PhD Candidate, Faculty of Veterinary & Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne. Madeleine's research interests include farmer behaviour, attitudes and intervention strategies. She hopes to work with sheep farmers to promote best practice on farm to improve animal welfare.

Maria Jorquera

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PhD Candidate, Faculty of Veterinary & Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne. Novel measures of remote monitoring applicable to welfare assessment.

Laura Field

Mark Learmonth

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PhD Candidate, Faculty of Veterinary & Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne. Laura is researching farmer attitudes and management practices and their relations to welfare outcomes in large dairy herds.
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PhD Candidate, Faculty of Veterinary & Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne. Human interaction as enrichment for zoo-housed animals: Opportunity for positive affective experiences?

Gabriela Marquette

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PhD Candidate, Faculty of Veterinary & Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne in collaboration with Teagasc, Grange Research Centre, Ireland. Welfare of calves in relation to disbudding and castration.

Prabal Chowdhury

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PhD Candidate, Faculty of Veterinary & Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne. Investigating causes and risk factors of smothering in free range layer poultry

Natalie Roadknight

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PhD Candidate, Faculty of Veterinary & Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne. Researching calf welfare, in particular the welfare of male calves.

Bronwyn Stevens

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PhD Candidate, Faculty of Veterinary & Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne. Does restricting an animal's access to a highly preferred resource result in altered biological function?

Carmen Glanville

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PhD Candidate, Faculty of Veterinary & Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne. Investigating the drivers of companion animal owner behaviour related to neglect and the concept of 'duty of care'. Aims to develop, deliver, and evaluate the effectiveness of an evidence-based behaviour change program for Victorian companion animal owners.

Katrina Anderson

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PhD Candidate, Faculty of Veterinary & Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne. Validating a panel of behavioural indicators of racehorse stress.

Maxine Rice

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PhD Candidate, Faculty of Veterinary & Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne. Max is researching smothering in free range and barn layer systems.

Samantha Cramer

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PhD Candidate, Faculty of Veterinary & Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne. Investigating options that add value to bobby calves and improve their welfare.

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