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Dr Maria Vilain RΓΈrvang

@drmariarorvang.bsky.social

PhD, Associate Professor, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU). Studying how animals perceive their world 🐽 Fan of noses Ass. Coms officer International Society of Applied Ethology (ISAE) (she/her) πŸ‡©πŸ‡°πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ https://mariavilainrorvang.wordpress.com

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#NewBookReview
"Martha C. Nussbaum, Justice for Animals: Our Collective Responsibility, Simon & Schuster, New York (2020)" by Dickel et al.
Get the full book review here: www.applied-ethology.org/S_Khatiwada_...

#animaljustice #animalrights #animalethics

16.01.2026 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#NewResearchalert

"Creep heating in outdoor farrowing huts may increase piglet welfare without impacting survival and growth" by Malmkvist et al.
Get the full paper here: www.applied-ethology.org/iqs/cpti.23/...

#outdoorfarrowing #sowbehaviour #pigletwelfare

18.11.2025 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#jobalert
Assistant Professor: Animal Health and Welfare
Texas Tech University, Lubbock Texas, USA

More information: www.applied-ethology.org/Assistant_Pr...

15.01.2026 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#NewResearchAlert

"This little piggy got cold: Door flaps on outdoor farrowing huts improve piglet survival during winter in Australia" by Lucas et al.
Get the full paper here: www.applied-ethology.org/iqs/cpti.23/...

#outdoorfarrowing #pigletwelfare #coldstress

19.11.2025 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#NewResearchAlert

"Enriching the environment with multiple rooting materials and bedded rest areas improves welfare of finishing pigs" by Ocepek et al.
Get the full paper here: www.applied-ethology.org/iqs/cpti.23/...

#rootingmaterial #enrichmentpigs #pigwelfare

07.11.2025 19:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#NewResearchAlert

"First step after submitting your paper: The preliminary checks done by the editors" by PongrΓ‘cz and Camerlink.
Get the full paper here: www.applied-ethology.org/P_Pongr_cz_a...

#scientificwriting #appliedanimalbehaviourscience #publishing

10.11.2025 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#voxprimato #postdoc #autresanimaux
Offre de postdoc en Γ©thologie appliquΓ© Γ  la Swedish University of Biosystems and Technology sur les perceptions animales
Date limite 07/01/2026
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11.11.2025 11:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#NewResearchAlert

"Geolocation tracking to monitor spatial distribution and habitat selection of cows, horses and sheep grazing in mountainous areas" by Vidal-Cardos et al.
Get the full paper here: www.applied-ethology.org/Papers_by_Me...

#behaviourtracking #grazinganimals #geolocation

11.11.2025 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#jobalert

Senior advisor in outdoor animal Welfare
Aarhus University, Denmark

More information: www.applied-ethology.org/Senior_advis...

10.11.2025 10:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#jobalert

Postdoctoral position in Applied animal ethology and animal perception
Department of Biosystems and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden

More information: www.applied-ethology.org/Postdoctoral...

09.11.2025 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

We are so lucky and delighted to have you with us πŸ™πŸΌ Thanks for sharing these mixed emotions we have all felt living the academic life πŸ’ͺ🏼🀍

08.11.2025 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Do tou wanna share an office with me and work in an amazing team on farm animal emotions? Here you go! There's usually always chocolate and snacks in my office. Just sayin πŸ˜‹

22.10.2025 11:16 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#NewResearchAlert

"Gestational enrichment of commercial breeding dams (Canis familiaris) influences offspring behaviour" by Baqueiro-Espinosa et al.
Get the full paper here: www.applied-ethology.org/iqs/cpti.23/...

#dogbehaviour #enrichment #dogwelfare

08.11.2025 18:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#NewResearchAlert
"Dried black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens) as environmental enrichment for laying hens – a full-scale commercial study" by Tahamtani et al. Get the full paper here: www.applied-ethology.org/iqs/cpti.23/...

#blacksoldierflylarvae #environmentalenrichment #layinghens

16.10.2025 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Postdoctoral position in Applied animal ethology and animal perception | slu.se SLU - Science and Education for Sustainable Life

πŸ“£ Are you interested in applied animal ethology and perceptual abilities of animals? Do you want to help us disentangle how animal emotions are modulated by their sensory environment? Then, you might be the postdoc we are looking for🌠

More info: www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

#appliedethology #postcoc

15.10.2025 07:16 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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#PhDPositionAlert
PhD on Advancing the welfare of dairy ruminant youngstock through a social science or multi-disciplinary lens
Michigan State University, USA

More information: www.applied-ethology.org/PhD_USA.html

08.10.2025 11:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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#NewResearchAlert
"Exploring pose estimation as a tool for the assessment of brush use patterns in dairy cows" by HΓΆgberg et al. Get the full paper here: www.applied-ethology.org/Papers_by_Me...

#poseestimation #dairycattle #brushingbehaviour

10.10.2025 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ten simple rules for leading a many-author non-empirical paper Many-author non-empirical papers include recommendations or consensus statements, catalogs of ideas, roadmaps for future research, calls to action, or β€œhow to” articles. These papers have great potent...

Ten simple rules for leading a many-author non-empirical paper

journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...

22.09.2025 14:34 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

First day back at work, and I have a new paper out! authors.elsevier.com/a/1lnmV2gKRh... A review of what we know and the many things we don't know about environmental enrichment for ruminants, with @drmariarorvang.bsky.social and two other lovely colleagues who are not on BlueSky. πŸπŸ‘πŸ„

18.09.2025 11:08 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#NewResearchAlert

"Ultraviolet light provisioning: Preferences from the broilers’ viewpoint" by van der Sluis et al.

Get the full paper here: www.applied-ethology.org/Papers_by_Me...

#ultravioletlight #broilervision #broilerbehaviour

18.08.2025 18:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#NewResearchAlert

"Does environmental enrichment impact the behaviour and welfare of bearded dragons (Pogona vitticeps)?" by Crisante et al.

Get the full paper here: www.applied-ethology.org/Papers_by_Me...

#beardeddragons #enrichment #beardedragonbehaviour

17.08.2025 19:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#NewResearchAlert

"Development of experimental parameters for conditioned place aversion testing in neonatal goat kids" by Schmidt et al.

Get the full paper here: www.applied-ethology.org/iqs/cpti.23/...

#goatkids #goatbehaviour #behaviourtest

16.08.2025 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#NewResearchAlert

"A critical review of research concerning the gut microbiome in dogs and its relationship with behaviour" by Crisante et al.

Get the full paper here: www.applied-ethology.org/iqs/cpti.23/...

#dogmicrobiome #dogbehaviour #doghealth

14.08.2025 17:03 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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#NewResearchAlert

"Social structure and interactions of laying hens: Limited differences between small and large groups" by Grethen et al.

Get the full paper here: www.applied-ethology.org/iqs/cpti.23/...

#layinghen #layerbehaviour #socialbehaviour

13.08.2025 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#NewResearchAlert

"Effects of light spectrum on pig behaviour, health and growth" by Scaillierez et al.

Get the full paper here: www.applied-ethology.org/Papers_by_Me...

#lightspectrum #pigbehaviour #pigvision

11.08.2025 17:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#NewResearchAlert

"Development of a scale to assess pigs’ immediate behavioural reaction when encountering novel odours" by Grut et al.

Get the full paper here: www.applied-ethology.org/Papers_by_Me...

#pigbehaviour #pigolfaction #behaviourtest

10.08.2025 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#NewResearchAlert
"Deck height did not affect behavioural measures of β€˜natural movements’ and β€˜adequate ventilation’ during 8 h and 23 h transport of weaner pigs" by Kobek-Kjeldager et al.

Get the full paper here: www.applied-ethology.org/iqs/cpti.23/...

#animaltransport #transporterdesign #pig

09.08.2025 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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@johannastenfelt.bsky.social presented her PhD work on the judgement bias task in the context of odour conditioning in #horses 🐴 Fantastic pitch and poster design!
#isae2025
#smellslikewelfare
#proudsupervisor

09.08.2025 11:06 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#isae2025 has come to an end and what a fantastic conference it was! Already reminiscing. Our group was well represented and I’m so proud of the early career researcher I’m lucky enough to work with. Thank you all for a lovely time πŸ™ŒπŸΌ
#appliedanimalbehaviour

09.08.2025 11:03 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And we’re off 🀩πŸ₯³

#isae2025

05.08.2025 07:16 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0