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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...

Correction: Warsaw

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

Cognitive and non-cognitive factors predict pigs’ positions in an aggression social network - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Cognitive and non-cognitive factors predict pigs’ positions in an aggression social network

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...

Ilan Halachmi EAAP

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

Sleeping pigs

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.

Well done Karolina!

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

Pig

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

Frontiers | Positive Welfare and the Like: Distinct Views and a Proposed Framework Positive welfare and related terms such as good welfare, happiness, and a good life are increasingly used in the animal welfare science literature. Overall, ...

📰✨ 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...

Yaks

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

A consensus on the definition of positive animal welfare | Biology Letters The concept of animal welfare is evolving due to progress in our scientific understanding of animal biology and changing societal expectations. Animal welfare science has been primarily concerned with minimizing suffering, but there is growing interest in ...

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
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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

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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...