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Overview

Beat Wechsler is affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland and has contributed extensively to research in agricultural and biological sciences, with a strong focus on veterinary science. Their work spans a variety of subfields such as small animals, animal science and zoology, plant science, agronomy and crop science, and microbiology.

The research topics covered by Beat Wechsler include:

  • Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
  • Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock
  • Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
  • Agriculture and Farm Safety
  • Microbial infections and disease research
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Meat and Animal Product Quality

Beat Wechsler has contributed to several publications, with recent papers including:

  • Welfare of pigs on farm, 2022, EFSA Journal
  • Body size in relation to cubicle dimensions affects lying behavior and joint lesions in dairy cows, 2020, Journal of Dairy Science
  • Influence of Housing and Management on Claw Health in Swiss Dairy Goats, 2021, Animals
  • Risk factors differ for viable and low viable crushed piglets in free farrowing pens, 2023, Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • Prevalence of tail lesions in Swiss finishing pigs, 2022, Schweizer Archiv für Tierheilkunde

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Schweizer Archiv für Tierheilkunde
  • Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • EFSA Journal
  • Journal of Dairy Science
  • Animals

Collaborations are a significant aspect of Wechsler's research, with frequent co-authors being:

  • Christina Umstätter
  • Olaf Mosbach-Schulz
  • Joan-Bryce Burla
  • Caren M. Pauler
  • Manuel K. Schneider

Best Publications

  • Coping and coping strategies: a behavioural view

    Beat Wechsler

  • Stress and feather pecking in laying hens in relation to housing conditions.

    H. El-Lethey;V. Aerni;T.W. Jungi;B. Wechsler

  • Health and welfare of dairy cows in different husbandry systems in Switzerland

    G. Regula;J. Danuser;B. Spycher;B. Wechsler

  • Ear and tail postures as indicators of emotional valence in sheep

    Nadine Reefmann;Franziska Bütikofer Kaszàs;Beat Wechsler;Lorenz Gygax

  • Feather pecking in domestic chicks: its relation to dustbathing and foraging

    Beat Huber-Eicher;Beat Wechsler

  • Behaviour and leg injuries in dairy cows kept in cubicle systems with straw bedding or soft lying mats

    Beat Wechsler;Jasmin Schaub;Katharina Friedli;Rudolf Hauser

  • The effect of quality and availability of foraging materials on feather pecking in laying hen chicks

    Beat Huber-Eicher;Beat Wechsler

  • Effect of foraging material and food form on feather pecking in laying hens.

    V. Aerni;H. El-Lethey;B. Wechsler

  • Behavioural and physiological assessment of positive and negative emotion in sheep

    Nadine Reefmann;Beat Wechsler;Lorenz Gygax

  • Individual differences in the behaviour of sows at the nest-site and the crushing of piglets

    Beat Wechsler;Daniel Hegglin

  • The influence of climatic conditions on physiological and behavioural parameters in dairy cows kept in open stables

    M. Zähner;L. Schrader;R. Hauser;M. Keck

  • Moderate lameness leads to marked behavioral changes in dairy cows.

    H C Weigele;L Gygax;Adrian Steiner;B Wechsler

  • Adaptation by learning: its significance for farm animal husbandry

    Beat Wechsler;Stephen E.G. Lea

  • A comparison of space requirements of horned and hornless goats at the feed barrier and in the lying area

    Claudia Loretz;Beat Wechsler;Rudolf Hauser;Peter Rüsch

  • The effect of foraging material and perch height on feather pecking and feather damage in laying hens

    Beat Wechsler;Beat Huber-Eicher

  • Productivity and mortality of laying hens in aviaries: a systematic review

    V. Aerni;M.W.G. Brinkhof;B. Wechsler;H. Oester

  • Effect of local anaesthesia on short- and long-term pain induced by two bloodless castration methods in calves.

    Susann Thüer;Sibylle Mellema;Marcus G. Doherr;Beat Wechsler

  • Physiological expression of emotional reactions in sheep.

    Nadine Reefmann;Franziska Bütikofer Kaszàs;Beat Wechsler;Lorenz Gygax

  • Restlessness behaviour, heart rate and heart-rate variability of dairy cows milked in two types of automatic milking systems and auto-tandem milking parlours

    Lorenz Gygax;Isabelle Neuffer;Christine Kaufmann;Rudolf Hauser

  • Stereotypies in polar bears

    Beat Wechsler

  • Effects of frequency and duration of outdoor exercise on the prevalence of hock lesions in tied Swiss dairy cows.

    N.M. Keil;T.U. Wiederkehr;K. Friedli;B. Wechsler

Frequent Co-Authors

Lorenz Gygax
Lorenz Gygax Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Edna Hillmann
Edna Hillmann Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Rupert Palme
Rupert Palme University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Hanno Würbel
Hanno Würbel University of Bern
Jan Langbein
Jan Langbein Leibniz Association
Daniel Hegglin
Daniel Hegglin University of Zurich
Stephen E. G. Lea
Stephen E. G. Lea University of Exeter
Thomas W. Jungi
Thomas W. Jungi University of Bern
Hans Schmid
Hans Schmid University of St. Gallen

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