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Overview

Björn Forkman is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and specializes in Veterinary and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research primarily focuses on animal behavior, welfare studies, and the interactions between humans and animals.

The scientist's publications cover a range of topics within these fields, including:

  • Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
  • Human-Animal Interaction Studies
  • Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
  • Animal Nutrition and Physiology
  • Geographies of Human-Animal Interactions
  • Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock
  • Veterinary Practice and Education Studies

Forkman has contributed to publications in several scientific venues, notably:

  • Animal Welfare
  • Animals
  • Applied Animal Behaviour Science
  • Poultry Science
  • Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Among their recent papers are the following:

  • A Sustainability Compass for policy navigation to sustainable food systems (2021) published in Global Food Security
  • Towards a Positive Welfare Protocol for Cattle: A Critical Review of Indicators and Suggestion of How We Might Proceed (2021) published in Frontiers in Animal Science
  • Effects of environmental enrichment on health and bone characteristics of fast growing broiler chickens (2020) published in Poultry Science
  • A consensus on the definition of positive animal welfare (2025) published in Biology Letters
  • Benchmarking Farm Animal Welfare-A Novel Tool for Cross-Country Comparison Applied to Pig Production and Pork Consumption (2020) published in Animals

Frequent co-authors in Forkman's research include:

  • Peter Sandøe
  • Hans Houe
  • Søren Saxmose Nielsen
  • Clare Palmer
  • Henning Otte Hansen

Their work encompasses important subfields such as Small Animals, Genetics, Animal Science and Zoology, Ecology, and Geography, Planning and Development, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to veterinary and agricultural research.

Best Publications

  • Assessment of positive emotions in animals to improve their welfare.

    Alain Boissy;Gerhard Manteuffel;Margit Bak Jensen;Randi Oppermann Moe

  • A critical review of fear tests used on cattle, pigs, sheep, poultry and horses

    B. Forkman;A. Boissy;M.-C. Meunier-Salaün;E. Canali

  • Personality traits in the domestic dog (Canis familiaris)

    Kenth Svartberg;Björn Forkman

  • Free food or earned food? A review and fuzzy model of contrafreeloading

    I.R Inglis;Bjorn Forkman;John Lazarus

  • An equine pain face

    Karina Charlotte Bech Gleerup;Björn Forkman;Casper Lindegaard;Pia H. Andersen

  • Pain evaluation in dairy cattle

    Karina Bech Gleerup;Pia Haubro Andersen;Lene Munksgaard;Björn Forkman

  • Domestication effects on foraging strategy, social behaviour and different fear responses: a comparison between the red junglefowl (Gallus gallus) and a modern layer strain

    Karin E Schütz;Björn Forkman;Per Jensen

  • Happy pigs are dirty! – conflicting perspectives on animal welfare

    J. Lassen;P. Sandøe;B. Forkman

  • Personality, coping patterns, and aggression in piglets

    B. Forkman;I.L. Furuhaug;P. Jensen

  • An information primacy model of exploratory and foraging behaviour

    Ian R. Inglis;Steve Langton;Björn Forkman;John Lazarus

  • Physiological reactions to fear provocation in dogs.

    E Hydbring-Sandberg;LW von Walter;K Hoglund;K Svartberg

  • Rearing without early access to perches impairs the spatial skills of laying hens.

    Stefan Gunnarsson;Jenny Yngvesson;Linda J Keeling;Björn Forkman

  • Major growth QTLs in fowl are related to fearful behavior: possible genetic links between fear responses and production traits in a red junglefowl x white leghorn intercross.

    Karin E. Schütz;Susanne Kerje;Lina Jacobsson;Björn Forkman

  • Lying down and rolling behaviour in sows in relation to piglet crushing

    B.I. Damm;B. Forkman;L.J. Pedersen

  • Dog and owner characteristics affecting the dog–owner relationship

    Iben Meyer;Björn Forkman

  • Fluctuating asymmetry as an animal welfare indicator -- a review of methodology and validity.

    U. Knierim;S. Van Dongen;B. Forkman;F.A.M. Tuyttens

  • Feather pecking in chickens is genetically related to behavioural and developmental traits

    Per Jensen;L. Keeling;K. Schutz;L. Andersson;L. Andersson

  • The Correlation of Qualitative Behavior Assessments with Welfare Quality® Protocol Outcomes in On-Farm Welfare Assessment of Dairy Cattle

    S.N. Andreasen;F. Wemelsfelder;P. Sandøe;B. Forkman

  • Cognitive bias and anticipatory behaviour of laying hens housed in basic and enriched pens

    Anette Wichman;Linda J. Keeling;Björn Forkman

  • Why do people buy dogs with potential welfare problems related to extreme conformation and inherited disease? A representative study of Danish owners of four small dog breeds.

    P. Sandøe;S. V. Kondrup;P. C. Bennett;B. Forkman

  • The Maintenance of Stable Dominance Hierarchies and the Pattern of Aggression: Support for the Suppression Hypothesis

    B. Forkman;M. J. Haskell

  • Effects of broody hens on perch use, ground pecking, feather pecking and cannibalism in domestic fowl (Gallus gallus domesticus)

    Anja Brinch Riber;Anette Wichman;Bjarne O. Braastad;Björn Forkman

  • Effect of brooders on feather pecking and cannibalism in domestic fowl (Gallus gallus domesticus)

    Anja Brinch Jensen;Rupert Palme;Björn Forkman

  • Social facilitation is shown by gerbils when presented with novel but not with familiar food

    B. Forkman

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Sandøe
Peter Sandøe University of Copenhagen
Hans Houe
Hans Houe University of Copenhagen
Mette S. Herskin
Mette S. Herskin Aarhus University
Linda J. Keeling
Linda J. Keeling Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Jan Tind Sørensen
Jan Tind Sørensen Aarhus University
Peter T. Thomsen
Peter T. Thomsen Aarhus University
Lene Juul Pedersen
Lene Juul Pedersen Aarhus University
Margit Bak Jensen
Margit Bak Jensen Aarhus University
Søren Saxmose Nielsen
Søren Saxmose Nielsen University of Copenhagen
Per Jensen
Per Jensen Linköping University

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