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43
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5160
World Ranking
963
National Ranking
58

Overview

Caroline Lee is affiliated with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on agricultural and biological sciences, with significant contributions in veterinary science. The scientist's work spans several subfields, including small animals, animal science and zoology, genetics, ecology, and reproductive medicine.

The research topics prominently addressed by Lee include animal behavior and welfare studies, human-animal interaction studies, effects of environmental stressors on livestock, animal nutrition and physiology, meat and animal product quality, endometriosis research and treatment, and agriculture and farm safety.

Lee has contributed to numerous publications, with notable papers including:

  • "Virtual Fencing Technology Excludes Beef Cattle from an Environmentally Sensitive Area" (2020, Animals)
  • "Virtual Fence Responses Are Socially Facilitated in Beef Cattle" (2020, Frontiers in Veterinary Science)
  • "The Influence of Temperament on Body Temperature Response to Handling in Angus Cattle" (2020, Animals)
  • "A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Assess the Welfare Impacts of a New Virtual Fencing Technology" (2021, Frontiers in Veterinary Science)
  • "The application of virtual fencing technology effectively herds cattle and sheep" (2021, Animal Production Science)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Lee include Dana L. M. Campbell, Jessica E. Monk, Jim M. Lea, Ian G. Colditz, and Danila Marini.

Lee's research is disseminated across a number of journals with repeated contributions in:

  • Animals
  • Animal Production Science
  • Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • Applied Animal Behaviour Science
  • PeerJ

Best Publications

  • Release from restraint generates a positive judgement bias in sheep

    Rebecca Elise Doyle;Rebecca Elise Doyle;Andrew D Fisher;Geoffrey Hinch;Alain Boissy

  • The design and evaluation of a mobile sensor/actuator network for autonomous animal control

    Tim Wark;Chris Crossman;Wen Hu;Ying Guo

  • A review of environmental enrichment for laying hens during rearing in relation to their behavioral and physiological development

    D.L.M. Campbell;D.L.M. Campbell;E.N. de Haas;Caroline Lee;Caroline Lee

  • Measuring judgement bias and emotional reactivity in sheep following long-term exposure to unpredictable and aversive events

    Rebecca Elise Doyle;Caroline Lee;Veronique Deiss;Andrew D Fisher

  • The effect of repeated testing on judgement biases in sheep.

    Rebecca Elise Doyle;Stephanie Vidal;Geoffrey Hinch;Andrew D Fisher

  • The influence of land transport on animal welfare in extensive farming systems

    Andrew D. Fisher;Ian G. Colditz;Caroline Lee;Drewe M. Ferguson

  • Sheep exhibit a positive judgement bias and stress-induced hyperthermia following shearing

    Maree E Sanger;Maree E Sanger;Rebecca E Doyle;Rebecca E Doyle;Geoffrey Hinch;Caroline Lee

  • The effect of a topical anaesthetic formulation, systemic flunixin and carprofen, singly or in combination, on cortisol and behavioural responses of Merino lambs to mulesing.

    Paull;C Lee;IG Colditz;SJ Atkinson

  • The effects of 12, 30, or 48 hours of road transport on the physiological and behavioral responses of sheep.

    A. D. Fisher;D. O. Niemeyer;J. M. Lea;C. Lee

  • Associative learning by cattle to enable effective and ethical virtual fences

    Caroline Lee;John M. Henshall;Tim J. Wark;Chris C. Crossman

  • Attention bias to threat indicates anxiety differences in sheep

    Caroline Lee;Else Verbeek;Rebecca Doyle;Melissa Bateson

  • Virtual Fencing Is Comparable to Electric Tape Fencing for Cattle Behavior and Welfare.

    Dana L M Campbell;Jim M Lea;Hamideh Keshavarzi;Caroline Lee

  • How assessing relationships between emotions and cognition can improve farm animal welfare.

    A Boissy;C Lee

  • Chronic stress induces pessimistic-like judgment and learning deficits in sheep

    Alexandra Destrez;Véronique Deiss;Frédéric Lévy;Ludovic Calandreau

  • Performance and endocrine responses of group housed weaner pigs exposed to the air quality of a commercial environment

    C. Lee;C. Lee;L.R. Giles;W.L. Bryden;W.L. Bryden;J.L. Downing

  • Fear and coping styles of outdoor-preferring, moderate-outdoor and indoor-preferring free-range laying hens

    Dana L.M. Campbell;Dana L.M. Campbell;Geoff N. Hinch;Jeff A. Downing;Caroline Lee

  • Anxiety influences attention bias but not flight speed and crush score in beef cattle

    Caroline Lee;Caroline Lee;Linda M. Cafe;Samantha L. Robinson;Samantha L. Robinson;Rebecca E. Doyle

  • A Framework to Assess the Impact of New Animal Management Technologies on Welfare: A Case Study of Virtual Fencing.

    Caroline Lee;Caroline Lee;Ian G. Colditz;Dana L. M. Campbell;Dana L. M. Campbell

  • Development of a maze test and its application to assess spatial learning and memory in Merino sheep

    Caroline Lee;Steve Colegate;Andrew D. Fisher

  • Tech-Savvy Beef Cattle? How Heifers Respond to Moving Virtual Fence Lines.

    Dana L. M. Campbell;Jim M. Lea;William J. Farrer;Sally J. Haynes

  • Impact of on-range choice feeding with black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens) on flock performance, egg quality, and range use of free-range laying hens.

    Isabelle Ruhnke;Camille Normant;Dana L.M. Campbell;Dana L.M. Campbell;Zafar Iqbal

  • Does reduction of fearfulness tend to reduce pessimistic-like judgment in lambs?

    Alexandra Destrez;Véronique Deiss;Catherine Belzung;Caroline Lee

  • Methods of training cattle to avoid a location using electrical cues

    Caroline Lee;Kishore Prayaga;Matt Reed;John Henshall

  • Virtual fencing of cattle using an automated collar in a feed attractant trial

    Dana L.M. Campbell;Dana L.M. Campbell;Jim M. Lea;Sally J. Haynes;William J. Farrer

  • Are hungry sheep more pessimistic? The effects of food restriction on cognitive bias and the involvement of ghrelin in its regulation.

    Else Verbeek;Drewe Ferguson;Caroline Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Dana L.M. Campbell
Dana L.M. Campbell Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Andrew D. Fisher
Andrew D. Fisher University of Melbourne
Geoffrey Hinch
Geoffrey Hinch University of New England
Drewe Ferguson
Drewe Ferguson Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Alain Boissy
Alain Boissy INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
L. M. Cafe
L. M. Cafe University of New England
Wayne L. Bryden
Wayne L. Bryden University of Queensland
Peter Corke
Peter Corke Queensland University of Technology
Wei Ni
Wei Ni Edith Cowan University
Mark Johnson
Mark Johnson Macquarie University

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