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Laura A. Boyle is affiliated with Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority in Ireland. Their research primarily focuses on agricultural and biological sciences, with significant contributions to veterinary science. The subfields of study include small animals, animal science and zoology, agronomy and crop science, genetics, and microbiology.

Their work addresses key topics in animal behavior and welfare studies, animal disease management and epidemiology, animal nutrition and physiology, human-animal interaction studies, meat and animal product quality, effects of environmental stressors on livestock, and genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Laura A. Boyle include:

  • Keelin O'Driscoll
  • Martyna Ewa Lagoda
  • Joanna Marchewka
  • Edgar García Manzanilla
  • Dayane Lemos Teixeira

Laura A. Boyle has published extensively in several venues, with notable frequency in Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Animal - science proceedings, Porcine Health Management, Animals, and animal.

  • Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • Animal - science proceedings
  • Porcine Health Management
  • Animals
  • animal

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Laura A. Boyle include:

  • "The Evidence for a Causal Link Between Disease and Damaging Behavior in Pigs," 2022, Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • "COVID-19 Effects on Livestock Production: A One Welfare Issue," 2020, Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • "Assessing whether dairy cow welfare is 'better' in pasture-based than in confinement-based management systems," 2020, New Zealand Veterinary Journal
  • "A Proposed Role for Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines in Damaging Behavior in Pigs," 2020, Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • "Belief in Pigs' Capacity to Suffer: An Assessment of Pig Farmers, Veterinarians, Students, and Citizens," 2020, Anthrozoös

Best Publications

  • Hoof disorders, locomotion ability and lying times of cubicle-housed compared to pasture-based dairy cows

    Gabriela Olmos;Gabriela Olmos;Laura Boyle;Alison Hanlon;Joe Patton

  • The effect of rubber versus concrete passageways in cubicle housing on claw health and reproduction of pluriparous dairy cows

    Laura A. Boyle;John F. Mee;Paul J. Kiernan

  • Effect of surgical castration on the behavioural and acute phase responses of 5-day-old piglets

    Sara Llamas Moya;Sara Llamas Moya;Laura A. Boyle;Patrick Brendan Lynch;Sean Arkins

  • Estrus detection and estrus characteristics in housed and pastured Holstein-Friesian cows

    Maeve A. Palmer;Gabriela Olmos;Gabriela Olmos;Laura A. Boyle;John F. Mee

  • The translation of animal welfare research into practice: The case of mixing aggression between pigs

    Rachel S.E. Peden;Rachel S.E. Peden;Simon P. Turner;Laura A. Boyle;Irene Camerlink

  • COVID-19 Effects on Livestock Production: A One Welfare Issue

    Jeremy N. Marchant-Forde;Laura A. Boyle

  • Evaluating the prevalence of tail biting and carcase condemnations in slaughter pigs in the Republic and Northern Ireland, and the potential of abattoir meat inspection as a welfare surveillance tool

    Sarah Harley;Simon More;Niamh O'Connell;Alison Hanlon

  • Good animal welfare makes economic sense: potential of pig abattoir meat inspection as a welfare surveillance tool

    Sarah Harley;Simon More;Laura Boyle;Niamh O’ Connell

  • A brief note on the validation of a system for recording lying behaviour in dairy cows

    Keelin O’Driscoll;Keelin O’Driscoll;Laura Boyle;Alison Hanlon

  • Docking the value of pigmeat? Prevalence and financial implications of welfare lesions in Irish slaughter pigs.

    S. Harley;L.A. Boyle;N. E. O'Connell;S. J. More

  • Assessing whether dairy cow welfare is "better" in pasture-based than in confinement-based management systems

    J F Mee;L A Boyle

  • The Evidence for a Causal Link Between Disease and Damaging Behavior in Pigs

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  • Effect of gestation housing on behaviour and skin lesions of sows in farrowing crates

    L.A Boyle;L.A Boyle;F.C Leonard;P.B Lynch;P Brophy

  • The effect of mats on the welfare of sows and piglets in the farrowing house.

    L. A. Boyle;D. Regan;F. C. Leonard;P. B. Lynch

  • Effect of milking frequency and nutritional level on aspects of the health and welfare of dairy cows.

    D. E. Gleeson;B. O'Brien;L. Boyle;B. Earley

  • Influence of housing system during gestation on the behaviour and welfare of gilts in farrowing crates.

    L. A. Boyle;F. C. Leonard;P. B. Lynch;P. Brophy

  • Study on the Association between Tail Lesion Score, Cold Carcass Weight, and Viscera Condemnations in Slaughter Pigs

    Dayane Lemos Teixeira;Dayane Lemos Teixeira;Sarah Harley;Alison Hanlon;Niamh Elizabeth O’Connell

  • An ethogram of biter and bitten pigs during an ear biting event: first step in the development of a Precision Livestock Farming tool

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  • Validation of carcass lesions as indicators for on-farm health and welfare of pigs.

    N. van Staaveren;B. Doyle;E. G. Manzanilla;J. A. Calderón Díaz

  • Cross-Fostering Implications for Pig Mortality, Welfare and Performance

    Julia A. Calderón Díaz;Edgar García Manzanilla;Alessia Diana;Alessia Diana;Laura A. Boyle

  • Longitudinal study of the effect of rubber slat mats on locomotory ability, body, limb and claw lesions, and dirtiness of group housed sows

    J. A. Calderón Díaz;J. A. Calderón Díaz;A. G. Fahey;A. L. KilBride;L. E. Green

  • The influence of a magnesium-rich marine extract on behaviour, salivary cortisol levels and skin lesions in growing pigs.

    K. O'Driscoll;D. M. O'Gorman;S. Taylor;L. A. Boyle

  • Do weaner pigs need in-feed antibiotics to ensure good health and welfare?

    Alessia Diana;Alessia Diana;Edgar G. Manzanilla;Julia A. Calderón Díaz;Julia A. Calderón Díaz;Finola C. Leonard

  • Early life indicators predict mortality, illness, reduced welfare and carcass characteristics in finisher pigs

    Julia Adriana Calderón Díaz;Julia Adriana Calderón Díaz;Laura Ann Boyle;Alessia Diana;Finola Catherine Leonard

  • The effect of breed and housing system on dairy cow feeding and lying behaviour

    Keelin O’Driscoll;Laura Boyle;Alison Hanlon

Frequent Co-Authors

Alison Hanlon
Alison Hanlon University College Dublin
Niamh O'Connell
Niamh O'Connell Queen's University Belfast
John F. Mee
John F. Mee Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority
Simon J. More
Simon J. More University College Dublin
Bernadette O'Brien
Bernadette O'Brien Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority
Irene Camerlink
Irene Camerlink Polish Academy of Sciences
Simon P. Turner
Simon P. Turner Scotland's Rural College
Bernadette Earley
Bernadette Earley Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority
Peadar G. Lawlor
Peadar G. Lawlor Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority
Alan G. Fahey
Alan G. Fahey University College Dublin

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