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Overview

Lena Lidfors is affiliated with the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Sweden. Their research primarily focuses on veterinary sciences, agricultural and biological sciences, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Lidfors' work covers subfields including small animals, genetics, animal science and zoology, social psychology, and agronomy and crop science.

The scientist's work spans various main topics relating to animal studies and physiology. These include animal behavior and welfare studies, human-animal interaction studies, helminth infection and control, genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, primate behavior and ecology, and animal nutrition and physiology.

Lidfors has published articles in multiple scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Applied Animal Behaviour Science
  • Veterinary Parasitology
  • Frontiers in Animal Science
  • Journal of Dairy Science
  • Animal Welfare

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Lidfors and colleagues include:

  • "Vocal production in postpartum dairy cows: Temporal organization and association with maternal and stress behaviors," 2020, Journal of Dairy Science
  • "Anticipatory behaviour in animals: A critical review," 2020, Animal Welfare
  • "Nematode parasitism affects lying time and overall activity patterns in lambs following pasture exposure around weaning," 2021, Veterinary Parasitology
  • "Validation of accelerometers to automatically record postures and number of steps in growing lambs," 2020, Applied Animal Behaviour Science
  • "Subclinical nematode parasitism affects activity and rumination patterns in first-season grazing cattle," 2021, animal

Lidfors collaborates regularly with several researchers, including Niclas Högberg, Johan Höglund, Anna Hessle, Kerstin Uvnäs-Moberg, and Claes Anderson. Collaborations with these co-authors span multiple publications and research areas.

Best Publications

  • Behavioural effects of separating the dairy calf immediately or 4 days post-partum

    Lena M. Lidfors

  • Behaviour at calving and choice of calving place in cattle kept in different environments

    Lena M. Lidfors;David Moran;Jens Jung;Per Jensen

  • Cross-sucking in group-housed dairy calves before and after weaning off milk

    Lena M. Lidfors

  • Weaning and separation in two steps—A way to decrease stress in dairy calves suckled by foster cows

    Jenny M. Loberg;Carlos E. Hernandez;Tomas Thierfelder;Margit B. Jensen

  • Response of dairy cows and calves to early separation: Effect of calf age and visual and auditory contact after separation

    Ilona Stěhulová;Lena Lidfors;Marek Špinka

  • Dairy Cow Preferences for Soft or Hard Flooring when Standing or Walking

    E. Telezhenko;L. Lidfors;C. Bergsten

  • Behavioural effects of environmental enrichment for individually caged rabbits

    Lena Lidfors

  • Behaviour of free-ranging beef cows and calves

    Lena Lidfors;Per Jensen

  • Behaviour and claw health in tied dairy cows with varying access to exercise in an outdoor paddock

    Jenny Loberg;Evgenij Telezhenko;Christer Bergsten;Lena Lidfors

  • Suckling in Free‐ranging Beef Cattle — Temporal Patterning of Suckling Bouts and Effects of Age and Sex

    Lena M. Lidfors;Per Jensen;Bo Algers

  • The use of getting up and lying down movements in the evaluation of cattle environments.

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  • Effects of amount of milk, milk flow and access to a rubber teat on cross-sucking and non-nutritive sucking in dairy calves.

    Jens Jung;Lena Lidfors

  • Milk allowance and weaning method affect the use of a computer controlled milk feeder and the development of cross-sucking in dairy calves

    Per Peetz Nielsen;Margit Bak Jensen;Lena Lidfors

  • Diurnal distribution of dairy cow defecation and urination

    Andres Aland;Lena Lidfors;Ingvar Ekesbo

  • Intersucking in dairy cattle—review and questionnaire

    Lena Lidfors;Lotta Isberg

  • Effect of suckling (‘restricted suckling’) on dairy cows’ udder health and milk let-down and their calves’ weight gain, feed intake and behaviour

    S. Fröberg;E. Gratte;K. Svennersten-Sjaunja;I. Olsson

  • Time lag between peak concentrations of plasma and salivary cortisol following a stressful procedure in dairy cattle

    Carlos E Hernandez;Tomas Thierfelder;Kerstin Svennersten-Sjaunja;Charlotte Berg

  • Behaviour of dairy calves suckling the dam in a barn with automatic milking or being fed milk substitute from an automatic feeder in a group pen

    Sofie Fröberg;Lena Lidfors

  • The development of on-farm welfare assessment protocols for foxes and mink: the WelFur project

    J Mononen;Steen Henrik Møller;Steffen W Hansen;A L Hovland

  • Effect of restricted suckling on milk yield, milk composition and udder health in cows and behaviour and weight gain in calves, in dual-purpose cattle in the tropics

    S. Fröberg;A. Aspegren-Güldorff;I. Olsson;B. Marin

Frequent Co-Authors

Charlotte Berg
Charlotte Berg Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Agustín Orihuela
Agustín Orihuela Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos
K. Svennersten-Sjaunja
K. Svennersten-Sjaunja Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Kerstin Uvnäs-Moberg
Kerstin Uvnäs-Moberg Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Bo Algers
Bo Algers Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Margit Bak Jensen
Margit Bak Jensen Aarhus University
Christer Bergsten
Christer Bergsten Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Per Jensen
Per Jensen Linköping University
Johan Höglund
Johan Höglund Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Dirk-Jan de Koning
Dirk-Jan de Koning Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

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