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Margit Bak Jensen

Margit Bak Jensen

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
41
Citations
7286
World Ranking
1052
National Ranking
27

Overview

Margit Bak Jensen is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark and conducts research primarily in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Veterinary studies. Their scholarly work spans topics related to animal behavior, welfare, and the effects of environmental stressors on livestock.

The scientist has an extensive publication record, including notable papers such as:

  • Invited review: Lying time and the welfare of dairy cows, 2020, Journal of Dairy Science
  • Methodological terminology and definitions for research and discussion of cow-calf contact systems, 2020, Journal of Dairy Research
  • Invited review: Freedom from thirst-Do dairy cows and calves have sufficient access to drinking water?, 2021, Journal of Dairy Science
  • A consensus on the definition of positive animal welfare, 2025, Biology Letters
  • Welfare of dairy cows, 2023, EFSA Journal

Margit Bak Jensen frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Guilherme Amorim Franchi, Heather W. Neave, Laura E. Webb, Emma Hvidtfeldt Jensen, and Mette S. Herskin.

Publication venues where the scientist has contributed multiple works encompass:

  • Journal of Dairy Science
  • JDS Communications
  • Applied Animal Behaviour Science
  • Journal of Dairy Research
  • EFSA Journal

Their research fields include but are not limited to:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Veterinary

Subfields of study cover topics such as:

  • Small Animals
  • Animal Science and Zoology
  • Genetics
  • Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Social Psychology

The main topics addressed in Margit Bak Jensen's work are:

  • Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
  • Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock
  • Human-Animal Interaction Studies
  • Reproductive Physiology in Livestock
  • Animal health and immunology
  • Meat and Animal Product Quality
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock

Best Publications

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

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

  • Quantifying behavioural priorities—effects of time constraints on behaviour of dairy cows, Bos taurus

    Lene Munksgaard;Margit B. Jensen;Lene J. Pedersen;Steffen W. Hansen

  • The effect of reward duration on demand functions for rest in dairy heifers and lying requirements as measured by demand functions

    Margit Bak Jensen;Lene Juul Pedersen;Lene Munksgaard

  • Play behaviour in dairy calves kept in pens: the effect of social contact and space allowance

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  • Invited review: Lying time and the welfare of dairy cows.

    Cassandra B. Tucker;Margit Bak Jensen;Anne Marie de Passillé;Laura Hänninen

  • Effect of single versus group housing and space allowance on responses of calves during open-field tests

    Margit Bak Jensen;Klaus S. Vestergaard;Christian C. Krohn;Lene Munksgaard

  • Behaviour around the time of calving in dairy cows

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  • Play behaviour in group-housed dairy calves, the effect of space allowance

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  • Dairy calves social preferences and the significance of a companion animal during separation from the group

    Gry Færevik;Margit Bak Jensen;Knut Egil Bøe

  • Calves’ motivation for access to two different types of social contact measured by operant conditioning

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  • 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

  • Pair housing and enhanced milk allowance increase play behavior and improve performance in dairy calves.

    M.B. Jensen;L.R. Duve;D.M. Weary

  • Increased group size reduces conflicts and strengthens the preference for familiar group mates after regrouping of weaned dairy calves ( Bos taurus )

    Gry Færevik;Inger L. Andersen;Margit B. Jensen;Knut E. Bøe

  • The effects of feeding method, milk allowance and social factors on milk feeding behaviour and cross-sucking in group housed dairy calves

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  • 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

  • Effects of level of social contact on dairy calf behavior and health.

    Margit Bak Jensen;Lars Erik Larsen

  • What is animal happiness

    Laura E. Webb;Ruut Veenhoven;Ruut Veenhoven;Jes Lynning Harfeld;Margit Bak Jensen

  • The effect of milk flow rate and milk allowance on feeding related behaviour in dairy calves fed by computer controlled milk feeders

    Margit Bak Jensen;Louise Holm

  • The Effects of Milk Feeding Method and Group Size on Feeding Behavior and Cross-Sucking in Group-Housed Dairy Calves

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  • Computer-Controlled Milk Feeding of Dairy Calves: The Effects of Number of Calves per Feeder and Number of Milk Portions on Use of Feeder and Social Behavior

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  • Methodological terminology and definitions for research and discussion of cow-calf contact systems.

    Janja Sirovnik;Kerstin Barth;Daiana de Oliveira;Sabine Ferneborg

  • Social isolation affects the motivation to work for food and straw in pigs as measured by operant conditioning techniques

    Lene Juul Pedersen;Margit Bak Jensen;Steffen W Hansen;Lene Munksgaard

  • Using motivation tests to assess ethological needs and preferences

    Margit Bak Jensen;Lene Juul Pedersen

  • Effects of Housing in Different Social Environments on Open-field and Social Responses of Female Dairy Calves

    Margit Bak Jensen;Lene Munksgaard;Lisbeth Mogensen;Christian C. Krohn

  • The effect of type of rooting material and space allowance on exploration and abnormal behaviour in growing pigs

    Margit Bak Jensen;Merete Studnitz;Lene Juul Pedersen

  • The value assigned to six different rooting materials by growing pigs

    Margit Bak Jensen;Lene Juul Pedersen

  • The strength of pigs’ preferences for different rooting materials measured using concurrent schedules of reinforcement

    Lene Juul Pedersen;Louise Holm;Margit Bak Jensen;Erik Jørgensen

  • A note on the effect of isolation during testing and length of previous confinement on locomotor behaviour during open-field test in dairy calves.

    Margit Bak Jensen

  • Motivation for social contact in horses measured by operant conditioning

    Eva Søndergaard;Margit Bak Jensen;Christine J. Nicol

  • How much is enough? The amount of straw necessary to satisfy pigs’ need to perform exploratory behaviour

    Lene J. Pedersen;Mette S. Herskin;Björn Forkman;Ulrich Halekoh

  • The early behaviour of cow and calf in an individual calving pen

    Margit Bak Jensen

  • The level of social contact affects social behaviour in pre-weaned dairy calves

    Linda Rosager Duve;Margit Bak Jensen

  • Prior deprivation and reward duration affect the demand function for rest in dairy heifers

    Margit Bak Jensen;Lene Munksgaard;Lene Juul Pedersen;Jan Ladewig

  • Feeding motivation and plasma metabolites in pregnant sows fed diets rich in dietary fiber either once or twice daily

    M. B. Jensen;L. J. Pedersen;P. K. Theil;C. C. Yde

Frequent Co-Authors

Lene Juul Pedersen
Lene Juul Pedersen Aarhus University
Mette S. Herskin
Mette S. Herskin Aarhus University
Lene Munksgaard
Lene Munksgaard Aarhus University
Björn Forkman
Björn Forkman University of Copenhagen
Jan Ladewig
Jan Ladewig University of Copenhagen
Mette Vaarst
Mette Vaarst Aarhus University
Mogens Vestergaard
Mogens Vestergaard Aarhus University
Lena Lidfors
Lena Lidfors Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Eddie A.M. Bokkers
Eddie A.M. Bokkers Wageningen University & Research

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