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D-Index
42
Citations
5487
World Ranking
1028
National Ranking
37

Overview

Raymond Nowak is affiliated with François Rabelais University in France. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily within Veterinary science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a significant focus also on Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work covers diverse topics, including:

  • Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
  • Human-Animal Interaction Studies
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock
  • Reproductive Physiology in Livestock
  • Veterinary Equine Medical Research
  • Animal Nutrition and Physiology

Key subfields of study for Nowak include Genetics, Small Animals, Animal Science and Zoology, Agronomy and Crop Science, and Social Psychology.

Their recent publications reflect these research interests. Notable papers include:

  • "Horses feel emotions when they watch positive and negative horse-human interactions in a video and transpose what they saw to real life" (2020) published in Animal Cognition
  • "Unwilling or willing but unable: can horses interpret human actions as goal directed?" (2020) published in Animal Cognition
  • "Short- and mid-term effects on performance, health and qualitative behavioural assessment of Romane lambs in different milk feeding conditions" (2021) published in animal
  • "Neonatal Suckling, Oxytocin, and Early Infant Attachment to the Mother" (2021) published in Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • "Both sheep and goats can solve inferential by exclusion tasks" (2022) published in Animal Cognition

Frequent publication venues for Nowak include Animal Cognition, animal, Applied Animal Behaviour Science, Behavioural Processes, and Frontiers in Endocrinology, with multiple papers appearing in several of these journals.

Nowak has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, including Léa Lansade, Scott Love, Élodie Chaillou, Céline Parias, and Frédéric Lévy, each with whom they have multiple joint publications.

Best Publications

  • From birth to colostrum: early steps leading to lamb survival.

    Raymond Nowak;Pascal Poindron

  • Role of mother-young interactions in the survival of offspring in domestic mammals.

    Raymond Nowak;Richard H. Porter;Frédéric Lévy;Pierre Orgeur

  • Invited review: Improving neonatal survival in small ruminants: science into practice

    C.M. Dwyer;J. Conington;F. Corbiere;I.H. Holmøy

  • Neonatal survival: contributions from behavioural studies in sheep

    R. Nowak

  • Development of a preferential relationship with the mother by the newborn lamb: importance of the sucking activity.

    R. Nowak;T.M. Murphy;David Lindsay;P. Alster

  • Artificial weaning in sheep: consequences on behavioural, hormonal and immuno-pathological indicators of welfare

    P Orgeur;N Mavric;P Yvore;S Bernard

  • Establishment of vocal communication and discrimination between ewes and their lamb in the first two days after parturition.

    Frédéric Sèbe;Raymond Nowak;Pascal Poindron;Thierry Aubin

  • Maternal experience influences the establishment of visual/auditory, but not olfactory recognition of the newborn lamb by ewes at parturition.

    Matthieu Keller;Maryse Meurisse;Pascal Poindron;Raymond Nowak

  • Ontogeny of social awareness in domestic herbivores

    I Veissier;A Boissy;R Nowak;P Orgeur

  • Mother–Young Relationships in Sheep: A Model for a Multidisciplinary Approach of the Study of Attachment in Mammals

    Raymond Nowak;Matthieu Keller;Frédéric Lévy

  • Diurnal Rhythms in Plasma Melatonin Concentrations in the Fetal Sheep and Pregnant Ewe during Late Gestation

    Zemdegs Iz;McMillen Ic;Walker Dw;Thorburn Gd

  • Facial expression and oxytocin as possible markers of positive emotions in horses

    Léa Lansade;Raymond Nowak;Anne-Lyse Lainé;Christine Leterrier

  • Do lambs perceive regular human stroking as pleasant? Behavior and heart rate variability analyses.

    Marjorie Coulon;Raymond Nowak;Julie Peyrat;Hervé Chandèze

  • Learning of olfactory cues is not necessary for early lamb recognition by the mother

    Guillaume Ferreira;Angelica Terrazas;Pascal Poindron;Raymond Nowak

  • Maternal pinealectomy abolishes the diurnal rhythm in plasma melatonin concentrations in the fetal sheep and pregnant ewe during late gestation.

    I. C. McMillen;R. Nowak

  • Colostrum Mediates the Development of Mother Preference by Newborn Lambs

    Anne-Pierre Goursaud;Raymond Nowak

  • Ability of 12-hour-old Merino and crossbred lambs to recognise their mothers

    R. Nowak;P. Poindron;P. Le Neindre;I.G. Putu

  • Development of mother discrimination by single and multiple newborn lambs.

    R. Nowak;P. Poindron;I. G. Putu

  • Development of exclusive mother-young bonding in sheep and goats.

    Poindron P;Nowak R;Lévy F;Porter Rh

  • Perinatal visceral events and brain mechanisms involved in the development of mother-young bonding in sheep.

    R. Nowak;M. Keller;M. Keller;D. Val-Laillet;D. Val-Laillet;F. Lévy;F. Lévy

  • Discrimination between shepherds by lambs reared under artificial conditions.

    X Boivin;R Nowak;G Desprès;H Tournadre

  • Senses involved in discrimination of merino ewes at close contact and from a distance by their newborn lambs

    R. Nowak

  • Mother and sibling discrimination at a distance by three- to seven-day-old lambs.

    R. Nowak

Frequent Co-Authors

Frédéric Lévy
Frédéric Lévy François Rabelais University
Xavier Boivin
Xavier Boivin University of Clermont Auvergne
Alain Boissy
Alain Boissy INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Dominique Blache
Dominique Blache University of Western Australia
Guillaume Ferreira
Guillaume Ferreira University of Bordeaux
Benoist Schaal
Benoist Schaal University of Burgundy
Drewe Ferguson
Drewe Ferguson Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Cécile Arnould
Cécile Arnould Oniris - École nationale vétérinaire, agroalimentaire et de l'alimentation, Nantes-Atlantique
Catherine Belzung
Catherine Belzung François Rabelais University
Thierry Aubin
Thierry Aubin University of Paris-Saclay

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