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Overview

Richard B. D'Eath is affiliated with Scotland's Rural College in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on various aspects of animal science, with significant work in animal behavior and welfare as well as animal nutrition and physiology.

The scientist has published extensively within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Veterinary studies, contributing to both main disciplines and relevant subfields. These subfields include Animal Science and Zoology, Small Animals, Ecology, Genetics, and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems.

Key topics in their work cover:

  • Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
  • Animal Nutrition and Physiology
  • Meat and Animal Product Quality
  • Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
  • Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
  • Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Richard B. D'Eath are:

  • The effects of feed restriction, time of day, and time since feeding on behavioral and physiological indicators of hunger in broiler breeder hens (2022, Poultry Science)
  • Changes in tail posture detected by a 3D machine vision system are associated with injury from damaging behaviours and ill health on commercial pig farms (2021, PLoS ONE)
  • Trough half empty: Pregnant sows are fed under half of their ad libitum intake (2020, Animal Welfare)
  • Enrichment use in finishing pigs and its relationship with damaging behaviours: Comparing three wood species and a rubber floor toy (2020, Applied Animal Behaviour Science)
  • Can increased dietary fibre level and a single enrichment device reduce the risk of tail biting in undocked growing-finishing pigs in fully slatted systems? (2020, PLoS ONE)

Frequent publication venues associated with their work include:

  • Poultry Science
  • PLoS ONE
  • Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • Animal Welfare
  • Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Richard B. D'Eath collaborates regularly with a number of co-authors, such as:

  • Emma Baxter
  • Jen-Yun Chou
  • Keelin O'Driscoll
  • Dale A. Sandercock
  • Laura Dixon

Best Publications

  • Investigating the behavioural and physiological indicators of neonatal survival in pigs

    E.M. Baxter;E.M. Baxter;S. Jarvis;R.B. D’Eath;D.W. Ross

  • The welfare implications of large litter size in the domestic pig I: biological factors

    K. M D Rutherford;E. M. Baxter;R. B. D'Eath;S. P. Turner

  • Can video images imitate real stimuli in animal behaviour experiments

    Richard B. D'eath

  • 'Freedom from hunger' and preventing obesity: the animal welfare implications of reducing food quantity or quality

    Richard B. D'Eath;Bert J. Tolkamp;Ilias Kyriazakis;Alistair B. Lawrence

  • The welfare implications of large litter size in the domestic pig II: management factors

    E. M. Baxter;K. M D Rutherford;R. B. D'Eath;G. Arnott

  • Socialising piglets before weaning improves social hierarchy formation when pigs are mixed post-weaning

    Richard B. D’Eath

  • Injurious tail biting in pigs: How can it be controlled in existing systems without tail docking?

    R B D'Eath;G Arnott;S P Turner;T Jensen

  • Genetic validation of postmixing skin injuries in pigs as an indicator of aggressiveness and the relationship with injuries under more stable social conditions.

    S. P. Turner;R. Roehe;R. B. D'Eath;S. H. Ison

  • Social discrimination and aggression by laying hens in large groups: from peck orders to social tolerance

    Richard B. D’Eath;Linda J. Keeling

  • Recording behaviour of indoor-housed farm animals automatically using machine vision technology: A systematic review

    Kaitlin Wurtz;Irene Camerlink;Richard B. D’Eath;Alberto Peña Fernández

  • Individual aggressiveness measured in a resident-intruder test predicts the persistence of aggressive behaviour and weight gain of young pigs after mixing

    Richard B D’Eath

  • The Natural Behaviour of the Pig

    Richard B. D’Eath;Simon P. Turner

  • Colour perception and the use of video playback experiments in animal behaviour

    Leo J Fleishman;William J McCLINTOCK;Richard B D'eath;David H Brainard

  • Automatic early warning of tail biting in pigs: 3D cameras can detect lowered tail posture before an outbreak.

    Richard B D'Eath;Mhairi Jack;Agnieszka Futro;Darren Talbot

  • Why are most EU pigs tail docked? Economic and ethical analysis of four pig housing and management scenarios in the light of EU legislation and animal welfare outcomes.

    R. B. D'Eath;J. K. Niemi;B. Vosough Ahmadi;K. M. D. Rutherford

  • Pigs' aggressive temperament affects pre-slaughter mixing aggression, stress and meat quality

    R. B. D’Eath;S. P. Turner;E. Kurt;G. Evans

  • Association of HPA axis-related genetic variation with stress reactivity and aggressive behaviour in pigs

    Eduard Muráni;Siriluck Ponsuksili;Richard B D'Eath;Simon P Turner

  • Environmental enrichment enhances spatial cognition in rats by reducing thigmotaxis (wall hugging) during testing

    Anjanette P. Harris;Richard B. D'Eath;Susan D. Healy

  • Animal economics: assessing the motivation of female laboratory rabbits to reach a platform, social contact and food

    Shirley C. Seaman;Natalie K. Waran;Georgia Mason;Richard B. D'Eath

  • Genetics of animal temperament: aggressive behaviour at mixing is genetically associated with the response to handling in pigs

    R. B. D'Eath;R. Roehe;S. P. Turner;S. H. Ison

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon P. Turner
Simon P. Turner Scotland's Rural College
Alistair Lawrence
Alistair Lawrence Scotland's Rural College
Rainer Roehe
Rainer Roehe Scotland's Rural College
Bert J. Tolkamp
Bert J. Tolkamp Scotland's Rural College
Peter Sandøe
Peter Sandøe University of Copenhagen
Pierre Mormède
Pierre Mormède Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Susan D. Healy
Susan D. Healy University of St Andrews
Nils Lundeheim
Nils Lundeheim Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Sandra A. Edwards
Sandra A. Edwards Newcastle University
Gareth Arnott
Gareth Arnott Queen's University Belfast

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