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Animal Science and Veterinary
Norway
2026

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
43
Citations
8608
World Ranking
910
National Ranking
7

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Norway Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Norway Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Norway Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Norway Leader Award

Overview

Ruth C. Newberry is affiliated with the Norwegian University of Life Sciences in Norway and specializes in research across agricultural and biological sciences, veterinary science, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work has strong interdisciplinary connections bridging animal science, genetics, and aspects of ecology and cognitive neuroscience.

The scientist's research primarily focuses on animal behavior and welfare studies, animal nutrition and physiology, and human-animal interaction studies. Additional topics explored include livestock and poultry management, agriculture sustainability and environmental impact, as well as studies related to rabbits' nutrition, reproduction, and health. Veterinary practice and education studies also feature among their interests.

Frequent publication venues for their research include Applied Animal Behaviour Science, Poultry Science, and Scientific Reports. They have also contributed to SSRN Electronic Journal and Frontiers in Veterinary Science.

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Slow-growing broilers are healthier and express more behavioural indicators of positive welfare" (2020) in Scientific Reports
  • "Effect of Environmental Complexity and Stocking Density on Fear and Anxiety in Broiler Chickens" (2021) in Animals
  • "Enhancing their quality of life: environmental enrichment for poultry" (2022) in Poultry Science
  • "A consensus on the definition of positive animal welfare" (2025) in Biology Letters
  • "Play behaviour reduced by environmental enrichment in fast-growing broiler chickens" (2020) in Applied Animal Behaviour Science

The scientist has collaborated frequently with researchers such as Bjarne O. Braastad, Anne McBride, Judit Vas, Inger Lise Andersen, and Inma Estévez. These collaborations reflect ongoing partnerships within the fields of animal science and welfare research.

Ruth C. Newberry has also authored books, including the publication The Cat (2022), published by CABI eBooks.

Best Publications

  • Environmental enrichment: increasing the biological relevance of captive environments

    Ruth C. Newberry

  • Mammalian Play: Training for the Unexpected

    Marek Spinka;Ruth C. Newberry;Marc Bekoff

  • Hen welfare in different housing systems

    D.C. Lay;R.M. Fulton;P.Y. Hester;D.M. Karcher

  • Subjective and objective measurements of postoperative pain in cats.

    Anthony J. Cambridge;Karen M. Tobias;Ruth C. Newberry;Dipak K. Sarkar

  • Implications of breaking mother–young social bonds

    Ruth C. Newberry;Janice C. Swanson

  • The suckling behaviour of domestic pigs in a semi-natural environment

    Ruth C. Newberry;David G.M. Wood-Gush

  • Playful behaviour of piglets

    R.C. Newberry;D.G.M. Wood-Gush;J.W. Hall

  • Group size and perching behaviour in young domestic fowl.

    Ruth C Newberry;Inma Estevez;Inma Estevez;Linda J Keeling

  • Influence of Light Intensity on Behavior and Performance of Broiler Chickens

    R. C. Newberry;J. R. Hunt;E. E. Gardiner

  • Broiler chickens: a tolerant social system?

    Inma Estévez;Ruth C. Newberry;Luis Arias de Reyna

  • Effects of early play experience on play behaviour of piglets after weaning

    Tammy M Donaldson;Ruth C Newberry;Marek Špinka;Sylvie Cloutier

  • Decreasing aggression with increasing group size in young domestic fowl

    Inma Estevez;Inma Estevez;Linda J. Keeling;Ruth C. Newberry

  • Social relationships of piglets in a semi-natural environment

    R.C. Newberry;D.G.M. Wood-Gush

  • Behaviour when young as a predictor of severe feather pecking in adult laying hens: The redirected foraging hypothesis revisited

    Ruth C. Newberry;Linda J. Keeling;Inma Estevez;Inma Estevez;Boris Bilčík;Boris Bilčík

  • Dynamics of aggression in the domestic fowl

    Inma Estevez;Inma Estevez;Ruth C Newberry;Linda J Keeling

  • Use of pen space by broiler chickens: effects of age and pen size.

    R.C. Newberry;J.W. Hall

  • Exploratory behaviour of young domestic fowl

    Ruth C Newberry

  • Development of some behaviour patterns in piglets under semi-natural conditions

    R. C. Newberry;D. G. M. Wood-Gush

  • Use of visual cover by domestic fowl: a Venetian blind effect?

    Ruth C Newberry;David M Shackleton;David M Shackleton

  • Slow-growing broilers are healthier and express more behavioural indicators of positive welfare

    Ann C. Rayner;Ruth C. Newberry;Judit Vas;Siobhan Mullan

  • Effects of lighting pattern and dietary tryptophan supplementation on growth and mortality in broilers.

    R. Blair;R. C. Newberry;E. E. Gardiner

  • Production-related traits of layers reared in different sized flocks: the concept of problematic intermediate group sizes.

    LJ Keeling;I Estevez;RC Newberry;MG Correia

Frequent Co-Authors

Inma Estevez
Inma Estevez Ikerbasque
Linda J. Keeling
Linda J. Keeling Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Jaak Panksepp
Jaak Panksepp Washington State University
Patricia Y. Hester
Patricia Y. Hester Purdue University West Lafayette
Joy A. Mench
Joy A. Mench University of California, Davis
Joseph P. Garner
Joseph P. Garner Stanford University
Charles T. Robbins
Charles T. Robbins Washington State University
Marek Špinka
Marek Špinka Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Inger Lise Andersen
Inger Lise Andersen Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Alistair Lawrence
Alistair Lawrence Scotland's Rural College

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