Rebecca Meagher

Assistant Professor

Dalhousie University

Canada

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Rebecca Meagher is an Assistant Professor at Dalhousie University, Canada. Her research primarily focuses on animal behavior, specifically early-life enrichment and its effects on various species such as American mink and dairy calves. Recent articles by Dr. Meagher explore themes like environmental enrichment, behavioral responses to stress, and the impact of perinatal environments on long-term behaviors in farmed animals.

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Chenyu Zhang

University of Reading

UNITED KINGDOM

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William J. Montelpare

University of Prince Edward Island

CANADA

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Joao H. C. Costa

University of Vermont

UNITED STATES

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Katherine Creutzinger

Assistant Professor, Dairy Cattle Behavior and Welfare

University of Wisconsin-River Falls

UNITED STATES

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Shawn McKenna

Professor

Atlantic Veterinary College

CANADA

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Jamie Ahloy Dallaire

Assistant Professor

Laval University

CANADA

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Darren Juniper

University of Reading

UNITED KINGDOM

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Articles (14)

Are laterality effects present in novel object responses of calves?

Early-life enrichment in American mink (Neogale vison): Effects of juvenile physical enrichment on behaviour, temperament, and long-term stereotypic behaviour

Early-life enrichment in American mink (Neogale vison): Enrichment of the perinatal environment improves maternal nest building and reduces stereotypic behaviour

The effect of a hiding space on the behaviour and heart rate variability of dairy calves during temporary separation from the dam

Diversity and novelty in environmental enrichment increases enrichment use in juvenile American mink (Neogale vison)

Assessing dairy calf response to long-distance transportation using conditioned place aversion

The impact of providing hiding spaces to farmed animals: A scoping review

Holstein calves' preference for potential physical enrichment items on different presentation schedules

Practice does not make perfect: Juvenile object play does not improve the predation skills of adult mink in “simulated prey” tests

Boredom-like exploratory responses in farmed mink reflect states that are rapidly reduced by environmental enrichment, but unrelated to stereotypic behaviour or ‘lying awake’

Editorial: Behavior and Welfare of the Individual Within Large, Commercially-Relevant Groups

Effects of physical enrichment items and social housing on calves’ growth, behaviour and response to novelty

Assessing the motivation to learn in cattle

Discussion of “In-depth analysis of the emotional reactivity of American mink (Neovison vison) under behavioral tests”

Collaborators (7)

Chenyu Zhang

William J. Montelpare

Joao H. C. Costa

Katherine Creutzinger

Shawn McKenna

Jamie Ahloy Dallaire

Darren Juniper

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