Today is the world donkey day. They are amazing, hard-working, and intelligent animals. We (Dr Becky Parkes Alan McElligott Dr Sarah Rosanowski) are working on welfare concerns, recognitions, and measures of emotions in donkeys. For more information, please scan the QR code & our papers below (1/4)

Having spent a lot of time in-door sport climbing, returning to Northern Ireland means outdoor and it means trad. Time to up my climbing game!

Well well well....this is cool. Ovary MRIs coming in, kickstarting some cool UofG SBOHVM UofG MVLS collaborative work, from investigating luteolysis processes in cetaceans to life history indicators and potential post-reproductive life stages 😎 #teamworkmakesthedreamwork Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

Ok, my next scientific rabbit hole is going to be performing magic for pigs ….. knowablemagazine.org/content/articl…

Why data is meaningful only if you know the context.....

If you’re a RCVS registered veterinary nurse with a bachelors degree or higher and a teaching background, this could be a perfect career move for you. Please pass on to anyone that might be interested. my.corehr.com/pls/coreportal…

The polls are open. Remember that politicians are servants of the people. Today thousands of them across the UK are asking for your vote. Your vote is precious; it grants power and it removes it. Use it and remind them never to take it, or you, for granted. #GE2024

What else would I be doing on a bank holiday weekend other than climbing a lump of rock off the Donegal coast? I’m in blue, leading “Pride of Gola” (S 4a)

Me: I really should be working on my endless to-do list My brain: “but did he?” 🤔

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Nasty bug.

Life in academia based on autobiographies of Nobel laureates

Now this I could really get behind 🤣

At Dublin Airport ready to head to ⁦WAFL2024⁩ - see you all soon!

⁦Stephanie Buijs⁩ presenting on seasonal variations in dairy cow welfare ⁦WAFL2024⁩

Willy Wonka and the Publishing Factory

For anyone WAFL2024 make sure you stick around until 3pm to hear my presentation on the use of acoustics to reduce pre-weaning mortality in piglets, work I did with Prof Lisa Collins University of Leeds

🎉We’ve made the University of the Year Shortlist! 🎉​ We are delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted for the prestigious University of the Year in the @TimesHigherEd Awards 2024!​​ Read more: ow.ly/th9T50TftJF #WeAreUU | #ProudOfUU

animalacousticenrichment.wordpress.com/2024/09/12/do-… I've just written a blog post for AEIG about how animals hear the world differently from us, and how important this is when we are wanting to enrich an environment.

I’m adding this extraordinary work by ⁦Ed Yong is not here⁩ to the list of science books I’ve read for fun. Understanding how animals perceive their world is vital to meaningfully improving their welfare