Centre for Animal Welfare and Para-veterinary Sciences (CAWPS)

CAWPS

The Centre for Animal Welfare and Para-veterinary Sciences (CAWPS) was established by the university in 2005 in recognition of the research focus based within the Department of Biological Sciences. The Department had already established a strong record in fundamental and applied research which deepens our understanding of biological processes relevant to animal health, welfare and management. The creation of this research centre, aims to strengthen this further by encouraging collaborations that link genes through to organismal function and welfare, and the impact of animals on society and social policy.

CAWPS by its nature is interdisciplinary, and staff with different skills provide different opportunities for developing our knowledge of animal welfare and para-veterinary science.

Below staff are listed according their general areas of expertise

Department of Biological Sciences
Behavioural and complementary medicine	Prof. D Mills - Director
Animal needs and their environment	Dr J. Cooper
Nutritional sciences	Dr R. Neville
Molecular genetics and biochemistry	Dr S. Brown
Cellular and exercise physiology	Dr E. Campbell
Applied Microbiology	Ir F. Ruedisueli
Equestrianism	Mr. N. Locke
Stockmanship	Mr S. Goodger
Genetic counselling and conservation	Prof S. Hall
Breeding technology	Dr M. Curry
Avian management	Dr C. Deeming
Feline Behaviour	Dr S. Ellis
Canine Behaviour	Dr S. Ligout
Equine Distance Learning	Miss S. Redgate
Behavioural medicine	Dr H. Zulch
Behavioural ecology and biometry	Dr P. Eady

(more research details)

Department of Psychology
Language and communication	Dr E. Van Der Zee
Human-animal relationships	Dr K Pfeffer
Developmental psychology	Dr K Meints
Attention processes	Dr P Pollux
Visual perception	Dr K. Guo
Social relationships	Dr B. Majolo

Department of Computing and informatics
Behavioural and human-animal interaction modelling	Dr S Lawson

Other associated staffing