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Dale Sandercock

@dasandercock

PhD, Former Senior Researcher/Lecturer in Animal & Veterinary Science. Molecular pain and stress neurobiology in farm species. Personal opinions

 Scotland, United Kingdom
Joined May 2013
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Proud to have contributed a chapter in this new book on tail biting in pigs published by @WageningenAcPub with @HerskinMette and Heli Nordgren. #AnimalWelfare #pigwelfare #tailbiting #pigs
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A trait or a state - how consistent are tail biting phenotypes in pigs? biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
A trait or a state - how consistent are tail biting phenotypes in pigs?

A trait or a state - how consistent are tail biting phenotypes in pigs?

The physiological, psychological and behavioural traits of tail biting/bitten pigs have been widely studied, with most research focusing on identifying traits to predict tail biting phenotypes...

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Animals EFSA@Animals_EFSA7 Dec 2022
#EU_Commission 📢Call for Proposals: Pilot Projects and Preparatory Actions on pigs (tail docking) - New deadline 15/02/2023 #Animalwelfare #Animals4EU. 🐷🐽🐖 europa.eu/!DCm6kv
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@EU_HaDEA16 Dec 2022
Deadline extended⚠️ The EU is working to progressively improve the welfare status of farmed animals. You can still apply for the call for proposals on pig welfare to phase out the tail docking practice until 15 February 2023 👉 hadea.ec.europa.eu/news/new-… #EU4AnimalWelfare
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Interested in piglet castration and how to relieve the pain? Check out the third paper this year by Mathilde Coutant from @Husdyrforskning. Thank you for the hard work to to all people involved! @jens_malmkvist @cjaw_art @Cetho_line and several others not on Twitter.
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We seek new employees for education and research in veterinary medicine. Deadline is 11 January 2023! From August 2024, @AarhusUni begins to take in students to its newly established veterinary education. Come join us 😊 lnkd.in/e4re9CXr #education #veterinary #AUViborg
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@EU_HaDEA1 Nov 2022
The #EU is working to progressively improve the welfare status of farmed animals. A call for proposals on pig welfare to phase out the tail docking practice is currently open📣 Apply by 15 December 2022 👉 hadea.ec.europa.eu/news/new-… #EU4AnimalWelfare #EUFunding
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Interested in piglet castration pain - and how to mitigate it (or not)? Check the brand new paper by Mathilde Coutant et al. from @Husdyrforskning on the use of local anesthetic before castration, in @FrontVetScience: frontiersin.org/articles/10.…. @jens_malmkvist
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Defining the pig microglial transcriptome reveals its core signature, regional heterogeneity, and similarity with human and rodent microglia dlvr.it/SYbPwP
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AI /Automation workstations in progress! @IASPCongress Non-Human Pain SIG hands on workshop @IASPpain
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Rick D’Eath @IASPCongress Non-Human Pain SIG workshop explains 3D camera automated analysis of pig behavior @IASPpain
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Greg Neely kicks off the Non-Human Pain SIG hands on workshop at @IASPCongress ! Automated pain assays in fruit flies to unravel the genetics of nociception neelylab.com/ @IASPpain
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Nice to see our research referenced in @VegNews Do Animals Feel Pain? Here’s What We Know vegnews.com/2022/8/do-animal… #AnimalWelfare #FareWellDock
The Truth About Animals and Pain: What Do They Feel? | VegNews

The Truth About Animals and Pain: What Do They Feel? | VegNews

Do animals feel pain the same way that humans do? Let’s take a look at how pain works and what animals feel.

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Two available positions at AU Viborg: Scientific project manager and Communication officer in Pig-Paradigm project. Join us in the combat against antimicrobial resistance. Application deadline is 5/9 2022. lnkd.in/eMQhVM_Q #pighealth #NovoNordiskFoundation #antibiotics
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Pig Welfare Issues - Pig Tail Docking | RSPCA rspca.org.uk/adviceandwelfar…

Pigs | Facts, Farming & Welfare - RSPCA - rspca.org.uk

Explore the many fun facts about pigs. Learn about why they mud wallow, lifespan, gestation lengths, UK breeds and how the RSPCA improves farm pig welfare.

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Animals EFSA@Animals_EFSA10 Aug 2022
Animal-based measures are crucial to assess the welfare consequences affecting #FarmedPigs. The recommendations by @EFSA_EU on their welfare are needed to prevent/correct the hazards, to mitigate consequences & to answer questions raised as part of the #EndtheCageAge Initiative
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Animals EFSA@Animals_EFSA10 Aug 2022
📝Out now➡️Scientific opinion on the welfare of #pigs🐷on farm: it provides suggestions to improve the welfare of all categories of #FarmedPigs kept in the most relevant husbandry systems used in the 🇪🇺bit.ly/3QtFXHQ #EFSA4animals #EUFarm2Fork #AnimalWelfare @EFSA_EU
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EFSA has published a scientific opinion on the welfare of pigs on farm, the first of several opinions on animal welfare to be delivered in the coming year in the context of the Farm to Fork (F2F) strategy. europa.eu/!tK8Ygw via @EFSA_EU #AnimalWelfare #PigWelfare
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New Research: Piglets' acute responses to procaine-based local anesthetic injection and surgical castration: Effects of two volumes of anesthetic frontiersin.org/articles/10.… #pain
Frontiers | Piglets' acute responses to procaine-based local anesthetic injection and surgical...

Frontiers | Piglets' acute responses to procaine-based local anesthetic injection and surgical...

Surgical castration of piglets is painful, but practiced routinely in commercial pig production. Procaine-based local anaesthetics are used to mitigate pigle...

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IASP NHP SIG@IASP_NHP_SIG5 Aug 2022
Still time to register for our @IASPpain Pre-Congress Hands-On Workshop on Artificial Intelligence-Based Approaches to Preclinical Pain Assessment on Monday 19th September - see link for full details and speakers iaspworldcongress2022.org/se…
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