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Social behaviour

Most animals kept for production or companionship are group animals, where social behaviour and social interaction between the animals are an essential part of their behavioural pattern and a precondition for good animal welfare. In the research line the Animal Welfare and Technology professorship studies social interactions between animals in small and large groups and link this to animal welfare and health.

Cows social behaviour

This includes PhD research into social interactions between dairy cows based on location data. We also perform behavioural studies with mice, using EthoVision software. In these studies mice act as a model animal for social interactions of people with autism.