Dan Weary PhD
Professor
Animal Welfare Program, Applied Animal Biology, Applied Biology
Faculty of Land and Food Systems
University of British Columbia
Dan works with students and colleagues in the Animal Welfare Program using behavioural and other non-invasive measures to objectively assess various aspects of animal well-being. One focus of recent work is the dairy cow, and welfare issues important in this species.
In his graduate and postdoctoral work Dan focused on acoustic communication and vocal behavior in wild birds and mammals. He has now turned his interests to the development of objective methods of assessing animal well-being. This more recent work includes more basic research on how vocal and other behaviors can provide us with information about an animal’s physical and emotional state, as well as how these measures can be applied to find better ways of handling animals.
Research Keywords: pain assessment and prevention in animals, pain, animal suffering, behaviour
