Animal Behavior and Well-Being: Production Animal Welfare

Tuesday, July 18, 2023

2:00 PM - 4:45 PM MT

Location: Albuquerque Convention Center, EAST UPPER: 220 Ruidoso

Co-Chair(s)

Juliana Ranches

Assistant Professor
Oregon State University; EOARC
Burns, Oregon
CB

Christopher Byrd

Department of Animal Sciences, North Dakota State University
Fargo, North Dakota

Presentations:

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM MT

Awardee Talk: Improving swine heat stress resilience to optimize productivity and welfare in a changing climate
Presenting Author: Jay S. Johnson, PhD – USDA-ARS Livestock Behavior Research Unit
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM MT

Potential of accelerometers to remotely detect bovine ephemeral fever in heifers using pattern recognition
Presenting Author: Ly Ly Trieu – New Mexico State University
Author: Derek W. Bailey, PhD – New Mexico State University
Author: Huiping Cao – New Mexico State University
Author: Tran Cao Son – New Mexico State University
Author: Mark G. Trotter – CQUniversity
Author: Lauren O'Connor – CQUniversity
Author: Colin T. Tobin, PhD, PAS – North Dakota State University
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM MT

Animal behavior analysis using unsupervised machine learning techniques
Presenting Author: Jiefei Liu, MA – New Mexico State University, Computer Science Department
Author: Derek W. Bailey, PhD – New Mexico State University
Author: Huiping Cao – New Mexico State University
Author: Tran Cao Son – New Mexico State University
Author: Colin T. Tobin, PhD, PAS – North Dakota State University
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM MT

Evaluation of computer vision to analyze beef cattle feeding behavior
Presenting Author: Egleu D. M Mendes, MSc – Texas A&M University / Department of Animal Science
Author: Yalong Pi – Texas A&M University
Author: Jian Tao, PhD – Texas A&M University
Author: Luis O. Tedeschi, PhD – Texas A&M University
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM MT

Animal Behavior and Well-Being Break
3:30 PM - 3:45 PM MT

A suspended molasses block improves post-mixing welfare of gestating sows
Presenting Author: Jeremy N. Marchant, PhD – USDA-ARS
Author: Charles Rikard-Bell – Australasian Pork Research Institute Ltd
Author: Ellen Jongman – University of Melbourne
3:45 PM - 4:00 PM MT

Definition and genetic parameters estimation for climatic resilience indicators derived from longitudinal vaginal temperature records in lactating sows under heat stress conditions
Presenting Author: Hui Wen – Department of Animal Sciences, Purdue University
Author: Jay S. Johnson, PhD – USDA-ARS Livestock Behavior Research Unit
Author: Leonardo S. Gloria – Department of Animal Sciences, Purdue University
Author: Jacob M. Maskal – Department of Animal Sciences, Purdue University
Author: Andre C. Araujo – Department of Animal Sciences, Purdue University
Author: Felipe E. de Carvalho, N/A – Department of Animal Sciences, Purdue University
Author: Artur Oliveira Rocha (he/him/his) – Department of Animal Sciences, Purdue University
Author: Yijian Huang – Smithfield Premium Genetics
Author: Luiz F. Brito – Purdue University
4:00 PM - 4:15 PM MT

Maternal stress influences dam and progeny cortisol, immune, and behavior
Presenting Author: Alexis R. Main – Oklahoma State University
4:15 PM - 4:30 PM MT

Effect of timing of dam gestational stress on immune and stress responsiveness of the progeny
Presenting Author: Cassidy C. Reddout – Oklahoma State University
Author: Janeen L. Salak-Johnson – Oklahoma State University
Author: Lily P. Hernandez, MSc – Oklahoma State University
Author: Alexis R. Main – Oklahoma State University
4:30 PM - 4:45 PM MT

The ramifications of tail docking ewes on mating behavior and reproductive performance
Presenting Author: Jocelyn M. Woods – Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Author: Sarah J.J. Adcock – Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison