Do you have a workshop idea for ISAE 2021 online? Abstract submission remains open until May 1! Submit online.

Project update Friday.... Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Horizon 2020 ChickenStress ESR Michael has been working hard despite Covid-19 and avian influenza restrictions! Click here for details of Michael's project. chickenstress.eu/chickenstress%…

We updated and expanded our expansive database of graduate fellowships. We have found 198 different types of PhD fellowships, listing the focus, eligibility criteria, amount, and deadline. Here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-op…

Just received the contract for #ZTHZ's newest PD starting in August! Matthew Petelle has awesome ecology experience that will be a big help in our exploration of individual behavior as it relates to epigenetic profiles and social dynamics. Welcome Matt!

Interested in poultry behaviour and welfare? Come work with us at Institut for Husdyr- og Veterinærvidenskab, AU - projects led by my colleague Anja B Riber 🤓

HenTrack is running!! Thanks to Hendrix Genetics& Open Philanthropy, 4800 chicks arrived from Hendrix Genetics. In 18 weeks, we begin tracking and assessing health to identify the best hens to improve Dekalb Whites globally!

Final day of our ChickenStress progress meeting. Thanks to everyone who attended, such an enthusiastic and motivated group! Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions #H2020 #MSCA

A new article from #ZTHZ using a combination of techniques, including machine learning, to increase reliability of sensor-based tracking data in hens. doi.org/10.3390/s22020…. We can show certain pens/locations may have less/more reliability and improved!

ZTHZ's newest paper tracking laying hens in semi-commercial groups shows subgroups spontaneously form! doi.org/10.3390/ani120… Are they forming for friendship Jean-Loup? Will they pile together Peta-gay Taylor? Are they signaling eachother Asher Behaviour Lab🏳️‍🌈 ?

HenTrack2.0 is official! Thanks to Open Philanthropy and our industrial partners hendrix and global layer genetics. We'll be selecting hens for resilience within cage-free settings on the basis of health and welfare.unibe.ch/news/media_new…

Hentrack2.0!!! Thanks Hendrix Genetics linkedin.com/posts/teun-van…

Ein Projekt der #VetsuisseBern wird mit $2.7 Mio von Open Philanthropy gefördert. Es ermöglicht neue Zuchtprogramme für Legehennen, um sie weltweit gesünder zu machen und die Käfighaltung abzuschaffen. Mike Toscano Hendrix Genetics FDM Lohmann Tierzucht BLV - OSAV - USAV sohub.io/w9uq

‘Breeding robust laying hens for cage-free future: Directions and challenges’ - workshop which open the symposium Mike Toscano Hennovation Laying Hen Welfare Forum Hendrix Genetics EFFAB @basrodenburg WATTPoultry Animals EFSA FAO Animal Welfare