Research interests

u Improvement on group-housed farm animal rearing environment, especially for sows, grower and finisher pigs

u Social communication and social structure of commercially farmed pigs

u Methods to phase out painful procedures in farm animals

u Boar taint perception and alternatives to surgical castration

u Welfare at transport and slaughter of farm animals, e.g., design and improvement of transport/slaughter facilities, gas stunning of pigs, low atmospheric stunning of chicken and pigs, other applicable stunning and killing methods, and mechanical catching of broilers

u Enrichment development for farm animals