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Teaching activities

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2022-Present (ETH Zürich)

 - Applied ethology and animal welfare (BSc; 13 lectures): lecturer/course leader

 - Behaviour and welfare of farm animals (MSc; 12 lectures + 6 practical days): lecturer/course leader

 - Animal housing and behaviour (BSc; 7 lectures): lecturer/course leader

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2019-2021 (ETH Zürich)  

 - Animal housing and behaviour (BSc; 7 lectures): co-lecturer

 - Applied ethology and animal welfare (BSc; 13 lectures): lecturer/course leader

 - Practical course in applied ethology (MSc; 40h): lecturer/course leader

 - Pig Science (spring/fall) (MSc ; 13 lectures): co-lecturer/course leader

 - Ruminant science (MSc; 7 lectures): co-lecturer

 - Forum livestock in the world food system (MSc; 6 lectures): co-lecturer

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Mentoring

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2024 (ETH Zürich) : Luca Realini. MSc thesis: physiological and behavioural response of companion animals to the death of conspecifics during on-farm and pasture slaughter of cattle. Co-supervision: Prof Susanne Ulbrich and Dr Anet Spengler Neff.

 

2024 (ETH Zürich): Chantal Rüegg. BSc thesis (on-going): Influence of colustrum traits on the farrowing process and reproductive performance of sows in a free farrowing system. Co-supervisor: Dr Alexander Grahofer

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2023 (ETH Zürich): Andrea Fürholz. BSc thesis: critical evaluation of various indicators in animal welfare economics. Main supervisor: Dr Stefan Wimmer

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2023 (ETH Zürich): Iris Sulser. BSc thesis: determinants for the implementation of animal welfare practices at the farm level. Main supervisor: Dr Stefan Wimmer

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2022 (ETH Zürich): Konradin Messmer. MSc thesis: identification of social interactions using wearable acceleration sensors in cattle. Main supervisor: Prof Susanne Ulbrich

 

2022 (ETH Zürich): Pascal Hoffman. MSc thesis: Behaviour of growing-finishing pigs in an enriched outdoor run. Main supervisor: Prof Susanne Ulbrich, Advisor: Dr Mirjam Holinger

 

2022 (ETH Zürich): Diana Fomasi. MSc thesis: Quantification of salivary oxytocin in cows and pigs. Main supervisor: Prof Susanne Ulbrich

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2021 (ETH Zürich): Maxine Hagenbucher. BSc Thesis: assessment of personality in foals. Co-supervisor: Dr Sabrina Briefer Freymond

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2021 (ETH Zürich): Edith Meier. BSc thesis: elimination behaviour of fattening pigs in the new housing system Wiesenchwein. Co-supervisor: Dr Mirjam Holinger

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2021 (ETH Zürich): Ramon Winterberg. BSc thesis: Effect of social attibutes on the behavioural response of mares to isolation and reunion). Co-supervisor: Ing Christa Wyss

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2020 (ETH Zürich): Flavia Taras. BSc thesis: Cognitive enrichment in farms animals and its implications for welfare. Co- supervisor: Dr Christian Nawroth

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2016 (VUZV, Prague): Zuzana Kokourcová. MSc thesis: Effect of temporary crating on the welfare of lactating sows. Main supervisor: Dr. Gudrun Illmann

 

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