Dr Julia Lacey - Research-Active Staff

Julia’s main research interests lie in the field of applied animal behaviour and animal welfare, particularly that of laboratory rodents. Julia completed a PhD which investigated the importance of experience and olfactory stimulation on the welfare of inbred laboratory mice. Past research included assessing methods of measuring motivation in laboratory mice and analysing factors contributing to aggression among zoo animals. Other areas of interest include companion animal behavioural problems and the effects of transport on equine stress levels.

Lacey, J.C., Beynon, R.J. & Hurst, J.L. (2007) The importance of exposure to other male scents in determining competitive behaviour among inbred male mice. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 104, 130-142.

Book Publications

Lacey, J.C. & Hurst, J.L. (2005) The role of scent in inter-male aggression in house mice and laboratory mice. In: Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 10 (Ed. R.T. Mason, M.P. LeMaster & D. Muller-Schwarze), pp.209-215. Springer, New York.

• Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour
• International Society for Applied Ethology
• Universities Federation for Animal Welfare
• Institute for Learning

Lacey, J.C. & Hurst J.L. (2005) Consequences of a homogenous environment on the behaviour of laboratory mice. The 39th International Congress of the International Society for Applied Ethology, Sagamihara, Japan.

Lacey, J.C. & Hurst J.L. (2005) The effect of early experience on male female mate preference based on genetic similarity and quality in laboratory mice. Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour Easter Meeting, University of East Anglia, Norwich.

Lacey, J.C., Beynon R.J. & Hurst J.L. (2004) Consequences of a homogenous environment on the behaviour of laboratory mice. Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour Easter Meeting, University of Sussex, Brighton.

Lacey, J.C., Beynon R.J. & Hurst J.L. (2003) Consequences of a homogenous environment on the behaviour of laboratory mice. The 10th Conference on Chemical Signals in Vertebrates, Corvallis, Oregon, USA.

Lacey, J.C. & Sherwin, C. M. (2003) The demand for social contact between laboratory mice as measured by the access cost imposed by four different obstacles. Universities Federation for Animal Welfare Vacation Scholars Meeting, University of Lincoln, Lincolnshire.

Lacey, J.C. & Pankhurst S.J. (2001) The effects of visitor on intra- and inter-specific aggression among sheep, goats and pigs at Marwell Zoological Park. Universities Federation for Animal Welfare Vacation Scholars Meeting, Anglia Polytechnic University, Cambridge.

• Biotechnologies and Biological Sciences Research Council Studentship (Sep 2002 – Sep 2005) - £10,500 per annum for PhD project ‘The influence of experience and olfactory stimulation on the behaviour and welfare of inbred laboratory mice’.
• International Society for Applied Ethology (July 2005) – Full cost for attendance at The 39th International Congress of the International Society for Applied Ethology, Sagamihara, Japan.
• Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (April 2005) - Full cost for attendance at the ASAB Easter Meeting, University of East Anglia, Norwich.
• Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (March 2004) - Full cost for attendance at the ASAB Easter Meeting, University of Sussex, Brighton.
• Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (2002) – Vacation scholarship for MSc project entitled ‘The persistence of laboratory mice in gaining access to
• conspecifics assessed by the varying costs imposed by four natural obstacles’.
• Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (2000) – Vacation scholarship for BSc project entitled ‘A study of the effects of visitor on intra- and inter-specific aggression among sheep, goats and pigs in the Farm Village exhibit at Marwell Zoological Park’.

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