Krista McLennan - Research-Active Staff

Krista McLennan - Associate Lecturer Animal Welfare / Research

Research Staff
Agriculture & Countryside Management Research
Emma Coulthard
Emily Howard-Williams
Dr. James Littlemore
Edmore Mashatise
Animal Welfare Research
Dr Julia Lacey
Dr. Wanda McCormick
Krista McLennan
Joshua Onyango
Sam Ward
Construction Research
Dr. Turker Bayrak
Syed Mohyuddin
Equine Research
Louise Dentith
Anna Walker
Jessica York
Horticulture Research
Rhydian Beynon-Davies ALS
Julia Lock
Dr. Russell Sharp
Sports Studies Research
Dean Allerton
Saul Cuttell
Lucy Hammond
Lee Howarth
Richard Moss
Mark Russell
Teacher Training Research
Jen Barnett

Krista McLennan

Associate Lecturer Animal Welfare / Research

Telephone: (01604) 491131 x609; Email: krista.mclennan@moulton.ac.uk

Areas of Teaching Expertise

Animal Behaviour and Welfare.

Research Interests and Current Research

Krista's research interests centre on animal behaviour and welfare issues. Past research has included the social structure and organisation of a group of riding school horses kept under typical domesticated conditions, and aggression in donkeys, investigating whether it was related to gender or age. Krista completed her MSc in Animal Behaviour at the University of Exeter and is currently studyign towards a PhD looking into the social bonds in dairy cattle: effects of dynamic group systems on welfare and productivity.

Selected Recent Publications

Details to follow.

Membership of Professional Bodies

Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour
British Society of Animal Science
International Society for Applied Ethology
Universities Federation for Animal Welfare

Conference Talks

McLennan, K. M., Stewart, C., Meredith, J., (2010). Social Bonds in Dairy Cattle - Preliminary Observations. ISAE regional meeting, Harper Adams University.

Grants and Funding

TD Lewis Scholarship (2009) - £1,200 grant awarded to assist in the study of cortisol levels when separating cattle for short periods of time.