Lucille Dumontier, Department of Paraclinical Sciences (ParaFag), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine will defend her PhD thesis "Effects of environmental complexity during rearing and laying on fearfulness, spatial cognition and neural plasticity in laying hens" on 29 September 2023.
English title of thesis
- "Effects of environmental complexity during rearing and laying on fearfulness, spatial cognition and neural plasticity in laying hens"
Norwegian title of thesis
- "Effekten av miljøets kompleksitet under oppals- og verpefasen på fryktsomhet, romlig læring og plastisitet i hippocampus hos verpehøner"
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture
- “Perspectives on positive animal welfare in farm animal welfare assessment”
Date: 29 September 2023 (Oslo time)
- 0900 hrs: Trial lecture (including questions and comments)
- 1000 hrs: Break
- 1100 hrs: Public defense
All are welcome to attend this event in Auditorium Hippocampus or on Zoom (no prior registration is required).
- Venue: Auditorium Hippocampus, Elizabeth Stephansens v. 15, 1433 Ås, Norway
- Zoom: https://nmbu.zoom.us/j/61220999854
Evaluation committee
- First Opponent: Dr. Jerine van der Eijk, Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands
- Second Opponent: Associate Professor Rebecca Nordquist, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
- Committee Coordinator: Professor Preben Boysen, NMBU, Norway
Supervisors
- Main supervisor: Associate Professor Janicke Nordgreen, NMBU, Norway
- Co-supervisor: Professor Andrew Michael Janczak, NMBU, Norway
- Co-supervisor: Dr. Tom Smulders, Newcastle University, United Kingdom
A PDF version of the candidate's PhD thesis can be downloaded here. The link is valid through 29 September 2023, after which the thesis will be made available in NMBU Brage.