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Staff Profile
Dr Fritha Langford
Senior Lecturer in Livestock Welfare, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences; Deputy lead: Agriculture and Animal Science Group
- Personal Website: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4094-4060
- Address: Agriculture Building,
School of Natural and Environmental Sciences
Newcastle University
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE1 7RU
United Kingdom
Background
International farm animal welfare. Understanding animal welfare and sustainability relationships. Thinking about the human in every animal welfare challenge.
Publications
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Articles
- Colitti K, Mitchell M, Langford F. Sheep fatigue during transport: Lost in translation?. Animal Welfare 2024, 33, e13.
- Yang Q, Dwyer CM, Vigors B, Zhao R, Langford FM. Animal welfare with Chinese characteristics: Chinese poultry producers’ perceptions of, and attitudes towards, animal welfare. PLoS One 2024, 19(7), e0307061.
- Zaini SS, Phillips C, MacKay JRD, Langford F. Perceptions of barriers to providing good cat care in Malaysian clinical practices. Animal Welfare 2023, 32, e70.
- Langford FM, Bell DJ, Nevison IM, Tolkamp BJ, Roberts DJ, Haskell MJ. What type of loafing areas do housed dairy cattle prefer?. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 2021, 245, 105511.
- Yang J, Langford F, Kiddie J. Risk factors for aggressive behaviour in domestic dogs (Canis familiaris), as reported by owners in mainland China. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 2021, 234, 105211.
- Hunter LB, Baten A, Haskell MJ, Langford FM, O'Connor C, Webster JR, Stafford K. Machine learning prediction of sleep stages in dairy cows from heart rate and muscle activity measures. Scientific Reports 2021, 11(1), 10938.
- Hunter LB, O'Connor C, Haskell MJ, Langford FM, Webster JR, Stafford KJ. Lying posture does not accurately indicate sleep stage in dairy cows. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 2021, 242, 105427.
- Hunter LB, Haskell MJ, Langford FM, O'connor C, Webster JR, Stafford KJ. Heart rate and heart rate variability change with sleep stage in dairy cows. Animals 2021, 11(7), 2095.
- Truelove MA, Martin JE, Langford FM, Leach MC. The identification of effective welfare indicators for laboratory‐housed macaques using a Delphi consultation process. Scientific Reports 2020, 10, 20402.
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Book Chapter
- Dwyer C, Bacon H, Coombs T, Langford F. Educating the Animal Welfare Practitioners of the Future. In: Rebecca Sommerville, ed. Changing Human Behaviour to Enhance Animal Welfare. London UK: CABI International, 2021, pp.65-81.