@RO_Mott

Senior Scientific Officer at the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute. Farm animal perception, cognition and welfare.

 Hillsborough, Northern Ireland
Joined July 2019
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I popped over to Bluesky and found a load of animal welfare people I haven’t heard from on here for a while. I think I might stay there - it seems nicer 😁
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AFBI Hillsborough@AFBI_HillsMar 25
Join us for the annual All-Ireland animal welfare science meeting! Present, discuss, and tour AFBI facilities. Request to join our mailing list and submit abstracts by 21 April to: [email protected] #AnimalWelfare
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21group@21percentgroup7 Nov 2025
A university can signal either: ‘We take victims of bullying & harassment seriously’ Or: ‘we protect the accused until proven guilty, beyond the tiniest scintilla of doubt’ All universities choose the latter So real & harmful harassment is ubiquitous in academia
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Starting in 2025 we will be offering two pioneering undergraduate degrees in Veterinary Nursing & Advancing Animal Healthcare. @DAERA_NI Minister @AndrewMuirNI welcomed the new degrees as a significant step forward for the sector. ulster.ac.uk/study #WeAreUU
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🐾 Big news for NI veterinary professionals! @UlsterUni is holding a stakeholder event to introduce two groundbreaking degrees: BSc Hons Veterinary Nursing & BSc Hons Advancing Animal Healthcare and Practice🌟
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WOO!
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Clear skies over Northern Ireland last night ❤️
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Twonks@twonkscomics16 Sep 2024
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So, just as people are being convinced to try electric cars, road tax is going from £0 to £190 per year. Nice move 👍🏻
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I’m adding this extraordinary work by ⁦@edyong209⁩ to the list of science books I’ve read for fun. Understanding how animals perceive their world is vital to meaningfully improving their welfare
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animalacousticenrichment.wor… I've just written a blog post for @AewgTeam about how animals hear the world differently from us, and how important this is when we are wanting to enrich an environment.

Do animals hear the world the same way we do? 

This is not a question that we often consider, but when we are wanting to enrich an animal’s environment with sound or reduce sounds that could be having a negative effect on the animal, it is impo…

animalacousticenrichment.wordpress.com
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🎉We’ve made the University of the Year Shortlist! 🎉​ We are delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted for the prestigious University of the Year in the @TimesHigherEd Awards 2024!​​ Read more: ow.ly/th9T50TftJF #WeAreUU | #ProudOfUU
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For anyone @wafl2024 make sure you stick around until 3pm to hear my presentation on the use of acoustics to reduce pre-weaning mortality in piglets, work I did with @LisaMCollins80 @UniversityLeeds
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Willy Wonka and the Publishing Factory
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⁦@buijs_stephanie⁩ presenting on seasonal variations in dairy cow welfare ⁦@wafl2024⁩
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At Dublin Airport ready to head to ⁦@wafl2024⁩ - see you all soon!
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Richard Mott retweeted
Twonks@twonkscomics26 Aug 2024
Nasty bug.
A two-panel comic titled "TWONKS." First Panel: A man noticing some small pots of liquid on a counter says, “Ooh, free samples.” Second Panel: It is revealed that we are in a doctor’s waiting room. A nurse has appeared and looks disturbed by the empty sample pot. The man sits happily with an off-white mark around his mouth.

ALT A two-panel comic titled "TWONKS." First Panel: A man noticing some small pots of liquid on a counter says, “Ooh, free samples.” Second Panel: It is revealed that we are in a doctor’s waiting room. A nurse has appeared and looks disturbed by the empty sample pot. The man sits happily with an off-white mark around his mouth.

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Now this I could really get behind 🤣
The Thinking Atheist@ThinkingAtheist26 Aug 2024
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Life in academia based on autobiographies of Nobel laureates
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Richard Mott retweeted
SAAD BUKHARI@saadulh78 May 2024
Today is the world donkey day. They are amazing, hard-working, and intelligent animals. We (@BeckyParkes5 @AMCELL @sais_dr) are working on welfare concerns, recognitions, and measures of emotions in donkeys. For more information, please scan the QR code & our papers below (1/4)
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