Raf Freire

Biography

Raf coordinates the subjects VSC112 Animal Behaviour and Welfare, ASC225 Assessment of Animal Welfare and ASC525 Domestic Animal Behaviour. Raf spent five years as a post-doctoral researcher at the Veterinary School at Bristol University before spending two years with the USDA's Animal Research Services in Indiana. He took up a research, then lectureship position at UNE Armidale in 2003. Raf's principle research interest is in the behaviour and welfare of poultry (he discovered the use of a magnetic compass in domestic chickens in 2005) and he has published over 40 papers in peer-reviewed journals, but more broadly has interests in animal behaviour and welfare across all domestic species.

Research Interest

Animal Behaviour