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Vicky Sandilands

01292 525 421
vicky.sandilands@sruc.ac.uk

Roslin Institute Building

Easter Bush, Midlothian

EH25 9RG

UK

Dr Vicky Sandilands

Biography

Vicky is a senior research scientist in the Department of Agriculture, Horticulture and Engineering Sciences. Her research interests include:

  • Effects of housing and management on the behaviour and welfare of poultry.
  • Humane culling of poultry.
  • Sleep in poultry.
  • How to reduce feather pecking in laying hens

Leading Ideas

Livestock Welfare
Sustainable Land Management

Area of Strategic Research Programme

Further information the Scottish Government's Strategic Research Programme is available

Theme 2: Productive and sustainable land management and Rural Economies
2.2 - Livestock Production, Health, Welfare, and Disease Control
2.2.8 Improved husbandry & reduction of painful procedures
2.3 - Productive and Sustainable Land Management
2.3.11 Trade-offs between productivity and sustainability