Jessica Monk (0000-0002-4571-2285)

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I am a postdoctoral research fellow dedicated to advancing the ethical and sustainable production of livestock. My research focuses on measuring affective states and personality in animals, on-farm welfare assessment and benchmarking, developing enrichments for livestock, managing animal health and optimising pastures and grazing practices for animal productivity and well-being. I enjoy both strategic and applied research, from exploring the neurophysiological drivers of animal behaviour through to collaborating with primary producers and industry partners to implement practical on-farm solutions. Ultimately, my goal is to contribute to a future of animal agriculture that is rooted in compassion, innovation and sustainable practices.

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CSIRO: Armidale, AU

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Jessica Monk

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4571-2285

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CSIRO: Armidale, AU

University of New England: Armidale, AU

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University of New England: Armidale, AU

University of Sydney: Sydney, AU

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Influences on Perceived Feasibility of Animal-Based Measures in a Producer-Driven Welfare Benchmarking System

Environmental enrichment during yard weaning alters the performance of calves in an attention bias and a novel object recognition test

Loss of a grooming enrichment impacts physical, behavioural, and physiological measures of welfare in grazing beef cattle

Impacts of enrichment provision during weaning for beef cattle

Enrichment preferences of pasture-raised beef cattle

Impacts of the loss of environmental enrichment on grazing beef cattle

Assessing anxious states in sheep: a more practical attention bias test

Associations between immune competence phenotype and stress response in sheep

Beef cattle body condition photographs

Sex impacts pain behaviour but not emotional reactivity of lambs following ring tail docking

Repeatability of an attention bias test for sheep suggests variable influence of state and trait affect on behaviour

Future application of an attention bias test to assess affective states in sheep

Beef Cattle Preference and Usage of Environmental Enrichments Provided Simultaneously in a Pasture-Based Environment

Pain behaviours and emotional reactivity following tail-docking in male and female lambs.

Benchmarking to drive improvements in extensive beef cattle welfare: a perspective on developing an Australian producer-driven system

Increasing mud levels in a feedlot influences beef cattle behaviours but not preference for feedlot or pasture environments

Beef industry stakeholder survey to determine which aspects of welfare should be assessed on-farm for welfare benchmarking (CSSHREC_067-20)

Identifying indicators of resilience and personality in sheep (AEC16-003 and 17-015)

Measuring rate of acclimation to handling in calves (AEC16/09)

Refining a novel on-farm attention bias test to measure anxious states in sheep (AEC14/28)

Validation and automation of the attention bias test for anxious states in sheep (AEC16/19)

AEC 17/25 Assessing anxious and depressed states in sheep using attention bias

Attention Bias Test Measures Negative But Not Positive Affect in Sheep: A Replication Study

AEC16/15 Assessing positive affective states in sheep using attention bias: a replicate study

Validating attention bias as a novel measure of affect in sheep

Validating attention bias as a novel measure of affect in sheep

The influence of pharmacologically-induced affective states on attention bias in sheep

AEC12/30 Pharmacologically induced stress alters judgement bias but not attention bias in sheep

AEC18/17 Assessing positive affective states in sheep using attention bias

Pharmacologically-induced stress has minimal impact on judgement and attention biases in sheep

Attention Bias Test Differentiates Anxiety and Depression in Sheep

Towards a more practical attention bias test to assess affective state in sheep

A Novel Protocol to Assess Acclimation Rate in Bos taurus Heifers during Yard Weaning