Post-Doctorate Fellows

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Gabriel M. Dallago

Institution: McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada

From July 2022 to February 2023

Project: The way she walks: Data integration to improve our understanding of cow locomotion

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Nadège Aigueperse

Institution: French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA)

From November 2018 to November 2019

Project: Impacts of regular access to exercise on behavioral robustness and on the motivation

of dairy cows housed in tie-stall

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Daniel Warner

Institution: McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada

From April 2017 to January 2019

Project: Development of a cow welfare index based on DHI data

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Maxime Leduc

Institution: Laval University, Québec, Canada

From September 2017 to August 2018

Project: Use of deep learning for evaluating and improving dairy cow welfare

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Marianne Villettaz Robichaud

Institution: Laval University, Québec, Canada

From May 2018 to January 2019

Project: Enhancing cow welfare in tie-stall dairy cows

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Hector Delgado

Institution: McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada

From April  2016 to March 2017

Project: Longevity and herd profitability in dairy cattle

 

Liliana Fadul

Institution:  Laval University, Québec, Canada

From January 2017  to September 2018

Project: Big data analysis to develop benchmarks for profitability and efficiency

of herds using automatic milking systems

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Ph.D. Candidate 

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Jasmine Muszik

Institution: McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada

From September 2021 to February 2025

Project: Implementing On-Farm Enrichment: Effects on the Motivation of Lambs and Dairy Cows

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Gabriel M. Dallago

Institution: McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada

From January 2019 to March 2022

Project: Long live the cow: Using machine learning to analyze welfare, longevity, productivity, and profitability of dairy cows.

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Elise Shepley

Institution: McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada

From January 2016 to December 2019

Project: A cow in motion: The impact of housing systems on movement opportunity of dairy cows and the implications on locomotor activity, behaviour, and welfare

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Master's Student

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Georgiana Amarioarei

Institution: McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada

From September 2023 to December 2025

Project: Investigating the prevalence, effects, and practical applications of cognitive enrichment in young domestic cattle

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Catherine Arpin

Institution: McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada

From September 2023 to December 2025

Project: Exploring the relationship between housing systems and the expression of behavioural needs in dairy cows

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Sandrine Arsenault

Institution: McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada

From January 2023 to December 2025

Project: From concept to practice: Evaluating environmental enrichments to fulfill behavioural needs in dairy cows in farm housing systems 

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Aimee (Xu) Xu

Institution: McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada

From September 2022 to August 2025

Project: You've got a friend in me: Exploration of personality concepts and validation of common personality tests in dairy cattle

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Shabnaz Mokhtarnazif

Institution: McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada

From September 2021 to December 2023

Project: Hoofing it outdoors: Evaluating the effect of low frequencies of outdoor access on gait and hoof health of non-clinically lame cows housed in restricted movement environments through innovative measures.

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Rachel Van Vliet

Institution: McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada

From September 2019 to August 2022

Project: Monkey see monkey do? Evaluating the use of caregiver behaviours as social enrichment for captive rhesus and cynomolgus macaques

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Anna Bradtmueller 

Institution: McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada

From September 2019 to December 2021

Project: Evaluation of dairy cow locomotion through technology-based approaches

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Rachel Chiasson 

Institution: McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada

From September 2019 to December 2021

Project: What are the emotional responses of tie-stall cows to indoor and outdoor exercise access?

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Catherine Lussier 

Institution: McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada

From September 2018 to August 2021

Project: Impacts of summer outdoor access on the heat stress and panting behaviour of lactating Holstein cows housed in tie-stall

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Naziya Mauyenova 

Institution: McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada

From September 2018 to August 2021

Project: A validation study of the pre-recorded data-based herd status index for dairy herd welfare identification

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Amir Nejati 

Institution: McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada

From January 2019 to July 2021

Project: Exploring the use of technologies to analyze cow gait and investigating the effectiveness of outdoor access on improving gait and hoof health in tie-stall dairy cows

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Jordan Tonooka 

Institution: McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada

From September 2018 to December 2020

Project: The eliminative behaviors of dairy cattle and how they are affected by outdoor access in tie-stall housing

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María Antonieta Puerto Rodríguez 

Institution: McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada

From August 2017 to April 2020

Project: Impact of the first incidence of mastitis or lameness on production and economic indicators on first lactation cows

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Sarah McPherson

Institution: McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada

From September 2017 to February 2020

Project: Making stall beds more comfortable: the effect of longitudinal space and deep-bedding on the comfort and welfare of tie-stall-housed dairy cows

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Stephanie Bélanger-Naud

Institution: McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada

From September 2017 to April 2020

Project: Raising healthy and productive kids: A survey of dairy goat kid rearing practices on Canadian farms and their associations with farm performance

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Verónique Boyer

Institution: McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada

From September 2016 to September 2018

Project: How can we change stalls to better meet our cows’ needs? Increasing chain length and stall width to enhance dairy cows’ ease of movement and ability to rest in tie-stalls

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Jessica St-John

Institution: McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada

From January 2016 to December 2018

Project: Effect of positioning the tie-rail to follow the natural neckline of cows when eating and rising on the welfare of cows housed in tie-stall barns

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Applied Master (Non-thesis) Students

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Nazanin (Ania) Sarmadi

Institution: McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada

From September 2022 to May 2023

Project: The Hoofprint Connection: Understanding the Relationship Between Claw Conformation and Kinetic Measurements in Dairy Cows

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Dinghan (Derek) Ren 

Institution: McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada

From May to December 2022 

Project: Validation on the application of IceQube 3D pedometer in terms of its ability to measure step count data for tie-stall dairy cattle

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Oluwaseyi Adeboye 

Institution: McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada

From September 2019 to December 2020 

Project: Impact of indoor and outdoor exercise access on locomotor activity of lactating dairy cows

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Simran Prasad 

Institution: McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada

From September 2019 to December 2020

Project: A review of enrichment practices for nonhuman primates (NHPs) in laboratory settings

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Sirine El Hamdaoui 

Institution: McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada

From September 2018 to August 2019

Project: Building Innovation: A Sustainable Approach in Dairy Farms of Québec

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Internship - Master's Student

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Johanna Mahieux

Institution: INP ENSAT AgroToulouse

From March to September 2025

Project: Frequency of outdoor access and reactivity

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Sara Berthet

Institution: ENSAT AgroToulouse

From June to September 2025

Project: Social Network Analysis, Technologies and Data Analysis

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Sofia Sojic

Institution: Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Cognitique (ENSC-Bordeaux INP)

From May to August 2025

Project: Impact of technologies on social networks analysis in dairy cows

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Enzo Boulanger

Institution: Institut Agro Dijon

From March to August 2025

Project: Methodology to identify personality profiles in dairy cows

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Julie Ductos

​ Institution: VetAgro Sup

From April to October 2024

Project: Satisfaction and Frequency of Outdoor Access

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Baptiste Rage

Institution: VetAgro Sup ; Université Clermont Auvergne

From March to September 2024

Project: Cow behaviour and adaptation of the barn staff to a transition from a 100% confine system to a system with a regular outdoor access in a tie-stall system

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Lilou Vautrin

Institution: Université de Rennes

From May to August 2024

Project: Affective States - Frustration

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Yasmine Khazaz

Institution: McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada

From June to August 2023 

Project: Cow behavioral data collection and analysis

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Célia Julliot

Institution: Institut Agro Rennes-Angers, Rennes, France

From February to August 2022

Project: Quantifying specific gait attributes using 3D kinematic coordinates to improve gait score prediction in dairy cows

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Nicolas Gafsi

Institution: VetAgro Sup

From June to September 2019

Project: Assessment of anticipatory behavior of tie-stalled cows

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Maria Francesca Guiso

Institution: Sassari University, Sardaigne, Italy

From September to December 2017

Project: Effect of stall width on quality of rising and lying of cows housed in tie-stall

 

Giovanni Obinu

Institution: Sassari University, Sardaigne, Italy

From September to December 2017

Project: Time-budget and activities of dry cows housed in loosed-pen vs tie-stall)

 

Erika Edwards

Institution: Tennessee University, Knoxville, É-U.

From May to August 2017

Project:  Effect of doubling stall bed on tie-stall cow’s resting and sleeping posture

 

Manon Demaret 

Institution: ISA Lille, Lille, France

From January to July 2017

Project: Iterative development of a decision aid tool for herd management by farmers, advisors, and veterinarians

 

Géraud Plas-Debecker 

Institution: Agrocampus Ouest, Rennes, France

From September 2017  to January 2017

Project: Iterative development of a decision aid tool for herd management by farmers, advisors, and veterinarians

 

Marianne Berthelot

Institution: Agrocampus Ouest, Rennes, France

From August to December 2016

Project: (Validation of leg-mounted activity loggers for cows housed in tie-stall

 

Anthony Pic

Institution : VetAgroSup Clermont, Lempdes, France

From May to July 2016

Project: Validation of the Clegg impact measure for bed softness

 

Sirine El Hamdaoui 

Institution: ISA Lille, Lille, France

From: March to October 2016

Project: Anticipating dairy cow post-partum metabolic disorder

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Internship - Undergraduate Students

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Siena Blier

Institution: McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada

From June to August 2023 

Project: Cow behavioral data collection and analysis

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Maya Arvanitis

Institution: McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada

From June to August 2023 

Project: Cow behavioral data collection and analysis

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Rebekah Chen

Institution: McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada

From June to August 2023 

Project: Cow behavioral data collection and analysis

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Andrea Amado

Institution: McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada

From January to April 2023 

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Louanne Marquis

Institution: McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada

From January to April 2023 

Project: Evaluation of cows’ emotions by understanding frustration behaviours

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Louise McDonald

Institution: Mac Donald campus of McGill University

From May to August 2022

Project: Does frequency of exits in an exercise area impact the anticipatory behaviors performed by cattle before their exit? 

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Martha Krawiec

Institution: Université de Montréal 

From May to August 2022

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Arnaud Perret

Institution: Argo Dijon

From April to August 2022

Project: Influence of outdoor trips and their modalities (Duration of the trip, size of exercise area) on the emotional state and behavior of dairy cows living in stanchion barns.

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Caroline Rochelle Freinberg

Institution: Columbia University, New York, USA

From May 2018 to August 2018

Project: Validation of contact mat technology as a tool to monitor dairy cow interactions with the confines of her individual stall housing

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Tanguy Bruneau

Institution: IUT Angers, Angers, France

From April to May 2018

Project: Effect of loose pen housing on the quality of rising and lying of dairy cows

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Rémi Boisvert  

Institution: Sherbrooke University, Sherbrooke, Canada

From January to April 2018

Project:  Behavior and welfare of dairy cattle housed in tie-stall

 

Alexandre Racine

Institution: Sherbrooke University, Sherbrooke, Canada

From January to April 2018

Project: Behavior and welfare of dairy cattle housed in tie-stall

 

Sarah McPherson

Institution: McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

From May to August 2017

Project: Validation of contact mats in tie-stall housing

 

Britanny Talarico

Institution: Concordia University, Montréal, Canada

From May to August 2017

Project: (Manual tracking of cow movement under different tie-rail position

 

Elyse Perrault  

Institution: McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste Anne de Bellevue, Canada

From May to August 2017

Project: Manual tracking of cow movement under different tie-rail positions

 

Morgane Morandeau 

Institution: IUT Angers, Angers, France

From May to June 2017

Project: Effect of tie-rail position on the quality of rising and lying of dairy cows

 

Jasmine Savard  

Institution: Sherbrooke University, Sherbrooke, Canada

From  January to April 2017

Titre du projet: Behavior and welfare of dairy cattle housed in tie-stall

 

Mélina Miron Castonguay  

Institution: Sherbrooke University, Sherbrooke, Canada

From January to April 2017

Project: Behavior and welfare of dairy cattle housed in tie-stall

 

Emile Royer

Institution: Sherbrooke University, Sherbrooke, Canada

From January to April 2017

Project: Behavior and welfare of dairy cattle housed in tie-stall

 

Mathias Gagnon-Barbin 

Institution: Sherbrooke University, Sherbrooke, Canada

From January to October 2017 

Project: Behavior and welfare of dairy cattle housed in tie-stall

 

Paul Stecko

Institution: Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada

From August to September 2017

 Project: Development of manual tracking method for cows housed in tie-stall

 

Véronique Boyer

Institution:  McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada

From May to August 2016

Projet: Behavior and welfare of dairy cattle housed in tie-stall)

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Internship - CEGEP Students 

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Lysandre Lavigne Guillette

Institution: Cégep de La Pocatière, La Pocatière, Canada

From April to May 2018

Project: Behavior and welfare of dairy cattle housed in tie-stall

 

Jessica Bertrand

Institution: Cégep de La Pocatière, La Pocatière, Canada

From March to April  2018

Project:  Behavior and welfare of dairy cattle housed in tie-stall

 

Cassandre Bourgeois-Dallaire

Institution: Cégep de La Pocatière, La Pocatière, Canada

From March to April 2018

Project:Behavior and welfare of dairy cattle housed in tie-stall