What are the impacts of stress on pork quality?
When aiming for optimal pork quality, a stressful environment is your worst enemy.
10 June 2019
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Dr Lauren Edwards
Lauren completed her PhD in 2009 on the human-animal relationship on caged egg farms, and is currently working at the Animal Welfare Science Centre, University of Melbourne. Her research interests involve using behaviour to assess the welfare of farm animals, particularly chickens, pigs and sheep.
