Camille RAOULT

Professor and researcher in Animal Science

Expertise

Ethology (behavior) and animal welfare assessment (emotions and cognition); Mainly sheep, goat, and pig farming systems.

Unité de recherche

Agroecology and Environment (USC INRAe AGROECOSYSTEM since January 2024)

Keywords

Livestock systems, ethology, animal welfare, emotions, small ruminants, pigs, agroecological transition

Ongoing or recently completed projects

No currently funded projects

Teaching activities

Contributions to the DA TAAM: courses, commissioned research, and coordination
Interventions with APP1 in Animal Science, Livestock Systems, and Livestock System Diagnostics (UP12 and UP16: Animal and Plant Production)
Presentation to 4A students on ethics and animal welfare (UP 8: Quality and CSR in sustainable food systems)
Contributions to the DA EES: courses (ethology, animal welfare, and sensors) and commissioned study
Head of the Sustainable Livestock Farming program for the new Bachelor’s degree in Science and Engineering: coordination

Professional experience and education

2023-present: Lecturer and researcher in animal husbandry, livestock systems, and animal welfare, ISARA Campus d’Avignon, Avignon, France.
2020–2023: Lecturer and researcher in Animal Husbandry and Ecology, researching emotions and welfare in pigs, cattle, and poultry, Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany.
2019: Research assistant at the Center for the Proper Housing of Poultry and Rabbits (ZTHZ), employed part-time (20-40%) by Aviforum, Zollikofen, Switzerland; and research assistant at the Center for the Proper Housing of Ruminants and Pigs (ZTHT), Agroscope Tänikon, Switzerland.
2016–2019: PhD student at the Center for the Appropriate Housing of Ruminants and Pigs (ZTHT, OSAV), Agroscope Tänikon, Switzerland. Thesis: “Effect of mood on cognitive judgment and attention bias in animals” under the supervision of PD Dr. Lorenz Gygax (Humboldt University of Berlin) and Prof. Dr. Hanno Würbel (Vetsuisse Faculty, Bern). Doctorate in biomedical sciences with cum laude, Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Switzerland.
2012–2015: Agricultural Engineering Degree, specializing in Animal Production, AgroSup Dijon (Institut Agro Dijon), France.
2009–2011: BTS (Higher Technical Certificate) in Animal Production, EPLEFPA Edgard Pisani, Chaumont, France.

Latest publications

2022

Götz S, Raoult CMC, Reiter K, Wensch-Dorendorf M, von Borell E (2022). Lying, feeding and activity preference of weaned piglets for LED-illuminated vs. dark pen compartments. Animals 12 (202), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12020202

2021

Raoult CMC, Osthaus B, Hildebrand ACG, McElligott AG, Nawroth C (2021). Goats show higher behavioural flexibility than sheep in a spatial detour task. Royal Society Open Science 8 (3), 201627. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.201627

Raoult CMC, Margerit AA, Fricker S, Blümel FE, Savary PE (2021). Detection of cow hind-leg activity during milking by using a 3-dimensional accelerometer attached to the milking cluster. JDS Communications 2 (2), 55-60. https://doi.org/10.3168/jdsc.2020-0020

Angermann E, Raoult CMC, Wensch-Dorendorf M, Frenking S, Kemper N, von Borell E (2021). Development of a group-adapted housing system for pregnant sows: a field study on performance and welfare aspects. Agriculture 11 (18), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11010028

2020

Götz S, Raoult CMC, Reiter K, Wensch-Dorendorf M, Werner D, von Borell E (2020). Influence of different LED-light colour temperatures on the preference behaviour of weaned piglets. Agriculture 10 (594), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture10120594

Schreiter R, Damme K, Klunker M, Raoult CMC, von Borell E, Freick M (2020). Effects of edible environmental enrichments during the rearing and laying period in a littered aviary – Part 2: Physical development of pullets and performance, egg quality and carcass composition in laying hens. Poultry Science, 99 (12), 6685-6696. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2020.07.013

Schreiter R, Damme K, Klunker M, Raoult CMC, von Borell E, Freick M (2020). Effects of edible environmental enrichments during the rearing and laying periods in a littered aviary – Part 1: Integument condition in pullets and laying hens. Poultry Science 99 (11), 5184-5196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2020.07.013

2019

Raoult CMC, Gygax L (2019). Mood induction alters attention toward negative-positive stimulus pairs in sheep. Scientific Reports, 9, 7759. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-44330-z

Chapitres d'ouvrage

Raoult CMC, von Borell E, Düpjan S (2023). Affective states and cognition in pigs (Chapter 4) In: Advances in Pig Welfare 2nd Edition (I. Camerlink & E. Baxter Eds.) Woodhead Publishing Series in Food Science, Technology and Nutrition (Elsevier).

von Borell E, Raoult CMC, (2023). Stress in Pigs: History, assessment and interpretation (Chapter 3) In: Advances in Pig Welfare 2nd Edition (I. Camerlink & E. Baxter Eds.) Woodhead Publishing Series in Food Science, Technology and Nutrition (Elsevier).

Autres

ORCID: 0000-0001-5587-108X

ResearchGate: Camille_Raoult

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