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.

Agroecology and Environment (USC INRAe AGROECOSYSTEM since January 2024)

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

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

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.