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Camille RAOULT

Camille Raoult

Camille Raoult
Associate Professor in Zootechnics

Expertise
Ethology (behaviour) and assessment of animal welfare (emotions and cognition); mainly sheep, goat and pig breeding systems

Research Unit
Agroecology and Environment – USC INRAe agroecosystem since January 2024

Keywords

Livestock systems, ethology, animal welfare, emotions, small ruminants, pigs, agro-ecological transition

 

Teaching activities

  • Contributions to the specific area of study (DA) TAAM: classes, commissioned study and coordination
  • Contributions to APP1 in Zootechnics, Livestock Systems and Diagnosis of a Livestock System (UP12 and UP16: Animal and Plant Production, 3rd Year)
  • Presentation on Ethics and Animal Welfare (UP 8: Quality and CSR in sustainable food systems) – (4th Year)
  • Contributions to the specific area of study (DA) EES: Ethology, animal welfare and sensors classes; and commissioned study
  • Coordination of the new Bachelor, head of the sustainable livestock farming specialty

 

Professional experiences and studies

  • 2023-currently: Teacher-researcher in zootechnics, livestock systems and animal welfare, ISARA Campus d’Avignon, Avignon, France.
  • 2020 – 2023 : Lecturer and researcher in animal husbandry and farm animal ecology, research on emotions and welfare with pigs, cattle and poultry, Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Martin-Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany.
  • 2019 : Research assistant at the Centre for the Proper Keeping of Poultry and Rabbits (ZTHZ), employed part-time (20-40%) by Aviforum, Zollikofen, Switzerland; and research assistant at the Centre for the Proper Keeping of Ruminants and Swine (ZTHT), Agroscope Tänikon, Switzerland.
  • 2016 – 2019 : PhD student at the Centre for the Proper Keeping of Ruminants and Pigs (ZTHT, OSAV), Agroscope Tänikon, Switzerland. Thesis: “Effect of mood on cognitive judgement and attention bias in animals” under the supervision of PD Dr. Lorenz Gygax (Humboldt Universität zu Berlin) and Prof. Dr. Hanno Würbel (Vetsuisse Faculty, Bern). PhD in Biomedical Sciences with cuma sum laude, Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Switzerland.
  • 2012 – 2015: Engineering diploma, specialising in animal production, AgroSup Dijon (Institut Agro Dijon), France.
  • 2009 – 2011 : BTS in Animal Production, EPLEFPA Edgard Pisani, Chaumont, France.

Latest publications

 

Journal articles (open access)

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

 

Book chapters

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).

 

Other

ORCID: 0000-0001-5587-108X

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