Department of Animal Science 

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Cassandra Tucker
 
Mintline_Erin Erin M. Mintline
Graduate Student (Ph.D. Program)
Major Professor: Cassandra Tucker








Phone: (530)752-3643
FAX: (530)752-0175
E-mail: starbiter@gmail.com

Education

B.S. Animal Science, University of California, Davis, 2008
Ph.D. Animal Behavior, University of California, Davis (in progress)

Background

I am currently studying the use of play behavior as an indicator of welfare in dairy calves. My thesis is to explore how and when calves play and my aim is to find effective and efficient ways to measure play behavior. I am particularly interested in play because it is a behavior that primarily occurs under good conditions, and thus may be used as an indicator of positive welfare. I am currently working with researchers at the Pacific Agri-Foods Research Centre in British Columbia on play behaviors in group-housed dairy calves.