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Integrity rules
Rules of conduct regarding integrity Continue reading
Posted in Code of conduct, Ethics, Integrity, Justice, Justice, Politics, Science, Semantics
Tagged Code of conduct, Integrity
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Did European pig-welfare legislation reduce pig welfare? Perhaps not, but experts confirm that common indestructible materials are not proper enrichment for pigs at all, except perhaps for an enhanced novel branched-chains design.
Published as: Marc B.M. Bracke and Paul Koene, 2019. Expert opinion on metal chains and other indestructible objects as proper enrichment for intensively-farmed pigs. PLOS ONE. Available at http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0212610. EC Directive 2001/93 requires that all pigs have access to proper … Continue reading
Posted in Enrichment, Ethics, Experts, Future, Justice, Modelling, Pigs, Politics, Science
Tagged Branched chains, Chains, Expert opinion, Hardwood, Pipe
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How can we feed the world?
How can we feed the world? That is no doubt a serious question. In this post I show why this question is also ambiguous in a way that may be blocking a sustainable solution. The problem The world population is … Continue reading
Posted in Animal welfare, Ethics, Food, Future, Happiness, Money, Politics, Population, Public, Science
Tagged Agriculture, animal welfare, Editor responsibilities, Ethics, food, Sustainability
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Reflection on running science as a business
Would it be proper to run a scientific institute as a business, or would it be a category mistake? Category mistake A category mistake is a rather fundamental mistake concerning the true nature of a concept. An example would be … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Justice, Money, Politics, Science, Semantics
Tagged Integrity, Paradigm, Transparency
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Publications on AMI sensors
This is a short list of scientific publications in which I have used AMI sensors. AMI stands for animal material interactions. AMI sensors can take various shapes and forms. In some way or other AMI sensors record the amount of … Continue reading
Oh my deer, I’m so hungry – A student project proposal
Proposal for a student project to quantify feeding motivation This is a ‘recipe’ for a great student project aimed at quantifying feeding motivation of deer in a deer-park. Recipe by: Marc Ingredients In order to run this project you need … Continue reading
Posted in Project, Science
Tagged animal welfare, Deer, Editor responsibilities, Project
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Do pigs play with chains? Science versus society
Abstract Scientists object to the suggestion that pigs may be playing with toys like metal chains in their pen. In ordinary language, however, it is perfectly fine to use the word play for such animal-material interaction. Apparently, the word ‘play’ … Continue reading
Posted in Experts, Public, Science, Semantics
Tagged animal welfare, personal, Scientific reviewing
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