Dr Jean-Loup Rault

Senior Research Fellow (Pigs and Poultry), Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, University of Melbourne

Sciences & Technology

Breaking: Pigs like cuddles too

We get a boost in oxytocin or ‘love hormone’ levels after cuddling or positive interaction, now a world-first study shows pigs work the same way

Sciences & Technology

Putting the chicken before the eggs

The free range eggs debate misses a crucial point: that the definition should stem from what hens want, not what we want

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