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PhD opportunities: Animal Welfare

Compare 3 doctoral research opportunities connected with Animal Welfare, including project summaries, funding and application deadlines.

Animal Welfare

Tightening the Science: A Comprehensive Study on Girth Tension, Saddle Pressures, and Horse Performance

Anglia Ruskin University ARU

About the Project Proposed supervisory team Prof Roberta Blake Dr David Marlin Dr Nnenna Ugwu Theme Equine Summary of the research project The girth is a critical yet understudied component of the saddle system. Poor girth design or inappropriate tension may contribute to uneven saddle pressure distribution, discomfort, impaired performance, and adverse physiological responses in horses.

Location: Cambridge, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
Deadline: Year-round applications
Funding: Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Animal Welfare

We are what we eat: Plants and their effects on the brain

University of Reading

About the Project Project Overview: Plants synthesize many compounds that can act like hormones in mammals. A class of plant compounds called phytosteroids act like steroid hormones and may influence anxiety, reproduction and healthy aging, though the mechanisms by which these signal are poorly understood. This project seeks to understand the mechanism of signalling and identification of phytosteroids, using knowledge gained from traditional medicine.

Location: Reading, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
Deadline: Year-round applications
Funding: Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Animal Welfare

What is the role of steroid hormones made in the brain?

University of Reading

About the Project Project Overview: Many behaviours differ between the sexes and this is often controlled by hormones. In our laboratory, we explore how hormones regulate behaviours that differ between the sexes. Though these hormones are typically made by the gonads and adrenals, we are especially interested if they are made in the brain and if this is important for social behaviour and to healthy aging.

Location: Reading, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
Deadline: Year-round applications
Funding: Self-Funded PhD Students Only