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Cathy M. Dwyer

Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC)

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Scholarly Papers (4)

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‘Healthy as a Horse? Characterizing the UK and Ireland's Horse Owners, Their Horses, and Specific Health and Behaviour Issues’

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 11 Dec 2023
Wendy Leah Watson, Cathy M. Dwyer, Jill MacKay and Patrick Pollock
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), University of Edinburgh and University of Glasgow
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horse behaviour, horse health, horse welfare, owner and horse demographics

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The Impact of Parasitism on the Behaviour and Welfare of Weaned Housed Lambs

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 12 Dec 2023
Michelle C. Reeves, Naomi Booth, Naomi J. Fox, Jo Donbavand, Mhairi Jack, Fiona Kenyon, Jessica E. Martin, Emma M. Baxter and Cathy M. Dwyer
Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), Moredun Research Institute, Newcastle University, Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) and Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC)
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Sheep, parasitism, animal welfare, behaviour, gastrointestinal, QBA

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A genetic analysis of the causes of lamb mortality determined by a simple postmortem procedure

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 06 Nov 2025
Kim Hay, Nicola R. Lambe, J. Roden, S. Jarvis and Cathy M. Dwyer
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Edinburgh and Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC)
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Heritability, Sheep, Genetic parameters, Mortality, Death reasons

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Evaluation of a novel desensitising device (ClipFitter) for castration and tail-docking of lambs to reduce pain assessed by quantitative and qualitative behavioural methods

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 10 Apr 2026
Cathy M. Dwyer, Jo Donbavand, Maya E. Weston, Joyce E. Kent and Vincent Molony
Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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lamb welfare, castration, tail docking, pain, Behaviour, pain relief, ClipFitter