Dr Holly Vickery
Lecturer - Animal Behaviour and Welfare
I am an Animal Behaviour and Welfare scientist with a particular interest in how findings can be practically utilised by stakeholders and therefore am interested in the areas of applied research, participatory engagement, and science communication. I graduated from the University of Bristol in 2018 with a first-class BSc in Animal Behaviour and Welfare and then completed my PhD at the University of Reading titled “The behaviour and welfare of goat kids during the milk feeding stage and weaning transition”. In 2022 I won the RSPCA/BSAS Prize for Research with Animal Impact by Scientists in Early Career (PRAISE). Currently I am deputy chair of the Early Careers Committee of the British Society of Animal Science, and 'Impact and Outreach officer' for the Early Careers group of the Animal Welfare Research Network.
I am currently Module leader of:
- Advances in Farm Animal Health, Welfare, and Behaviour (A6003C17)
- Animal Health and Behaviour (A5011HF)
- Principles of Animal Behaviour (A5037HF)
- Research Skills and Review project (A6015HF)
And Module tutor/lecturer on:
- Animal Behaviour and Behavioural Ecology (A5026HF)
- Applied Behaviour for the Clinical Animal Behaviourist (A5009HF)
- Professional Development for Animal Careers (A5023HF)
- Behaviour and Welfare Science (A5032HF)
- Advances in Animal Production Science (A6001C17)
- Animal Management for Health and Production (VET-10005)
Professional Memberships
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Academic Department: Animal Health, Behaviour and Welfare
Research: Animal Behaviour and Welfare Research Group
Research profile:
Publications
Other publications
- E. Williams; L. Stratford; F.P. Johansen; H.M.Vickery (2026) Providing a good life to managed animals: The importance of recognising, understanding and managing individual differences Applied Animal Behaviour Science 304
- Vickery, H.M. Johansen, F.P. Meagher, R.K. (2024) Evaluating the consistency of dairy goat kids’ responses to two methods of assessing fearfulness Applied Animal Behaviour Science 272
- JoneS, M.L. Barnish, M.S. Hughes, R.R. Murray, A.K. Mansour, O. Loni, T. Vickery, H.M. Evans, M.L. Green, L. Verdezoto, N. (2024) Exploring the potential of using simulation games for engaging with sheep farmers about lameness recognition Frontiers in Veterinary Science 10
- Vickery, H. M. Meagher, R. K. Sokratis, S. Neal, R. A. (2023) A preliminary investigation of the feeding behaviour of dairy goat kids reared away from their dams on a computerised ad libitum milk feeding system. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 261
- Vickery, H. M. Meagher, R. K. Sokratis, S. Neal, R. A. (2023) Gradually weaning goat kids may improve weight gains while reducing weaning stress and increasing creep feed intakes Frontiers in Veterinary Science 10
- Vickery, H. M. Meagher, R. K. Neal, R. A. (2022) Rearing goat kids away from their dams 1. A survey to understand rearing methods. Animal 16
- Vickery, H. M. Meagher, R. K. Neal, R. A. (2022) Rearing goat kids away from their dams 2. Understanding farmers’ views on changing management practices. Animal 16
Research projects
- Optifarm: the role of LLMs in extension - Researcher