Dr. Ingrid de Jong, PhD
Keynote topic: Join Dr. Jong and learn about how welfare is an important aspect of a sustainable poultry production. How do we provide the birds with an environment meeting their needs will be discussed. The lecture also includes how to assess welfare, and the most recent developments in poultry welfare assessment and application of novel technologies.
Biography
Ingrid de Jong is currently working as senior animal welfare scientist/project manager at the Animal Health and Welfare Department of Wageningen Livestock Research, Wageningen University & Research, the Netherlands. She graduated at Wageningen University in Animal Sciences and obtained her PhD degree in 2000 at Groningen University, Department of Animal Physiology. Her research focuses on all aspects of welfare of broiler chickens and laying hens, including development of welfare assessment protocols and animal-based welfare indicators, effects of early life conditions on welfare, effective environmental enrichment (including lighting). Her projects are often combining ethology with stress physiology, immunology, and nutrition and apply sensor technology for behavior assessment. She is and has been involved in the supervision of PhD students. She (co)authored 92 scientific papers (H-index 32, ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1811-499X) and various book chapters mainly related to chicken welfare.