
Westgarth Anthrozoology Group
@WAGLabLiv
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Research group at University of Liverpool led by Prof Carri Westgarth. Topics include canine obesity, canine ageing, imported rescues and dog bite prevention.
Liverpool
Joined March 2012
@dogg8co just interviewed at @Crufts for the @TheKennelClubUK podcast and spoke about the benefits of being part of the Merseyside Dog Safety Partnership
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Tilly wants you to know "Last chance to apply for this PhD studentship to study the impact of CATS on owner wellbeing. MEEEOW!" Closes this sunday! #CatsOfTwitter
https://t.co/0fCIQrHntv
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🔉 Exciting PhD studentship opportunities! 🔉 1/3 Are you passionate about the unique bond between pets and their owners? 😺 🐶 🐰 🐹 We’re offering funded PhD studentships for research in this fascinating field with @WAGLabLiv #PhD
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Under 2 weeks left to apply for @LivUni_IVES fantastic PhD opportunity to investigate the impact of small furry pets on owner wellbeing, in collaboration with the great @WoodgreenPets
https://t.co/TasF5IjMst
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We are very excited to be collaborating with @waltham_science to investigate the impact of the cat-owner relationship on owner wellbeing. We are looking for a PhD student to join us in @LivUni_IVES and you can find out more here.... https://t.co/0fCIQrGPDX
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We are still looking for a PhD student to join us in @LivUni_IVES to investigate the impact of small furry pet ownership, in collaboration with @WoodgreenPets and funded by @HABRITweets
https://t.co/6ko9a3sJ16
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NEWS | Professor Carri Westgarth (@WAGLabLiv), Dr Helen Clough (@HelenClough9) and team have been awarded a grant from the Human Animal Bond Research Institute (@HABRI) to examine how adopting small animals impacts our wellbeing ➡️ https://t.co/vCPImrXd1g
#TeamLivUni
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3rd paper is out! Thanks to @PetSavers_UK for funding this @WAGLabLiv study in @LivUni_IVES . Here Jodie used electronic health records to identify when vets start using words related to old and ageing dogs and classify conditions being discussed.
news.liverpool.ac.uk
When do dogs enter old age? New study provides answers
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It was Prof Westgarth’s pleasure last week to examine the PhD thesis of Shona Bloodworth @LivUni_IVES : "A mixed methods approach to quantifying and describing vaccine uptake and vaccine hesitancy in UK companion animals." Congratulations Dr Bloodworth!
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With a few exceptions, a large longitudinal study finds surprisingly little evidence of positive associations between pet ownership and child development. https://t.co/2gwUl8ZDJh
@WAGLabLiv @PsychToday
psychologytoday.com
Does research support the belief that having a pet improves the emotional, social, and behavioral well-being of children?
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There is an informative webinar by @The_Blue_Cross about how to protect your @RoyalMail postie from dog bites. Dec 16th 6pm book here
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Last few days to apply for our exciting new research project funded by @HABRIcentral and in collaboration with @WoodgreenPets. Let's give the cutey small furry pets some well-deserved research attention! Thanks to Woodgreen for the pic. https://t.co/6ko9a3tgQE
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Great blog post about our most recent study
With a few exceptions, a large longitudinal study finds surprisingly little evidence of positive associations between pet ownership and child development. https://t.co/2gwUl8ZDJh
@WAGLabLiv @PsychToday
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Don't forget to apply for our new funded PhD opportunity here at @LivUni_IVES to investigate the impact of small furry pets on owner wellbeing. Kindly funded by @HABRITweets and collaboration with @WoodgreenPets. Deadline Sun 24th Nov https://t.co/6ko9a3sJ16
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A reminder that the clock is ticking on time to apply for our super new PhD training opportunity.
EXCITED!! New funded PhD opportunity here at @LivUni_IVES (Home UK students only, full-time and in-person) to investigate the impact of small furry pets on owner wellbeing. Kindly funded by @HABRITweets and collaboration with @WoodgreenPets (credit pic) https://t.co/6ko9a3sJ16
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EXCITED!! New funded PhD opportunity here at @LivUni_IVES (Home UK students only, full-time and in-person) to investigate the impact of small furry pets on owner wellbeing. Kindly funded by @HABRITweets and collaboration with @WoodgreenPets (credit pic) https://t.co/6ko9a3sJ16
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This week Prof Westgarth was in Belfast Stormont Parliament Building speaking at @CCDogRescue conference about Merseyside Dog Safety Partnership collaborations working together for animal welfare and human health.
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New paper alert! Are pets good for our kids? We spoke to @waltham_science who funded the @LivUni_IVES study about what we found out about childhood developmental outcomes and pet ownership in the @CO90s dataset. Published in @BioMedCentral Pediatrics https://t.co/B9xLzVr1EI
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