PhD degree - Trial Lecture and Public Defense.
Conor Barry, Department of Production Animal Clinical Sciences (ProdMed), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine will defend his PhD thesis "Animal welfare assessment in Norwegian dairy herds: evaluating the suitability of routinely collected herd data through comparison to an on-farm assessment" on 27 March 2025.
English title of thesis
- "Animal welfare assessment in Norwegian dairy herds: evaluating the suitability of routinely collected herd data through comparison to an on-farm assessment"
Norwegian title of thesis
- "Dyrevelferdsvurdering i norske melkekubesetninger: evaluere bruken av rutinemessig innsamlede besetningsdata opp mot registreringer på gården"
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture
- “Prevention of digital dermatitis in dairy cattle herds”
Date: 27 March 2025 (Oslo time)
- 0900 hrs: Trial lecture (including questions and comments)
- 1000 hrs: Break
- 1100 hrs: Public defense
All are welcome to attend this event in Auditorium Hippocampus or on Zoom (no prior registration is required).
- Venue: Auditorium Hippocampus, Elizabeth Stephansens v. 15, 1433 Ås, Norway
- Zoom: The Zoom link will be made available on this webpage a few days prior to the public defense.
Evaluation Committee
- First opponent: Professor Siobhan Mullan, University College Dublin, Ireland
- Second opponent: Professor Peter Thomsen, Aarhus University, Denmark
- Committee coordinator: Associate Professor Hege Lund, NMBU, Norway
Supervisors
- Main supervisor: Associate Professor Camilla Kielland, NMBU, Norway
- Co-supervisor: Associate Professor Karianne Muri, NMBU, Norway
- Co-supervisor: Dr. Kristian Ellingsen-Dalskau, Norwegian Veterinary Institute, Norway
A PDF version of the PhD candidate's thesis can be downloaded here. The link is valid through 27 March 2025, after which the thesis will be made available in NMBU Brage.