Jeremy Marchant PhD

Animal welfare scientist, with USA/UK experience. Bristol, Cambridge, Lincoln, US MidWest. Behavior and stress physiology expertise. Views my own alone.

[Jeremy Marchant PhD @JeremyMarchant5]

@BigWave372 💩👎🖕

[Jeremy Marchant PhD @JeremyMarchant5]

@BigWave372 No brains and no integrity.

[Irene @pigologist]

Looking for internship student who would like to learn about pig behaviour and cognition. When: July-August, Where: Warsaw Poland

[Jeremy Marchant PhD @JeremyMarchant5]

@ShabbosK Judge the individual not the institution.

[Jeremy Marchant PhD @JeremyMarchant5]

@JoeMarler In the land of ‘consent’ allegedly

[Jeremy Marchant PhD @JeremyMarchant5]

@MartinVGould I've worked in animal welfare for 35 years now, and I'm still learning about new horrendous things that humans do. These last couple of years I've learnt about this and the Willis dropped ovary technique for spaying cattle....

[Jeremy Marchant PhD @JeremyMarchant5]

@mylesjcolvin All the best, but why?

[Kenny Torrella @KennyTorrella]

Last week, Trump's USDA announced plans to significantly increase slaughter line speeds at pork and poultry plants. The meat industry celebrated the news. It was hardly covered, but has enormous implications for hundreds of thousands of workers.

[David Coman-Hidy @davidcomanhidy]

Making high slaughter line speeds permanent will make one of the most dangerous jobs in America even more dangerous, worsen food safety in an industry already plagued with contamination and mass recalls, and cause suffering animals even more pain. 🧵https://t.co/ouUWLzKt5G

[Jeremy Marchant PhD @JeremyMarchant5]

Not good. Increased line speeds have animal and human welfare consequences. https://t.co/bbu7lYLbRm

[Dept. of Agriculture @USDA]

.@SecRollins today announced new actions to reduce burdens on the U.S. pork and poultry industries, allowing for greater efficiency while maintaining food safety standards ➡️ https://t.co/eAPKQ8Xo8u

[Jeremy Marchant PhD @JeremyMarchant5]

@USDA @SecRollins Between 2017 and 2020, there is a strong negative correlation between the number of plants with line speed waivers and percent of weight condemned (Figure 1). Ultimately, this represents a major threat to public health (and welfare) through reduced food safety

[Jeremy Marchant PhD @JeremyMarchant5]

@RGlobalism @greylmoran @USDA @Sentient_Media Dr. Cheng, a renowned poultry welfare expert, acted as a collaborator on this paper, which was carried out in Egypt. Research on welfare during slaughter and euthanasia is emotionally a very difficult area to work in, but still, unfortunately, very necessary.

[Sentient @Sentient_Media]

EXCLUSIVE: Sentient has learned that the primary federal laboratory for farm animal welfare research has lost its probationary scientists to the Trump administration's mass firings of federal employees. @greylmoran reports:
https://t.co/vG1r2mjQk0

[Jeremy Marchant PhD @JeremyMarchant5]

Exclusive: the USDA’s Farm Animal Welfare Research Lab — With Just One Scientist Remaining — Dismantled by Trump https://t.co/L3YJ9gFl7h via @sentient_media

[Jeremy Marchant PhD @JeremyMarchant5]

@Lewis_Bollard And yesterday, USDA terminated probationary employees. The only USDA-ARS unit working exclusively on farm animal welfare (LBRU) is now 1 scientist strong instead of 5. Not sustainable. It will be cut.

[Jeremy Marchant PhD @JeremyMarchant5]

Trump has crippled USDA-ARS research on farm animal welfare. Freezing new hires and terminating probationers reduces LBRU to a single scientist. Now unit is non-sustainable. Disgrace. #FarmAnimalWelfare

[Jeremy Marchant PhD @JeremyMarchant5]

My old boss and even older friend. He was a lovely human and we spent 20 years working together for USDA-ARS LBRU. Very sad, and heartbroken for his husband, Mike. Far too young to leave us.

[Purdue Animal Sciences @PurdueANSC]

The department has learned of the recent passing of longtime USDA-ARS Livestock Behavior Research Unit research leader and scientist, Dr. Don C. Lay, Jr. Please keep his husband, Mike Lewitz, in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.

[Lewis Bollard @Lewis_Bollard]

This is a brazen ploy by the pork industry and its paid-for politicians.

They plan to overturn popular state bans on cruel gestation crates for pigs through the byzantine Farm Bill.

They’re really hoping you won’t notice this.

[Woiwode Lab at UNL @DrWoiwode]

For the first time since 2018 the International Symposium on Beef Cattle Welfare will convene in person! More information coming soon!
#ISOBCW7 #cattlewelfare

[Jeremy Marchant PhD @JeremyMarchant5]

Great piece by @Lewis_Bollard on the current pressure being put on welfare certification schemes by certain animal advocacy organizations. #FarmAnimalWelfare
https://t.co/MJACz6zogm