Nikki Bell

Job title

Senior Researcher (Nutrition & Care)

Department

Research and Operational Support

Affiliation

The Donkey Sanctuary

Journal articles

Comparisons of commercially available NIRS-based analyte predictions of haylage quality for equid nutrition, Animal Feed Science and Technology (November 2021).
Endoparasite control for donkeys in the UK, UK-Vet Equine (March 2021).
The Welfare Aggregation and Guidance (WAG) tool: A new method to summarize global welfare assessment data for equids, Animals (March 2020).
Seasonal abundance of the stable fly stomoxys calcitrans in Southwest England, Medical and Veterinary Entomology (November 2019).
Donkey nutrition and malnutrition, The Veterinary Clinics of North America Equine Practice (October 2019).
Shelter seeking behaviour of donkeys and horses in a temperate climate, Journal of Veterinary Behavior (July 2019).
Hair coat properties of donkeys, mules and horses in a temperate climate, Equine Veterinary Journal (April 2018).

Papers

Shelter-seeking behaviour in domestic donkeys and horses in a temperate climate (July 2018). Presented at 52nd Congress of the International Society for Applied Ethology.

Projects

Evaluating scientific methods and production practices for assessing the nutritional and hygienic quality in haylage for equids (Completed 31 May 2019)

Assessment of the efficacy of the anthelmintic moxidectin against cyathostomins at The Donkey Sanctuary: analysis of new and historical data using novel statistical methods (Ongoing )