This is the blog about... me. More specifically it is about my thoughts on topics such as animal welfare, the human-animal bond, and behavioral psychology. I am Dr. Emily Patterson-Kane an animal welfare scientist currently employed by the American Veterinary Medical Association.Emily G. Patterson-Kane, Ph.D.
Animal Welfare Scientist
Animal Welfare Division
American Veterinary Medical Association
1931 N Meacham Rd, Ste 100
Schaumburg, IL 60173, USA
emilypattersonkane at gmail.com
Researcherid: M-1560-2015
ORCiD: 0000-0002-9482-5737
Scopus Author ID: 6602807975
Publons
EMAIL: emilypattersonkane@gmail.com,
ekane@avma.org
FAX: +1
(847) 925 1329
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Animal
Welfare Division
American
Veterinary Medical Association
1931 N Meacham Rd, Suite 100
Schaumburg,
IL 60173-4360
USA
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CAREER
HISTORY
2007-current
Animal Welfare Scientist
American Veterinary Medical Association
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Responsibilities: Provide
expert science-based advice on the subjects of responsible pet keeping and
laboratory animal welfare. Staff support to the Committee on
Human-Animal Interactions and associated activities. Review of scientific
information and generation of educational materials and other advocacy for
AVMA policies. Scientific liaison, briefing media, handling
members’ inquiries and other duties as assigned.
Immediate superior: Dr.
Cia Johnson
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2005-2006
Postdoctoral Researcher
Animal Science
Purdue University, IN
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Responsibilities: Sole
charge and implementation of a research project using operant responding as a
measure of hunger in gestating sows. The teaching of one
undergraduate and one graduate course in the area of animal behavior and
welfare.
Immediate superior: Dr
Ed Pajor
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2002-2004
Research Scientist
Sustainable Livestock Systems Scottish Agricultural College, Edinburgh |
Responsibilities: Sole
charge and coordination of a collaborative project between the Scottish
Agricultural College, Roslin Institute and Silsoe
Institute. Investigating relations between human judgments of an
animal’s emotional state, quantitative animal behavior and physiology (as
measured by in-dwelling radio telemetry) in swine. Teaching at the
University of Edinburgh as required including supervision of masters research
projects.
Immediate superior: Dr
Francoise Wemelsfelder
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2001-2002
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Animal Welfare Program University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC Isaac Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship |
Responsibilities: Self-directed
research investigating cage and contents design for rats in the laboratory
with an emphasis on exploring novel methods for assessing preference.
The teaching of graduate courses in behavioral psychology and
supervision of student projects.
Immediate superiors: Professors
David Fraser and Dan Weary
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1999-2000
Temporary Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology Bradley University, IL |
Responsibilities: Full
responsibility for teaching six psychology courses. Courses
included teaching behavioral psychology through training of rats, and an
intensive combined statistics and methods course for students.
Immediate superior: Dr.
Richard Stalling
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1999
Temporary Assistant Lecturer
School of Psychology Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand |
Responsibilities: Administration
and partial lecturing for ‘Cognitive and Behavioural Psychology’.
Immediate superior: Dr.
Maree Hunt
(also: teaching assistant for Dr. Hunt, 1998)
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EDUCATION
1995-1999
Victoria University of Wellington
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy
Major: Psychology
William Georgetti Scholarship
Victoria University of Wellington Post-Graduate Scholarship
Royal Society of New Zealand Science and Technology Award
Thesis: Assessing and enriching the cage environment of laboratory rats
William Georgetti Scholarship
Victoria University of Wellington Post-Graduate Scholarship
Royal Society of New Zealand Science and Technology Award
Thesis: Assessing and enriching the cage environment of laboratory rats
1990-1994
University of Waikato, Hamilton
Bachelor of Social Science
Major : Biology and Psychology
Major : Biology and Psychology
Masters of Social Science first class honors
Major : Biology and Psychology
Honours and Masters Award 1993
Senior Scholarship 1993
Masters Thesis: The ability of hens to recognise video images as the objects they represent
Major : Biology and Psychology
Honours and Masters Award 1993
Senior Scholarship 1993
Masters Thesis: The ability of hens to recognise video images as the objects they represent
PUBLICATIONS
& PRESENTATIONS
BOOKS
- Mellor, D.,
Patterson-Kane, E. G & Stafford, K. J. (2009). The Sciences of
Animal Welfare. Wiley-Blackwell.
- Baumans, V.,
Coke, C., Green, J., Moreau, E., Morton, D., Patterson-Kane, E. Reinhardt,
A., Reinhardt, V. & Van Loo, P. [ed.s] (2007). Making
Life Easier for Animals in Research Labs. Animal Welfare
Institute.
TECHNICAL REPORTS
- Patterson-Kane,
E. G. (2017). Canine Tail Docking. Independent Report Prepared for
the Ministry for Primary Industries ISBN No: 978-1-77665-633-2 (online)
July 2017
- American
Veterinary Medical Association. (2013). AVMA guidelines for the euthanasia
of animals: 2013 edition.
- Arkow, P.,
Boyden, P., & Patterson-Kane, E. (2011). Practical guidance for the
effective response by veterinarians to suspected animal cruelty, abuse,
and neglect. American Veterinary Medical Association, Schaumburg.
ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS: REFEREED
- Patterson-Kane,
E., & Johnson, C. (2017). A risk and asset for animal-based
agriculture. The Business of Farm Animal Welfare. Amos, N.,
& Sullivan, R. (Eds.) Routledge.
- Lord, L. K.,
Millman, S. T., Carbone, L., Cook, N., Fisher, A., McKeegan, D., ... &
Siegford, J. (2017). A model curriculum for the study of animal welfare in
colleges and schools of veterinary medicine. Journal of the American
Veterinary Medical Association, 250(6), 632-640.
- Knesl, O.,
Hart, B. L., Fine, A. H., Cooper, L., Patterson-Kane, E., Houlihan, K. E.,
& Anthony, R. (2017). Veterinarians and Humane Endings: when is it the
right time to euthanize a companion animal? Frontiers in
Veterinary Science, 4.
- Emily
Patterson-Kane: Trying to Make Regulation Something More Than Just a
Burden Excellence Beyond Compliance: Enhancing Animal Welfare Through the
Constructive Use of the Animal Welfare Act, edited by James F. Gesualdi.
Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science 10/2015; 19(1).
DOI:10.1080/10888705.2015.1075886
- Trembath, F.,
& Patterson-Kane, E. G. The Effect of Human-Animal Interaction on
Human Cardiovascular Health. HABRI Central Brief: https://habricentral.org/resources/51271/download/CardioBrief20150728.pdf
- Emily
Patterson-Kane: The state of animal ethics. Lab Animal 05/2013; 42(6).
DOI:10.1038/laban.285
- Patterson-Kane,
E.G. & Golab, G. (2013) Chapter 1 – History, Philosophies, and
Concepts of Animal Welfare. Laboratory Animal Welfare: A volume in
American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine. Academic Press.
- Elmore,
M.R.P., Garner, J.P., Johnson, A.P., Kirkden, R.D.,
Patterson-Kane, E.G. Richert, B.T., Pajor, E.A. (2012). Differing results
for motivation tests and measures of resource use: The value of
environmental enrichment to gestating sows housed in stalls. Applied
Animal Behaviour Science. 141, 9-19
- Patterson-Kane,
E.G. & Piper, H. (2012) Animal Abuse and Cruelty. In The
Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Perspectives on Violence, Homicide, and
War. Oxford University Press.
- Patterson-Kane,
E.G. (2012) The Causes of Violence towards Animals: A Review In Handbook
on the Psychology of Violence, Hugh R. Cunningham and Wade F. Berry
[eds], Nova Publishing: Hauppauge, New York.
- Patterson-Kane,
E., Kirkden R. & Pajor, E. (2011). Measuring Motivation in Swine: The
Food-Metric Scale. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science. 3,
175-186.
- Macri, A.
& Patterson-Kane, E. (2011). Behavioural analysis of solitary versus
socially housed snow leopards (Panthera uncia), with the provision of
simulated social contact. Applied Animal Behavior Science.
130, 115-123.
- Johnson, C.L.,
Patterson-Kane, E., Lamison, A. & Noyes, H.L. (2011). Elements of and
factors important in veterinary hospice. Journal of the American
Veterinary Medical Association. 238, 148-150.
- Patterson-Kane,
E. (2010). Thinking outside our cages. Journal of Applied Animal
Welfare Science. 13, 96-99.
- Patterson-Kane,
E. G. & Piper, H. (2009). Animal abuse as a sentinel for human
violence: a critique. The Journal of Social Issues. 65,
589-614.
- Patterson-Kane,
E., Pittman, M. & Pajor, E. (2008). Operant animal welfare: productive
approaches and persistent difficulties. Animal Welfare. 17,
139-148.
- Patterson-Kane,
E. G. & Farnworth, M. (2006). Noise exposure, music and animals in the
laboratory: a commentary based on laboratory animal refinement and
enrichment forum (LAREF) discussions—invited commentary. Journal
of Applied Animal Welfare Science. 9, 327-332.
- Patterson-Kane,
E. G. (2007). Cattle mutilation. Encyclopedia of Human-Animal
Relationships. Westport: Greenwood Press.
- Patterson-Kane,
E. G. (2007). Animals and music. Encyclopedia of Human-Animal
Relationships. Westport: Greenwood Press.
- Patterson-Kane,
E. G. (2007). Human-animal bonds in the laboratory. Encyclopedia
of Human-Animal Relationships. Westport: Greenwood Press.
- Johnson, S.R.,
Patterson-Kane, E.G., Niel, L. (2004). Foraging enrichment for laboratory
rats. Animal Welfare 13, 305-312
- Patterson-Kane,
E.G., Hunt, M., Harper, D. (2004). Rat's demand for group size. Journal
of Applied Animal Welfare Science. 7, 267-272
- Patterson-Kane,
E.G. (2004). Enrichment for laboratory caging for rats: a review. Animal
Welfare. 13 (Suppl S), S209 – 214.
- Nelson, K.,
Patterson-Kane, E.G. & Love J. (2003) Using animal preference to
develop enriched caging for rats. Animal Technology and Welfare.
2, 85-88.
- Olsson,
I.A.S., Nevison, C.M., Patterson-Kane, E.G., Sherwin, C.M., van de Weerd,
H.A. & Wurbel, H. (2003). Understanding behaviour: the relevance of
ethological approaches in laboratory animal science. Applied
Animal Behaviour Science. 81, 245-264.
- Patterson-Kane,
E.G. (2003) Shelter enrichment for rats. Contemporary Topics.
42/2, 40-42.
- Ras, T., van
de Ven, M., Patterson-Kane, E.G. & Nelson, K. (2002) Rats Preferences
for Corn Based Bedding and Nesting Materials. Laboratory Animals,
36, 1-6.
- Patterson-Kane,
E. G. (2002). Cage size preferences of laboratory rats. Journal of
Applied Animal Welfare Science. 5, 63-72.
- Patterson-Kane,
E.G., Hunt, M., Harper, D. (2002). Rats demand social contact. Animal
Welfare. 11, 327-332
- Patterson-Kane,
E. G. (2001). Environmental enrichment for laboratory rats: a
review. Animal Technology. 52, 77-84.
- Patterson-Kane,
E. G., Harper, & D. Hunt, M. (2001). The cage preference of laboratory
rats. Laboratory Animals. 35, 74-79.
- Patterson-Kane,
E. G., Harper, & D. Hunt, M. (1999). Assessing and enriching the cage
environment of laboratory rats. ANZCCART Humane Science News 12(1), 7.
- Patterson-Kane,
E. G., Hunt, M. & Harper, D. (1999). Behavioural indexes of poor
welfare in laboratory rats. The Journal of Applied Animal Welfare
Science, 2(2). 97-110.
- Patterson-Kane
E. G. (1999). Demanding an Enriched Environment. The Shape of
Enrichment. 3.
- Patterson-Kane,
E. G., Nicol, C. J., Foster, T. M. & Temple, W. (1997). Limited
perception of video images by domestic hens. Animal Behaviour. 53,
951-964.
ARTICLES: OUTREACH
Contributor to the Welfare Pulse and the
Enrichment Record (individual articles not listed)
Online
content appearing on Dogster, Red Cat Media, Huffington Post, and XO Jane.
- Panel Member
for the discussions published as: (2004). Stereotypical
Behavior: A LAREF Discussion. Laboratory Primate Newsletter, 43/4.
- Reinhart, V.
(2003). Personnel/Animal Relationships: Affectionate or Neutral? A
Discussion. The Laboratory Primate Newsletter, 42/1, 14Patterson-Kane, E.
G.,
- Harris M.
& Patterson-Kane E. (2003). Can we and should we attempt to integrate
welfare indices? [Editorial Material] Animal Welfare, 12,
710-711.
- Patterson-Kane,
E.G. & Thompson, K. (2002). Eine kleine ratmusik: a twist in the tale
of the Mozart effect. The Rat and Mouse Fancy Report. 2, 9-10.
- Patterson-Kane,
E. G. (2002). Rats in research. Animal Welfare Institute
Quarterly. 51, 9.
- Hunt, M. &
Harper, D. (1997). Just a rat in a gilded cage. New Zealand
Science Monthly. 9, 10-11.
PUBLISHED CONFERENCE PAPERS AND ABSTRACTS
- Patterson-Kane,
E.G. (2001) Priorities for the environmental enrichment of laboratory
rats. Proceedings of the 35th International Congress of the ISAE,
University of California, Davis, August 4-9, 2002. p. 82. (Abstract)
- Patterson-Kane,
E. G., van de Ven, M., Ras, T. (2001). Enrichment of laboratory rat
caging. 52nd AALAS National Meeting, October 21-25, 2001, Baltimore,
Official Program , p. 106 (Abstract). Also published in Contemporary
Topics in Laboratory Animal Science, 40(4), 94-95, 2001.
- Patterson-Kane,
E.G. (1998). Themes Arising from Enrichment Research with Laboratory Rats.
5th Environmental Enrichment Conference. (Paper)
- Patterson-Kane,
E.G., (1998). Cage preference in rats. The 5th National Postgraduate
Conference, the role of postgraduate research in the 21st century: the
critic and conscience of society? 4-6th December, Victoria University of
Wellington. (Abstract)
SELECTED INVITED PRESENTATIONS
- Patterson-Kane,
E.G. (2016). Rat Welfare. ASLAP Symposium, Charlotte, NC. – upcoming
November 1st 2016.
- Patterson-Kane,
E.G. (2012). Beyond environmental enrichment--providing good
environments for experimental animals. Bioconference
Live, February 12.
- Patterson-Kane,
E.G. (2011). Sensitivity of animals and application of the
Three Rs (presented by Marylin Brown) 8th World Congress on Alternatives
and Animal Use in the Life Sciences. August 22.
- Patterson-Kane,
E.G. (2011). Animal Abuse and Cruelty: An Evolutionary
Perspective. The annual meeting of the International Society for Applied
Ethology, July 31 - August 4
- Patterson-Kane,
E.G. (2011). Horizons of Enrichment: the History, Accomplishments and
Aspirations of Environmental Enrichment. Third Annual MSMR Enrichment
Symposium "All Creatures Great and Small ...Animal Enrichment in a
Laboratory Environment", April 14
- Patterson-Kane,
E.G. January 20th, 2011: Animal Law Committee of the Chicago Bar
Association--Animal Abuse, Mandatory Reporting and the Veterinarian.
- Patterson-Kane,
E.G. October 16th, 2010: KVMA Fall Conference--Animal Welfare,
Animal Rights, and the Role of the Veterinary Profession.
- Patterson-Kane,
E. G, & Panepinto, L. (2006). Environmental Enrichment: Swine (break
out session). The Humane Care and Use of Agricultural Animals in Research,
The Scientists Center for Animal Welfare, The Federation of Animal Science
Societies Two-Day Conference, May 22-23, 2006, in St. Louis, MO.
- Patterson-Kane,
E.G. (2004). Implementing Enrichment . Laboratory Animal
Welfare. Scottish Centre for Animal Welfare Science meeting, 4th May 2004.
- Patterson-Kane,
E.G. (2002). Laboratory rat enrichment: preference and demand data.
CALAS*ACSAL, the Ethical Imperative, the Science of Refinement, West
Edmonton Mall, Fantasyland Hotel, Edmonton, Alberta, June 22 to 25, 2002.
p.25. (Abstract)
- Patterson-Kane,
E.G. (2001). The Case of Laboratory Rat Housing - Historical Trends and
the Role of Research in Cage Design. UNBC NRES Research Colloquium,
January 26th, 2001.
- Patterson-Kane,
E.G. & Neil, L. (2000). The Animal Welfare Program. Animal Care
Technicians Committee on Animal Care Forum, Thursday, November 30, 2000.
- Patterson-Kane,
E.G. (2000). Prince George SPCA AGM Keynote Speaker
OTHER EXPERIENCE
I am an associate editor
for Frontiers in Veterinary Science: Animal Behavior and Welfare
and Frontiers in Veterinary Humanities
and Social Sciences. Former editor for the Environmental Enrichment
Record, and member of the review board for the Journal
for Critical Animal Studies.
I
have acted as a reviewer of manuscripts for the following journals: Animal
Welfare, Animal Behavior, BMC Veterinary Research, Current
Directions in Psychological Science, JoVE, Laboratory
Animals, Journal of the American Association for Laborato. Fry Animal Science,
Lab Animal, Social Problems, Psychology Crime and the Law, Sociological
Quarterly, the Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and
Research, The Veterinary Record and Zoo Biology.
TEACHING
COURSE OR MODULE
2017-2018
2006-2007
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Learning and Motivation (undergraduate level course)
-- Psychology Department, Aurora University
Animal Welfare (senior undergraduate level course)
Animal Behavior and Welfare (graduate level course)
co-taught with Dr. Joseph Garner
Animal Science, Purdue University
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2005-2006
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Laboratory Animal Welfare (graduate level unit)
-- Animal Welfare Masters programme, University of Edinburgh
Operant animal welfare research (graduate special
topic)
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2001-2002
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Learning (graduate course)--Animal Welfare
Program, University of British Columbia
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2000
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Statistics, Quantitative Methods, Applied Behavior
Analysis, Experimental Analysis of Behavior, Directed Studies, Introductory
Psychology-- Psychology Department, Bradley University, Illinois
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1999-2000
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Cognitive and Behavioral Psychology (administration
of course, teaching of the behavioral component) --Department of
Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington
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GRADUATE STUDENTS SUPERVISED
2018
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Roger D
Thomason – Masters research project (Bergin University of Canine Studies)
“LT-1 Dog
travel crate”
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2005
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Victoria Cussen – Masters research project
(University of Edinburgh)
“The effect of food-related toys on the
behaviours of pet domestic dogs (canis familiaris)”
Alain Macri – Masters research project (University
of Edinburgh)
“Behavioural analysis of solitary versus
socially housed snow leopards (Uncia uncia), with provision of
simulated social contact.”
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2004
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Hasel Fyfe (second supervisor) -- Masters
research project (University of Edinburgh)
“Phenotyping juvenile mice”
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2002
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Shylo Johnson – Masters research project,
published in Animal Welfare & Animal Welfare and Technology (University
of British Columbia)
“Foraging Enrichment for rats in the
laboratory.”
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UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS SUPERVISED
2002
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Kymberlee Nelson -- undergraduate project,
published in Contemporary Topics (University of British Columbia)
“Using Enriched housing for rats: a comparison
of results using different testing methods.”
Marieke ven de Ven and Thirsa Ras -- undergraduate
project, published in Laboratory Animals (University of British Columbia)
“Rat preferences for comfort materials.”
Sandra Rose -- undergraduate project (University
of British Columbia)
“The effectiveness of commercially available
enrichment items for rats in the laboratory.”
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2001
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Kai Ng (second supervisor) -- undergraduate
project (University of British Columbia)
“The effects of essential fatty acids on piglet
behaviour.”
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